"vedette" meaning in English

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          "text": "Josephine Baker arrived in Cuba in 1951. When this famous black American vedette arrived—she who had first enraptured Paris and later the rest of Europe—Rita Montaner played a trick on her. La Baker, as well as Cuban vedettes and rumba dancers, had conquered Europe by selling exoticism to an avid European public.",
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        "(entertainment) A cabaret performer, usually the main female artist of a show."
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