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Elvis y Chile
Las siguientes fotos corresponde a Elvis mostrando el premio, entregado por la revista Chilena de espectáculos ECRAN, en 1964 durante el rodaje del film VIVA LAS VEGAS en Culver City, Hollywood; con motivo de ser elegido el cantante más popular en Sudamérica.
Este premio correspondía a un galardón obtenido en 1962 y que la Subdirectora de la revista Sra. Lidia Baltra intentó entregar a manos de Elvis en 1963 durante la filmación de FUN IN ACAPULCO, con la desgracia de que Elvis ya había regresado a Memphis.
Así fue como la misión continuó al año siguiente en manos del corresponsal de esta revista en Hollywood Sr. Miguel De Zarraga quien pese a la ayuda de PARAMOUNT y RCA RECORDS no pudo contactarlo, debiendo esperar a que Elvis volviera a Hollywood para una nueva filmación.
Finalmente el jefe de publicidad extranjera Sr. Dore Freeman contactó a De Zarraga para concurrir al set de filmación de VIVA LAS VEGAS.
Elvis extremadamente cariñoso (y en compañía del equipo de filmación, incluida ANN MARGRET) recibió la preciosa estatuilla tallada en madera de la Isla de Pascua (ubicada en el Océano Pacífico y dentro del territorio Chileno, cuya cultura es íntegramente Polinésica y conocida como RAPA NUI)
El MOAI representa a los guardianes de esta Isla cuyo origen sigue siendo un misterio para la humanidad, estos observan el océano desde diferentes direcciones. Esculpidos en piedras y de alturas que fluctúan entre los 2 y 4 metros, representan el busto de seres mitológicos. Este premio representaba el máximo honor del público Hispanoamericano al cantante más popular en sudamérica, además lo reconoce como uno de los más grandes artistas del mundo entero (este 
galardón fue anteriormente recibido por celebridades como Sophia Loren y Alain Delon).
Mucha gente ha preguntado que pasó con este premio.
A continuación adjuntamos los correos enviado a Graceland y su respectiva respuesta
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From: Cecilia Solar
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:58:38 -0400
To: "Archives EPE, Inc."
Subject: Information request from Chile
Hi Danielle, I'm Cecilia of ElvisChile fan club, think you know about me all ready, you'll see, I was on Graceland this Elvisweek 2008, was my first time in there and was one of the best memories of my life!, was a dream come true, anyway, here in my country, I wasn't even born but here was a
magazine called ECRAN, this was the most famous magazine for young people in here in 50's and 60's decade, on 1962 this 
magazine gave a award to Elvis, this was a wood figurine, a MOAI (this is an special stone huge statues that you can
see on easter island, nobody knows about how, when and who made those but there are very popular) this figurine was made on easter island for Elvis, and he receive it from Mr. De Zarraga on Viva las Vegas set on 1964, we have some pictures of this event, and Elvis is in there with all Viva las Vegas staff, including Ann Margret, but nobody knows where is that figurine now, who have it?, I never saw this on Graceland, as you work on Elvis Archives I tought you might find something about it, or maybe know something about it?, if you don't know can you tell me who can have this kind of information?, I know this is a very small award if you compare all that room that Elvis have in his house with all those awards, but for us is the only thing that Elvis receive from here, this award was gave to him because he was the most popular artist on southamerica at that time and on (of course). I just attached a few pictures of this moment for you to see it. As you can see this picture is like the face of our fan club. I will be so gratefull if youcan give me some info about it and thank you so much for your time.
Best regards from Chile,
Cecilia Solar Cofré
Relaciones Públicas ElvisChile Fan Club
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From: "EPE Archives" 
To: Cecilia Solar
Cc: "Danielle Forbes"
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 11:50 AM
Subject: Information request from Chile
Dear Cecilia Solar,
Danielle has forwarded your request for information about the award Elvis received from Chile. Yes, we do see that he received this award while on the set of the film "Viva Las Vegas." Unfortunately, our vast collection of Elvis's belongings is still not all cataloged. So we can't say if he still has the award or not. We are trying very hard to continue our cataloging process which will take many more years to complete. Elvis, his father Vernon and Col. Parker all kept so many things over the years that we will be busy for a long time with this. We will let you know if we come across it.
We can only imagine how honored Elvis was to be recognized by his fans in South America. He often voiced his desire to travel to other countries to meet his fans and it is very sad that he
wasn't able to do so. Thank you for your continued loyalty and love for Elvis.
Best Regards,
LaVonne
Archives Staff Researcher