Marbelle

Maureen Belky Ramírez Cardona, better known by her stage name Marbelle (born January 19, 1980) is a Colombian singer and actress. She has released nine albums and two cassettes with three being certified platinum and two almost gold. She is also known as judge and mentor in El factor X and the children spin-off El factor Xs.

==Biography== Daughter of a police officer, she spent her childhood in Santiago de Cali where she lived with her four older brothers. From age four she became interested in singing. Her mother María Isabel (stage name Yolanda Cardona) was her manager designer of her performing dresses. She took part in local and regional singing competitions, made appearances on radio and state television and gave shows, with a mariachi band and later with a children's entertainment company, becoming known by the stage name "Estrellita Romántica".