Inés Sainz

Not to be confused with Inés Sáinz Esteban.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sainz and the second or maternal family name is Gallo.

Inés Sainz
Sainz in 2013
Born
Inés Sainz Gallo

(1978-09-20) 20 September 1978 (age 46)[1]
Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico
NationalityMexican
Alma materUniversidad del Valle de México
Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro
Occupations
  • Sports journalist
  • television personality
  • reporter
  • model
Years active2001–present
TelevisionDeportips Y Mas
Los Protagonistas
De Safari
Spouse
Héctor Pérez Rojano
​
(m. 1998)​
Children4
Modeling information
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Hair colorBlonde
Eye colorGreen
Websiteinessainz.mx

Inés Sainz Gallo (Spanish pronunciation: [iˈnes ˈsajns]; born 20 September 1978)[1] is a Mexican sports journalist, television personality, and model. She is currently signed to Azteca Deportes, where she is best known for anchoring the program DxTips (or, Deportips). She and her husband own the production company that created the program.[2]

Biography

Inés Sainz Gallo was born on 20 September 1978 in Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico. Her father was a lawyer and her mother was a homemaker. She grew up in Mexico City with her parents and three brothers, one of them being her twin. Although she was active in a number of sports, her mother wanted her to be more feminine, and encouraged her to pursue modeling.[3] She entered the modeling industry through shooting commercials for companies like Bacardi, Hoteles Misión, and Telcel.[4]

Sainz graduated with a law degree from the Universidad del Valle de México in Querétaro and earned a masters degree in tax law from the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro.[5] She also earned a graduate degree in sports business administration.[6]

While moving from modeling to sports reporting,[3] Sainz married Mexican television producer Héctor Pérez Rojano in 1998. Together, they have four children; María Inés, Eduardo, Hector, and Maya.[7][2][8] She remains an active participant in sports such as football, swimming, volleyball, basketball and tennis.[4][5]

Career

Sports journalism

Inés Sainz at the Mexico vs. North Korea international friendly football match in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico, on 17 March 2010.

Sainz has interviewed tennis players Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, basketball players Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal, baseball players Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez and association football players Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos, Rivaldo, Zinedine Zidane, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi among others.[5][8][9] By July 2006, she covered three Champions League tournaments, four NBA Finals, the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2006 World Cup.[10] As of 2009, she has covered six Super Bowls,[11] her first one being Super Bowl XXXVI in 2002.[12]

In January 2009, promoting American football stars to a Mexican audience, Sainz ran an informal biceps competition during the Super Bowl XLIII "media day," awarding her "Strongest Right Arm" award to the Arizona Cardinals' defensive end Antonio Smith.[13] According to the Palm Beach Post, at the 2007 Super Bowl's "media day," she was photographed as often as Peyton Manning;[12] and according to The Daily Telegraph, she was "besides Manning, the single-most popular person on the premises."[14][15] During a period when Terrell Owens was not speaking with the press in 2008, she was the only reporter who was able to gain an exclusive interview with the wide receiver.[1]

Boxing promotion company Top Rank hired Sainz to conduct pre-event reports and interviews and offer ringside commentary for the Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito bout in Arlington, Texas on 13 November 2010.[6][16] On 12 March 2011, she was a broadcast commentator for the Miguel Cotto vs. Ricardo Mayorga bout.[17]

Sainz became a co-host for the Netflix reality show Ultimate Beastmaster in 2016.[18] She hosted seasons 1 and 3 for Mexico.

Public image

In 2010, TV Azteca's website's featured photo galleries of Sainz as well as an article in its "Bad Girls" section extolling her as a woman of intelligence and humor, illustrated by a photo of her modeling a swimsuit.[19] Likewise, during the 2000s, Sainz appeared on the cover of numerous magazines such as Revista Gente y la Actualidad,[20] H Para Hombres, Maxim, and Esquire Mexico.[21][22]

Prior and during the 2010 World Cup, pictures of Sainz were featured on different platforms such as Bleacher Report[23] and the websites run by Sports Illustrated[24] and Men's Health.[3] She was chosen by the magazine FHM as the fifth sexiest woman sports reporter in the world in August 2009.[25]

Controversy

In 2010 the TV Azteca reporter sought an interview with then NY Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez, and she had been standing on the sidelines during practice when Jets players and coaches appeared to throw footballs in her direction. Later, as she waited in the locker room to conduct an interview with Sanchez, she was reportedly the target of lewd comments from players and staff. She tweeted in Spanish: "I'm so uncomfortable! I'm in the Jets locker room waiting for Mark Sanchez and trying not to look around me." And a few moments later, she wrote, "I want to cover my ears." Media persons reported that team members made "catcalls and rude comments".[26] According to Sainz, it was "the rest of the media start to hear the different kind of things that I didn't hear."[26] She accepted a personal apology from Jets owner Woody Johnson when those incidents became known to him.

