Fernando Miguel Palma Suazo[a][2] (born 10 February 1993) is a Honduran diplomat, model and film and television actor. He is known as the cultural ambassador of Honduras to Taiwan.[1][3]

Fernando Palma
Fernando Palma
Born (1993-02-10) 10 February 1993 (age 31)
Tegucigalpa, Honduras[1]
Education
Occupations
  • Engineer
  • diplomat
  • actor
  • model

Biography

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Palma was born in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on 10 February 1993.[4] Although he was born and raised in Honduras, Palma is also of mixed race: his father is from Italy and his mother is from Honduras.[5] In his youth, he attended the bilingual Elvel school in Honduras.[2] Palma studied Industrial Engineering at the Catholic University of Honduras.[1] In 2015, he moved from Honduras to Taiwan.[6] Two years later, he completed his master's studies in Industrial Engineering and Management at the Yuan Ze University.[7][8][6][9] The Taiwanese government recognized Fernando Palma as the first Latin American to enter the country's entertainment industry.[7][8][10][11][12] He has become a Latin American media personality in the film and entertainment industry in Taiwan. He is fluent in Spanish, English, Mandarin and Taiwanese.[8][13]

Film and television

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He acted for sports brands in Taiwan.[7][8][14][15][16][17][9][18][19][20][21][22][23] He has been recognized as a cultural Ambassador for his impact as a young Latino in Taiwanese society.[1][3][24][25]

Filmography

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Films

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Year Title Role Notes
2019 Killer Not Stupid Terrorist Filmed in 亞洲大學

Variety Show

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Year English title Mandarin title Notes
2017 Half and Half 二分之一強 Appears as 費南多
2018-2022 WTO Sister Show WTO姐妹會 Appears as 費南多
2018 Speak Out Loud Yes or No 請問你是哪裡人 Appears as 費南多

Published works

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  • Palma, Fernando (2019). Reducing global supply chains' waste of overproduction by using lean principles: A conceptual approach. Hungary: Emerald Publishing Limited. ISSN 1756-669X.

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Field
2019 Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World Personal improvement and/or accomplishment.[26] Entertainment
2019 Alliance française International Cultural Ambassador Entertainment

References

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Notes
  1. ^ Spanish: Fernando Palma, Chinese: 費南多帕馬
Citations
  1. ^ a b c d Jessica Naela Hernández (11 June 2021). "El joven hondureño que viajó a Taiwán para triunfar en el entretenimiento". Forbes Central America (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Catracho que sobresale en Asia invita a todos a creer en sus suenos". El Tiempo (Honduras) (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  3. ^ a b Corina Minero (24 October 2021). "El hondureño Fernando Palma en tunota positiva, primer latinoamericano en incursionar en el entretenimiento de Taiwán". Tu Nota Honduras (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Fernando Palma: «catracho» que conquista industria de entretenimiento taiwanesa". Radio America (Honduras) (in Spanish). 21 August 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  5. ^ Liu Yijun (28 August 2018). "宏國費南多來台意外圓星夢 盼將台灣之美帶向國際". Taiwan News (in Chinese). Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  6. ^ a b "前進北中南 中美洲男模影片開箱台灣咖啡產業". United Daily News (in Chinese). 27 May 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  7. ^ a b c Eduardo Pluma (20 August 2020). "Un hondureño 'conquista' la industria del entretenimiento de Taiwán". Forbes Central America (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  8. ^ a b c d "Hondureño logra fama en la industria cinematográfica de Taiwán". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 30 August 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  9. ^ a b Huang Xuanyin (27 May 2022). "台灣每天喝78萬杯咖啡 文總邀宏國男星訪40年老牌名店". NOW News (in Chinese). Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Hondureno logra fama en la industria cinematografica de Taiwan". La Prensa (Honduras) (in Spanish). 30 August 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  11. ^ "Gobierno de Taiwan reconoce a hondureno que conquisto industria de entretenimiento". El Tiempo (Honduras) (in Spanish). 30 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  12. ^ "Hondureno triunfa en Taiwan en la industria del cine". La Prensa (Honduras) (in Spanish). 30 August 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  13. ^ Zhang Xiangyi; Lai Guanying (30 July 2018). "衷心謝謝台灣:來自宏都拉斯的我,在這裏開啟未曾想像過的築夢之旅". Crossing Taiwán. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  14. ^ "台灣每年喝掉28.5億杯咖啡 文總邀中美洲小鮮肉開箱冠軍咖啡產地". EBC News (in Chinese). 27 May 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  15. ^ "福爾摩沙進香團計畫 費南多開箱台灣咖啡產業 (圖)". Yahoo! Kimo (in Chinese). 27 May 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  16. ^ "全台冠軍咖啡產地!文總邀「中美洲帥哥男模」開箱超吸睛". SET News. 27 May 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  17. ^ "文總邀日籍主持人開箱客家庄 一品道地美食". United Daily News (in Chinese). 24 June 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  18. ^ "文總福爾摩沙進香團 邀中美洲網紅開箱冠軍咖啡產地". Taiwan Government (in Chinese). 17 May 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  19. ^ "前進北中南 中美洲男模影片開箱台灣咖啡產業". Central News Agency (Taiwan) (in Chinese). 27 May 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  20. ^ "獨家》宏國留台藝人攜手VR台灣黑熊 大開脫口秀宣揚台灣文化". Liberty Times (in Chinese). 13 September 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  21. ^ Gustavo Banegas (20 March 2017). "Fernando Palma, un hondureño que triunfa en el modelaje y la tv de Taiwán". El Heraldo (Honduras) (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  22. ^ Xu Kaixin (24 May 2017). "我的人生不受限 Fernando與你聊經驗". Yuan Ze University (in Chinese). Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  23. ^ "Hondureño logra fama en la industria cinematográfica de Taiwán". Canal 6 (Honduran TV channel) (in Spanish). 30 August 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  24. ^ "來自宏都拉斯的費南多很令人感動,他來台灣有什麼故事呢?他怎麼看台灣的美好呢?". The Epoch Times (in Chinese). 21 December 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2022 – via Facebook.
  25. ^ "Fernando Palma" (PDF). Yuan Ze University (in Chinese). Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  26. ^ "JCI celebra su III Consejo Ejectivo Nacional con entrega de premios". La Tribuna (Honduras) (in Spanish). 20 August 2019.
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