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...Lisbon, Lady Bullfighter Conchita Cintron declared that she would soon give up the razzle-dazzle of the ring for the tranquillity of marriage. Her future husband, she said, is Dom Francisco Castelo Branco, a government official in Por tuguese East Africa. She plans to marry him by proxy next September...
...Conchita Qintron, 26, girl bullfighter, drew ooohs and aaahs from 20,000 Frenchmen for her form-fitting black getup, but only perfunctory applause for her Paris debut in the ring. Since French law forbids the killing of bulls, cool-eyed Conchita went through her routines with wooden swords, made one "kill" by laying a handful of orchids daintily between her victim's horns...
Cool-eyed Conchita Cintron, 26, the world's top woman bullfighter got the cold shoulder in Mexico. She flew into Mexico City, ran smack into opposition from the local bullfighters' union: their ring, where she had wrung oles from the crowds eight years ago, was now no place for a woman. Back in 1940, Peru's Conchita had airily remarked that Mexican bulls were passable, but not nearly fierce enough to suit her taste...
Slim, blonde Conchita Cintron, 25, girl bullfighter, paused at LaGuardia Airport on her way from Lisbon to ring engagements in Peru. Born of U.S. parents in Chile, 121-lb. Conchita, who claims 828 bulls in her eight-year career, told reporters that she would not get married just yet because she "still enjoys' fighting too much...
Last week Conchita was back on the circuit, in Quito. Ecuadorians jammed their old, wooden bull ring. Some even sat on the roof. Although the first bull was sluggish (dulling Conchita's artistry), the judges awarded her both ears. She passed one to the crowd, threw the other away. Aficionados understood: she knew she had not earned a trophy...