In the immediate aftermath of the incident, Sainz lost a contract to be the spokesperson for a Mexican bank, which she said was "very painful" for her;[27] however, she said that the publicity resulting from the event also led her to become "the most popular journalist right now in Mexico and Latin America."[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Sheridan, Michael; Hartenstein, Meena (13 September 2010). "Ines Sainz, reporter in Jets sexual harassment firestorm, defends self, denies feeling offended". New York Daily News.
  2. ^ a b Molina, Brenda (11 February 2009). "Debe Inés Sainz su figura al deporte Miércoles". El Mañana. Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. Agencia Reforma. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. En octubre, la reportera dio a luz a Héctor y Eduardo, productos de su segundo embarazo. ... Inés Sainz se dio a conocer gracias al programa "Deportips", el cual se transmitió por primera vez el 20 de septiembre de 2002 y que sigue al aire. Su esposo, Héctor Pérez Rojano, y ella son los productores de dicha emisión. ("In October, the journalist gave birth to Hector and Eduardo, products of her second pregnancy. ... Ines Sainz debuted thanks to the program Deportips, which first aired on September 20, 2002 and continues to air. Her husband, Hector Perez Rojano, and she are the producers of every episode.")
  3. ^ a b c "Is Ines Sainz the World's Hottest Woman?". Women of MH. Men's Health. 17 September 2010. Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
  4. ^ a b Ruiz de Icaza, Maru (29 June 2004). "Inés Sáinz sólo habla con estrellas". El Universal. Archived from the original on 12 September 2010.
  5. ^ a b c "Inés Sainz la periodista mexicana que levantó a toda Argentina". Sitios Argentinas Notas & Noticias. 7 June 2006. Según informa la TV Azteca en su página de internet, Inés es 'egresada de la carrera de Leyes por la Universidad del Valle de México en Querétaro, y con una maestría en Derecho Fiscal por la Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro'. Además da cuenta de que "ha entrevistado a algunos de los deportistas más destacados del orbe como Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos, Rivaldo, Zinedine Zidane y Shaquille O`Nelly". Además de haber jugado al fútbol de salón, también practicó natación, voley, basquet y tenis. Pero eso no es todo, ya que la actual conductora de 'Deportips' además es cinturón negro de tae-kwan-do. ("As reported by TV Azteca on its website, Ines was 'a graduate in law from the Universidad del Valle de Mexico in Queretaro and a masters in tax law from the Autonomous University of Querétaro.' Also it's realized that 'she has interviewed some of the world's leading athletes such as Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos, Rivaldo, Zinedine Zidane and Shaquille O'Neal.' Besides having played indoor association football and practiced swimming, volleyball, basketball and tennis. But that's not all, because the current host of Deportips is also a black belt in taekwando.")
  6. ^ a b "Super Sexy Ines Sainz to Cover Pacquiao vs. Maragarito". ProBoxing-Fans.com. 14 October 2010.
  7. ^ Gámez, Sabino (3 April 2009). "Inés Sainz: 'No soy tan vanidosa'" [Inés Sainz: 'I'm not that vain'] (in Spanish). La Prensa Honduras. Está casada con Héctor Pérez Rojado y tiene tres hijos: una niña llamada María Inés de cinco años y dos gemelos que nacieron en octubre del año pasado y que los bautizó como Héctor y Eduardo Pérez Sainz. ... Su trabajo no sólo se resume en trabajar como conductora con apariciones diarias, sino hacer la producción independiente de Deportips en su propia productora. ... ...El encanto de esta chica nacida en Ciudad de México, pero criada en Querétaro.... ("She is married to Hector Perez Rojado and has three children: a daughter named Maria Ines of five years and twins born in October last year named Hector and Eduardo Perez Sainz. ... The work entails not only duties as host of Deportips with daily appearances but also as an executive of its independent production. ... ...The charm of this girl native of Mexico City but raised in Queretaro....")
  8. ^ a b c Johnson, Tim. "Female sports reporter from Mexico surprised she's focus of much controversy". Kansas City Star. McClatchy Newspapers.
  9. ^ Castrodale, Jelisa (16 September 2010). "Castrodale: Ines Sainz shouldn't have to explain herself; it's the men who are acting like idiots". NBC Sports. Archived from the original on 18 September 2010.
  10. ^ "A Inés, ser bella le da privilegios". El Universal. 11 July 2006.
  11. ^ "Super Bowl media day a true circus". San Francisco Examiner. Associated Press. 28 January 2009. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011.
  12. ^ a b D'Angelo, Tom (31 January 2007). "60 Seconds with Ines Sainz". Palm Beach Post.
  13. ^ Bickley, Dan (27 January 2009). "Bickley: Cards handle media-day blitz well". AZCentral.com.
  14. ^ Spander, Art (1 February 2007). "Colts and Bears fed to hungry 4,000". The Daily Telegraph.
  15. ^ "Media Day". Newsweek. 30 January 2007.
  16. ^ "Ines Sainz will be a factor at Manny Pacquiao fight". USA Today. 14 October 2010.
  17. ^ "Watch the Cotto-Mayorga Weigh-in Live Online". NowBoxing.com. 11 March 2011.
  18. ^ Prudon, Laura (9 May 2016). "Netflix Orders Global Competition Series 'Ultimate Beastmaster' from Sylvester Stallone, Dave Broome". Variety. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  19. ^ Waszak Jr., Dennis (14 September 2010). "NFL talks to female reporter about Jets behavior". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 17 September 2010.
  20. ^ "Inez Sainz on the cover of Gente magazine". Philly.com. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  21. ^ "Who is Ines Sainz?". MyFoxBoston. 14 September 2010. Archived from the original on 12 February 2012.
  22. ^ Scrap, DC. "Super hot sideline reporter Ines Sainz bikinis it up in Esquire Mexico". Guyism. Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
  23. ^ Kearney, Andrew (23 May 2010). "World Cup WAGs: Team Mexico". Bleacher Report.
  24. ^ Traina, Jimmy (16 June 2010). "T.O.'s up". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 19 June 2010.
  25. ^ "The Five Sexiest Sports Reporters in the World". FHM Online. August 2009. Archived from the original on 11 August 2010.
  26. ^ a b "Sainz: Others Balked at Jets' Behavior, Not Me: Says Colleagues Objected, Concluded It Was Wrong; Says She's Been Hassled Before -- Just Never So Rudely". CBS News. 14 September 2010.
  27. ^ Rand, Michael (12 November 2010). "RandBall Q&A: Reporter Ines Sainz on the Mark Sanchez incident, T.O. and more". Minneapolis Star Tribune.
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