A rare, long-lost interview with Selena Quintanilla was recently discovered on a television camera that was donated to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History by Univision.
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The footage is from a 1994 interview for a program called Tejano USA on San Antonio's KWEX-TV.
The interview was shot in April of 1994 in San Antonio, where Selena was performing in the "Texas Live" festival.
In the charming interview, Selena talked about her recent Grammy win, and how star struck she was at the awards ceremony.
When they first told us that we were nominated we all freaked out, we couldn't believe it. The first thing, I promise, the first thing that came to mind is that I need to take a camera to take pictures with all of these stars. It didn't hit me till later when I thought, 'Oh my God. What if we win?' They didn't let me take my camera in, that's one of the things. I didn't get to take pictures until afterward.
She also talked about her rare acting turn on the Mexican telenovela, Dos Mujeres, Un Camino.
The production manager who directed the footage recently told the museum that after Selena was killed in 1995, he searched for the footage with no luck.
What a miracle!
