Amanda Portales

[1] Her mother is Irene del Centro, known as the Dama Elegante of Folklore.

Her father, Lucio Portales was from Huánuco and was a violinist and orchestra director.

This is because her mother, director of the folklore company Juan Huquequeña, had to replace an absent dancer when her pregnancy was well advanced.

"La Novia del Perú", was a nickname created by Antonio Muñoz Monge in 1984.

Portales has visited Korea, Greece, Hungary, Russia, Spain, Sweden, France, Italy, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Venezuela, Argentina, the United States, Costa Rica, and Canada.