Yahoo Estilo WATCH: Rare footage of Selena Quintanilla is accidentally uncovered after 23 years
New footage of the late singer Selena Quintanilla has been discovered after more than two decades of sitting inside a camera. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History digitized the incredibly rare video, which has since gone viral. The Smithsonian said they found the footage inside a TV camera donated by Univision, the parent company of San Antonio’s KWEX-TV. It shows a 1994 interview in which the celebrated Mexican-American singer discusses winning her first Grammy Award with the TV program Tejano USA.
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Rare footage of Selena was discovered from 1994 Photo: Grosby Group
“When they first told us that we were nominated, we all freaked out,” the acclaimed singer says, looking bright and cheery in the interview. “We couldn’t believe it. The first thing, I promise, the first thing that came to mind is, like, ‘I have to take a camera, so I can take pictures with all of these stars.’ It didn’t hit me later until, like, when I thought, ‘Oh my God. What if we win?’”
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She added: “We went out there and they didn’t let me take my camera in, that’s one of the things. I didn’t get to take pictures until afterward. We were sitting there, when they announced, I had this huge knot in my stomach, I was so nervous. And then they announced the winner!”
Selena was tragically killed in 1995 Photo: Grosby Group
Selena also is seen talking about her three-episode guest star appearance on the Televisa soap opera, Dos Mujeres, Un Camino. “It was nothing what I expected. Now I have a lot of respect for actresses and actors because it’s a lot of work behind the scenes… It was really fun.” To conclude the interview, she then introduces her latest music video, which was for the song “Amor Prohibido,” which went on to be one of her greatest hits.
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The unearthed interview was filmed merely one year before Selena’s life was tragically taken far too soon. She was just 23-years-old when her fan club president, Yolana Saldívar, murdered her in March 31, 1995, two weeks short of her 24th birthday. After a heated discussion in which Selena was trying to important documents, Saldívar shot her in the back at a motel in Corpus Christi, Texas. Music historians believe that Selena was on the cusp of superstardom.
