Luis Miguel celebrates 54th birthday in L.A. with Paloma Cuevas and daughter Michelle Salas

The romantic relationship between the Spanish designer Paloma Cuevas, 52, and the Mexican singer Luis Miguel, 54, is going strong. Despite the initial surprise, and even disbelief, that the romance first generated, the couple seems to be consolidating a bond that has been growing step by step for almost two years. Last week they demonstrated it once again, albeit with their usual discretion, by celebrating the singer’s birthday together. Cuevas traveled over 6,000 miles from Spain to the city of Los Angeles to be with the artist on his special day. His daughter, Michelle Salas, has also shared a photograph of herself with Luis Miguel on that day, a rare event as the two have not posed publicly together for years.

Luis Miguel is currently on a very successful world tour, with each and every concert sold out. After passing through South America and around 20 U.S. cities since the end of 2023, he has extended the American leg of the tour. Last week in L.A. he surpassed the 100-concert mark with two events at the Crypto.com Arena on April 16 and 17, when he showed himself to be in shape, with a lot of energy and a well cared-for voice. His following concert was two days later, on April 19, in Las Vegas, the same day he turned 54. But he took advantage of that short break in Los Angeles to go out to dinner with Cuevas and blow out his birthday candles. According to Hola! magazine, which revealed the information on Wednesday, mariachis came to the restaurant where they sang the traditional Mañanitas to the winner of 12 Grammy Awards.

The artist also celebrated his special day with his eldest daughter, Michelle Salas, 34, born from his relationship with the Mexican actress Stephanie Salas. It was not until the young woman turned 18 that Luis Miguel recognized his paternity (which at one point he even denied), but for a few years now they have maintained an affectionate relationship. Luis Miguel attended the wedding of the young woman — a model and influencer — held in Italy last October, and gave away the bride at the altar. Although Salas and her husband, the Venezuelan businessman Danilo Díaz, shared every detail of the marriage in Vogue magazine, there were no photographs of Luis Miguel. Now, however, Salas has congratulated her father on his birthday with an image of both of them together, in what constitutes a very unusual gesture.

The image was taken, apparently, on a private plane. Both are dressed in black, and she is sitting on her father’s lap and rests her head on him, while both hold glasses of red wine. Salas posted it on her Instagram profile, which has more than two million followers, on April 23, a few days after the singer’s birthday. Although there is no text and it is not dated, both were in Los Angeles and Las Vegas during practically the same days. The influencer traveled to both cities for different promotional events for the brands with which she collaborates, and has shared her luxurious lifestyle on her social media accounts, showing off signature bags and staying in expensive hotels.

It does not look like the celebrations with Cuevas and Salas coincided; if this was the case, both women have given the spotlight to one another in order to each have their media moment with the so-called Sol de México (Sun of Mexico). Cuevas and Luis Miguel have been friends for years, as she is the daughter of Victoriano Valencia, an important bullfighting impresario who is himself a friend of Luisito Rey, the singer’s father. Later, during her marriage of almost 25 years to the bullfighter Enrique Ponce, the artist was a friend and regular guest of the couple; in fact, both were the godparents of Miguel, the first of the two children that the Mexican superstar had with the actress Aracely Arámbula. It was after Cuevas and Ponce’s divorce, in the summer of 2020, that the artist became closer to her and their friendship became a romantic relationship.

During the months of May and June, Luis Miguel will continue on his tour of the United States, where he will give 30 more concerts. At the end of June he will fly to Spain, where he will start his tour in Córdoba (the hometown of Paloma Cuevas) and do 15 concerts until the beginning of August. Then he will take a break for a couple of weeks before finishing the tour with another 30 shows throughout Mexico.

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