Net Worth
A television personality and model, Rocsi Diaz has a $3 million dollar net worth. Rocsi Diaz, also known as Raquel Roxanne Diaz, was raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, despite being born in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. She was a cheerleader in middle and high school and battled anorexia for most of her adolescent years. She moved to the East Coast after completing her education at Louisiana’s West Jefferson High School, where she later started working as a DJ for a Boston radio station. She started djing for Chicago radio station Power 92 WPWX-FM, dubbed as “The Midday Mami,” after relocating there in the middle of the 2000s. She was noticed by BET due to her work in Chicago, and together with Terrence J, she co-hosted “106th and Park” beginning in 2006. She not only continues to work on “106th and Park,” but she also hosts the well-known radio show “Rocsi on the Radio.” She has also made appearances on the MTV programme “Fear” and the MTV Music Awards in Japan.
Early Life
Model and television personality Raquel Roxanne Diaz, better known by her stage name Rocsi, is from Honduras. Her most recognisable role was as a co-host of BET’s 106 & Park from 2006 to 2012. She was known as Rocsi Diaz when working as a correspondent for Entertainment Tonight from 2012 until 2014. Diaz was born on November 17, 1981, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Later, when she was a young girl, she and her family moved to New Orleans. She is of Chilean and Honduran descent. Rocsi acknowledged on 106 & Park on July 30, 2009, that her love of cheering during her middle school and high school years had contributed to her anorexia.. West Jefferson High School in Harvey, Louisiana is where she received her diploma. She graduated from Nicholls State with a bachelor’s degree.
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Biography
| Celebrated Name: | Rocsi Diaz |
| Real Name: | Raquel Roxanne Diaz |
| Age: | 41 Years Old |
| Gender: | Female |
| Date of Birth: | 17 November 1981 |
| Birth Place: | Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
| Nationality: | Honduran |
| Sexual Orientation: | Straight |
| Marital Status: | Single |
| Height: | 5 Ft 2 Inhes |
| Weight: | 56 kg |
| Profession: | TV Personality, Radio Personality, Model |
| Net Worth: | $4 Million |
Family
| Parents: | N/A |
| Siblings: | N/A |
| Boyfriend: | No |
| Children: | No |
Personal Life
Diaz is reportedly currently single. Along with having a fruitful profession, Rocsi Diaz has also been romantically associated with a variety of interesting people. She has dated at least six men, including Tyrese Gibson, Eddie Murphy, Amar’e Stoudemire, Michael Misic, and David Bowens. Diaz and Shaquille O’Neal joked on E! News’ Pop Daily segment about being in one another’s direct messages in 2019 despite the fact that she is now single. She has been a vegetarian since her time in college and has appeared in advertisements for PETA to support the cause.
Career
Growing up in New Orleans, she started her career as a host on 97.9 The Beat, the most popular urban radio station in the city. The Boston radio station Hot 97.7 took note of Rocsi’s distinctive, street-smart approach, and she subsequently began working there as a DJ. In 2004, she moved to Chicago, where she worked as a noon DJ at Power 92 WPWX-FM, earning the moniker “The Midday Mami.” Diaz participated in the 2000 season of MTV’s Fear as a competitor. AJ Calloway and Free left BET on July 28th, 2005, and were replaced by Big Tigger and Julissa Bermudez. Following their breakup, Rocsi and Terrence J were appointed co-hosts of BET’s 106 & Park on July 6, 2006. The show is seen by more than 85 million people in the US, UK, Canada, Africa, the Caribbean, and Japan.
She appeared on the MTV Video Music Awards Japan, where she and co-host Terrence J shot the footage for the premiere. Even though she only featured in TV cutscenes and not in combat, Rocsi made an appearance in Def Jam: Icon in 2007 as a BET News correspondent. On November 19, 2012, Diaz began working for Entertainment Tonight as a daily contributor and weekend co-host. On September 17, 2014, Diaz was fired from the programme, and CNN’s Nischelle Turner was hired to take her place. On January 23, 2015, CNN’s HLN hired Diaz. She is the Los Angeles contributor for their 12–5 p.m. EST time slot programme The Daily Share. She visited her childhood home in August 2015 with cameras to mark the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, and she displayed how her street was now completely bare of homes.
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Amy Paffrath, who previously hosted Dating Naked on VH1, is replaced by Diaz for the third season. For Cannonball on the USA Network, Mike “The Miz” Mizanin handled play-by-play duties, and Diaz performed colour commentary. In 2021, she began hosting the brand-new Fox reality singing competition Alter Ego. In June 2014, Diaz won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Entertainment News Program. In August 2013, she was honoured by the National Council of La Raza: Nuestro Pueblo, where she received the Ruben Salazar Communications Award.
