Betty Missiego

In thisSpanish name,the first or paternalsurnameisMissiegoand the second or maternal family name isCampos.

Betty Missiego
Birth name	Beatriz Teresa Missiego Campos
Born	(1938-01-16)16 January 1938 Lima,Peru
Occupation	Singer

Beatriz Teresa Missiego Campos(born 16 January 1938 inLima,Peru) better known asBetty Missiego(Spanish pronunciation:[ˈbetimiˈsjeɣo]) is a Peruvian singer, who has held dualSpanish citizenshipsince 1972 and lives in Spain. She representedPeruat theOTI Festival 1972with the song "Recuerdos de un adiós" placing ninth and she representedSpainat theEurovision Song Contest 1979with "Su canción"placing second.

Career

In her native Peru, Missiego began her career as a dancer, but she was forced to abandon professional dancing due to an injury. She continued pursuing a career in show business and was a host for a television program that brought her great popularity in her native country.

In 1969, she moved to Spain to pursue a singing career, where she received Spanish citizenship in 1972. She currently holds dual citizenship in both Spain and Peru.

On 25 November 1972, she representedPeruin thefirst editionof theOTI Festival,held in thePalacio de Exposiciones y Congresosauditorium in Madrid, with the song written by herself "Recuerdos de un adiós", placing ninth.

On 31 March 1979, she representedSpainat the24th editionof theEurovision Song Contestheld inJerusalemwith the song "Su canción",written by Fernando Moreno.Betty was accompanied by four children –Javier Glaria, Alexis Carmona, Beatriz Carmona, and Rosalía Rodríguez– who sang 157 LAs in the song, a Eurovision record.At the end of the song, each children unfurled a small banner, with "thanks" inscribed on each in English, Spanish, Hebrew, and French, respectively. Betty ended up in second place with 116 points, behind Israel'sMilk and Honeywith the song"Hallelujah".She also participated in theWorld Popular Festivalin Tokyo and theMusic Olympicsin Paris. In 1980 she submitted another song, "Don José" to the Spanish selection committee for Eurovision but it was not selected.

Her son Joaquín Missiego –known by his mononym "Missiego" –, is also a singer.