María Isabel Llaudes Santiago (born 4 December 1945),[1][2] better known by her stage name Karina, is a Spanish singer and actress who had her biggest success from the late 1960s until the mid-1970s in Spain and Latin America.

After having entered several radio contests, she was chosen to sing on a flexi disc that a brand of car lubricant gave away with the purchase of its products, which was the first song she recorded, "Bikini Amarillo"[a].

[4] She became known to the Spanish audience in 1963 when she starred in the television musical show Escala en hi-fi [es] on Televisión Española (TVE), and in the film adaptation of it.

[5] In 1965, she signed with Hispavox where she recorded "Muñeca de cera"[b] and the contemporary versions in Spanish and Portuguese of the James Bond song "Goldfinger".

Several of her songs, like "Romeo y Julieta"[d], "Las flechas del amor"[e], "El baúl de los recuerdos [es]", and "La fiesta"[f] became hits in Spain.