Catalina Maya

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Maya and the second or maternal family name is Arango.
Catalina Maya
Catalina Maya in 2020.
Born
Catalina Maya Arango

(1980-07-28) July 28, 1980 (age 43)
Betulia, Colombia
NationalityColombian
Occupation(s)Model, television actress, broadcaster, businesswoman
Years active1993–present
Spouses
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(m. 2005; div. 2012)​
Felipe Pimiento
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(m. 2018)​
Children2
Modeling information
Hair colorBlond
Eye colorGreen

Catalina Maya Arango (born July 28, 1980 in Betulia, Antioquia, Colombia ), known professionally as Catalina Maya, is a Colombian model, broadcaster and businesswoman.

Early life and education[edit]

Maya grew up in Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia,[1] where she attended San José de Las Vegas school.[2] She studied Social Communication[1][3] and Journalism from 1998 to 2004 at the Pontifical Bolivarian University.[2] In 2000 she interned for a semester at the press office in Casa de Nariño, the Colombian presidential house.[3]

Career[edit]

Modeling[edit]

She began her modeling career at age thirteen[1][2] when she accompanied Catalina Gómez to the InForma casting agency, in Medellín. The casting directors invited her to be part of the presentation, from which she was chosen for the campaign for Almacenes Éxito.[2] Afterwards, Maya started receiving offers to model for television commercials and brands in Colombia and other countries.[2] In Colombia, she is widely remembered for her photos which appeared on the cover of student notebooks in the late 1990s[4] and early 2000s.[5][6][7]

Maya has appeared in more than 300 campaigns throughout her career.[5]

Television and radio[edit]

Maya worked at W Radio (Colombia) in 2004, at the time she met her first husband.[1][2] She returned to W Radio in 2012,[8] working from Monday to Friday from 5pm to 8pm at La Hora del Regreso (The Comeback Time).[6] At the age of seventeen she started to frequently make special coverings for Caracol Radio. She has played minor roles in television soap operas such as Padres e Hijos (Parents and Children). In January and February 2019, she appeared in The agency: Battle of the models [es], in which she directed one of the competing teams of models.[4][6] Since August 2019, she has been invited to the Despierta America morning show in Univision Network,[6] for weekly appearances on the segment Sin Rollo (Without Issue).

Youtuber[edit]

In October 2019 Catalina launched her YouTube channel ‘Bueno, Bonito y barato’ (Good, Nice and Cheap) where she gives tips and hacks for beauty, cleaning and more.[6]

Business[edit]

Several times a year, Maya hosts a design fair called "Los Bazares de Catalina Maya" to promote new Latin-American designers.[6]

Personal life[edit]

She is the youngest of three sisters.[2] On March 11, 2005, Catalina Maya married Adrián Fernández, a racing car driver.[1][2] They had two children together.[8][1][2] In 2012, they separated by mutual agreement.[1][2][9] On March 17, 2018, after four years of relationship, she married businessman Felipe Pimiento.[6]

In 2005, she put her modeling career on pause to be a mother until 2012 when she returned to live in Miami.[2][9]

Filmography[edit]

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Padres e Hijos Herself Special appearance
2001 Amor Discos Miss Bolivia Special appearance
2001 Yo soy Betty, la fea Herself Special appearance
2001 Los Elegidos Herself Special appearance
2002 Bla Bla Bla Herself Special appearance

Reality Shows[edit]

Year Title Role
2004 La granja Tolima Herself
2019 The agency: Battle of the models [es] Director of competing group of models[4][6][10][11]

Model[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g (in Spanish) Qué pasó con… Catalina Maya Vanguardia. (4 April 2013). Retrieved on 2019-10-09.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o (in Spanish) Catalina Maya "Después de mi separación, quisiera ser periodista" Archived 2019-10-09 at the Wayback Machine El Espectador (4 May 2012). Retrieved on 2019-10-09.
  3. ^ a b "Nada pasa más rápido que la belleza". Semana (in Spanish). 6 September 2003. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  4. ^ a b c "¡Bella y sensual! Así lucía Catalina Maya siendo portada de cuadernos". Caracol TV: Regias (in Spanish). 14 February 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  5. ^ a b "CATALINA MAYA". Revista Donjuan (in Spanish). No. 151. September 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h Restrepo, Orlando (28 September 2019). "Catalina Maya se lanza al mundo de los 'youtubers'". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  7. ^ "CUADERNOS CON NOMBRE DE MUJER". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 30 January 2001. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  8. ^ a b (in Spanish) Catalina Maya ahora parte del equipo de la W Radio EJE21. (26 March 2012). Retrieved on 2019-10-09.
  9. ^ a b (in Spanish) Beatriz Arango S. Catalina Maya vuelve a empezar El Colombiano. (10 March 2012). Retrieved on 2019-10-09.
  10. ^ (in Spanish) Catalina Maya Agencia Fucsia Publimetro. (29 January 2019). Retrieved on 2019-10-09.
  11. ^ Germán Matamoros G. (22 January 2019). "Espectáculos – Enero. La Agencia". Ver Bien Magazín (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 December 2019.

External links[edit]

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