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Quepasa.com Signs Gloria Estefan as Spokesperson Business & Entertainment Editors PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 7, 1999-- Quepasa.com to Sponsor 2000 U.S. Tour Quepasa.com (Nasdaq: PASA), the premier online community for the U.S. Hispanic market, announced today that International superstar and multiple Grammy Award winner, Gloria Estefan, will become quepasa.com's spokesperson, partner and investor. "I believe in quepasa.com's mission which is to empower Hispanics to shape our own destiny through education and information on the Internet in Spanish and English," said Gloria Estefan. "Our partnership will focus on helping Hispanic youth to reach higher." Quepasa.com and Gloria Estefan will hold a celebration and press conference in New York City on Wednesday, September 15, in observance of the upcoming Hispanic Heritage Month. Also announced will be preliminary details of Gloria Estefan's upcoming 2000 U.S. Tour. "Gloria Estefan is a Hispanic role model of the highest caliber and integrity," said Gary L. Trujillo, Chairman & CEO of quepasa.com. "We are extremely pleased to have her support in bringing the Internet to the U.S. Hispanic market." About quepasa.com Quepasa.com (www.quepasa.com) provides the rapidly growing U.S. Hispanic market with information and interactive content available in both Spanish and English. The site was founded in 1998 and includes a search engine, free e-mail, freeWeb pages, Spanish-language news feeds, worldwide weather information, chat rooms, games, maps, and message boards. Over the past six months, quepasa.com has experienced a 133% compound monthly growth rate in page views. Quepasa.com has entered into strategic partnerships with leading providers of media, content and technology including: Miami Herald Online, Reuters NewMedia, Inc., Telemundo Network Group, Fox Sports World Espanol, Mapquest, WeatherLabs, Inc., Inktomi, GTE Internetworking and Exodus Communications. --30--mjr/ny* tia CONTACT: PepperCom Lane Buschel 212/931-6130 lbuschel@peppercom.com or quepasa.com Michele Vahsen 602/716-0100 ext. 259 mvahsen@quepasa.com KEYWORD: ARIZONA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: INTERACTIVE/MULTIMEDIA/INTERNET COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS COMED ENTERTAINMENT Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet with Hyperlinks to your home page. URL: businesswire.com Sep-07-1999 08:18 GMT Symbols: US;PASA Source BW Business Wire