Anel(I)

Ana Elena Noreña Grass was born in Mexico City on October 10th, 1944. She was the eldest child of Manuel Noreña, a car salesman, and Elena Grass, housewife. When she was a little girl, her father decided to move to Tijuana, Baja, California, at the very north of Mexico. Soon after, her mom was offered a job as a housekeeper in Los Angeles, California. Anel was only fifteen years old when she found herself working at a mansion in Beverly Hills. While working there she met a lot of Hollywood stars, but she was not happy. She felt she did not belong there and did not have any friends. Besides, she had been gaining weight and was a chubby teenager. The owner of the mansion took her to her doctor who prescribed her diet pills. She slimmed down and the weight loss showed a beautiful woman. She decided to enter Miss Mexico contest at Los Angeles and won first place. The award included a trip to Mexico City, Acapulco and Queretaro. That's when her luck changed for good.

When she got to México the doors to stardom opened in Mexican television. She started dating wealthy men and got pregnant but decided to have an abortion. Then she met Mexican singer Jose Jose. Although he left her to marry Kikis Herrera Calles she forgave him and soon after he divorced Kikis they got married. In 1975 the couple's first child was born. They named him after Jose. In 1982 their second child, daughter Marisol was born.

But happiness did not come along. Anel had to deal with husband alcohol problems. She started fighting with her weight once again. After 15 years of marriage, they finally divorced in 1990. During her marriage she did't work at all, but soon after their divorce she had to start working again.