Pamela Hodar

Pamela de Lourdes Hodar Alba (born 28 August 1952) is a Chilean former TV presenter who also served as councilwoman of Vina del Mar.

TV career
Born in Vina del Mar, Hodar attended the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso, where she did her bachelor of arts in journalism.

In the 1970s, she began her television career on UCV Televisión starring the program Música, Música (from Spanish: 'Music, Music') along with Izidor Handler. Later, Hodar moved to the capital city, Santiago, because she was hired to read the weather on Teleonce (TV Channel). Then, she read morning news on Panorama, also from Teleonce.

This background allowed Hodar to have a promotion in her career, since she was hired by Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN). In the state–owned company, she presented the central newscast, 60 Minutes. In 1986, she reached a peak in her career when she was appointed to present the Viña del Mar International Song Festival alongside Antonio Vodanovic, with whom presented the OTI Festival in the same year. Hodar presented the Vina Festival until 1990. One year later, Hodar left TVN and retired from the television career, except for a brief period in 1997, when she worked on the TV channel, La Red.

Political career
From 2004 to 2008, Hodar was councilwoman of Concón. Then, from 2008 to 2021, she served in the same office for Vina del Mar.

Personal life
She married the military man Juan Arenas. She had two sons, one of them, the future deputy Gonzalo Arenas.