Paola Vintimilla

Paola Vintimilla
in 2018
Born
Paola Vintimilla Moscoso

29 August 1971
Quito
NationalityEcuadorian
Childrenfour

Paola Vintimilla Moscoso (born August 29, 1971) is an Ecuadorian model who became a TV presenter and a member of Ecuador's National Assembly. She then returned to being a TV presenter working for the company whose live broadcast was taken over by an armed gang..

Life

Vintimilla was born in Quito in 1971. At the age of 19 she was a model for television commercials. In 1991, she entered and won the Reina de Quito beauty contest.[1] In 1993 she was in the Miss Ecuador pageant,[2] and this allowed her to represent Ecuador in the Reina Sudamericana contest. She continued to volunteer for the Reina de Quito foundation for many years.[3]

Vintimilla became a television presenter. She got her first opportunity on the morning program Complicidades, on Ecuavisa, in which she worked alongside Marco Ponce and Yolanda Torres from the studios in the city of Quito for three years. Later she moved to Guayaquil and became a news presenter for Telesistema.[citation needed]

Paola Vintimilla attending the National Assembly's International Relations Commission in 2017

In June 2016, he began conversations with Jaime Nebot, leader of the Social Christian Party, and in August he joined La Unidad.[4] Her qualifications for standing for election were questioned when she appeared third on the party's list.[5]

Vintimilla was elected to the National Assembly and she made a point about the irregularities in the process that gave Julian Assange his Ecuadorian nationality.[6] She resigned from her seat to run for mayor of Quito.[2]

In 2019 she was an unsuccessful candidate for Mayor of Quito representing the Social Christian Party.[1]

Vintimilla returned to TV presenting news for the state TV station TC Televisión.[1] She was working for the station when it made international news when its live broadcast was taken over by an armed gang on 9 January 2024.[7][8]

Private life

She is married and she has four children.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Paola Vintimilla regresa a la TV: la exreina de Quito y exasambleísta es parte del noticiario estelar de TC Televisión". El Universo (in Spanish). 2023-06-20. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
  2. ^ a b "Paola Vintimilla es candidata para las elecciones de Alcalde de Quito". Metro Ecuador (in Spanish). 2018-12-17. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
  3. ^ "Fundación Reina de Quito - Paola Vintimilla 1991 – 1992". 2016-09-19. Archived from the original on 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
  4. ^ "Paola Vintimilla: "estaré donde La Unidad lo decida"". 2016-09-28. Archived from the original on 2016-09-28. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
  5. ^ "Aquellos candidatos que (no siempre) nos representan". www.vistazo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-04.
  6. ^ S.A, El Diario, Grupo Ediasa (2018-10-17). "Asambleísta Paola Vintimilla pedirá anular la nacionalización de Assange". El Diario Ecuador (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "'Fueron amenazados, maltratados y sometidos vilmente por una banda de terroristas': Carlos Estévez y Paola Vintimilla envían contundente mensaje tras atentado en TC Televisión". El Universo (in Spanish). 2024-01-10. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
  8. ^ "Ecuador declares war on armed gangs after TV station attacked on air". BBC News. 2024-01-09. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
  9. ^ Redacción (2012-02-08). "Paola Vintimilla, más cercana a sus televidentes en la nueva temporada". www.ecuavisa.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-04.