| Gisela Valcárcel | |
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| Born | Sonia Mercedes Gisela Valcárcel Álvarez 26 January 1963 Lima, Peru |
| Other names | La reina (the queen), La señito |
| Occupation | hostess, actress, writer, businesswoman |
| Years active | 21 |
| Influenced by | Rafaella Carrá, Susana Giménez, Verónica Castro |
| Spouse | Roberto Martínez (divorced), Javier Carmona (divorced) |
| Children | Ethel Pozo Valcárcel |
| Awards | Stevie Awards 2009 |
Sonia Mercedes Gisela Valcárcel Álvarez (26 January 1963 in La Victoria District, Lima) is a Peruvian television hostess, actress[1] and businesswoman.
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Gisela Valcarcel was born on 26 January 1963, her parents are Jorge Valcárcel and Teresa Alvarez. She studied at the school Teresa Gonzales de Fanning. At age 17 became pregnant by her boyfriend with whom she had her daughter Ethel.
She started as a secretary at a car company and was hired as an extra for shows the theatre, before the television. In 1993 she founded the Gisela magazine.
On 10 June 1995 she married Roberto Martínez Vera-Tudela a popular soccer player. The wedding grabbed headlines in the national press and was broadcast live and live in television. After some years, the couple divorced Martinez-Valcárcel been divorced.
He was involved in a political scandal to look a Vladi-video of her with Jose Francisco Crousillat Carreno and Vladimiro Montesinos, where they talked about 1 hour. The footage shows how the latter informs him Gisela measures to be taken to prevent the spread of a book (La Señito by Carlos Vidal), where they reveal intimate aspects of life of the hostess. This was denounced by offense against public administration, but not filed suit since the judge dismissed the complaint, being acquitted of the charges.
In the meantime, she also entered a phase of spiritual search that took her to India, meeting some religious leaders, including Sathya Sai Baba and in the U.S. Deepak Chopra. This changed her perspective, bringing a stage of peace to her life. In 2006 after six years of romance, she married Javier Carmona. The couple separated shortly after the marriage due to an affair between Carmona with another Peruvian entertainer Tula Rodriguez, who has been cited as the main reason of the breakup.
She started as a comic actress and a former dancer ("vedette"), in the program Risas y Salsa and La gran Revista.
In 1987, they proposed conducting a daily program (the Peruvian version of Hello Susana) which would name Alo Gisela " then became the queen of midday on Peruvian TV for several years during the late '80s and early '90s, with an average rating of 40 points.
Her guests have been all famous Latin American stars such as Julio Iglesias, Luis Miguel, Guillermo Dávila, Ricardo Montaner, Shakira, María Antonieta de las Nieves, Isabel Pantoja, José Luis Rodríguez, Menudo, Ricky Martin, Thalía, Paulina Rubio, Rocío Dúrcal (recently deceased), Paloma San Basilio, and many more. Her TV shows were always very popular due to the special connection she made with audiences, through phone conversations on TV, offering advice to the audience, especially housewives, who were identified with her success. In parallel, she became the entrepreneur of "Amarige Salon & Urban Spa", a beauty parlor.
Gisela Varcarcel simultaneously hosted Saturday nighttime television shows for various years in the late nineties and early 2000, including reality shows of local versions of Big Brother named La Casa de Gisela.
Her latest project is a local version of Bailando por un sueño in franchise with Mexican TV station Televisa. In January 2009 she travelled to the United States to get a new franchise in the Natpe conference. In February 2009 she returned to Lima with her new TV project: El Show de los Sueños, again in a franchise with Televisa.
In 2009 she has been selected to be one of the personalities that help the recycling campaign in Peru.
In 2010 she host "El Gran Show" (the great show).
As business ventures into the business of the beauty and image of women, she currently owns and manages the recognized Beauty Salons & Spas Lima "Amarige." She is the director of women's magazines Gisela and Amarige. Moreover, she runs her own television production company called GV Productions.
Amarige Salón & Urban Spa is one of the most exclusive beauty and relaxation centers in the city; the team specializes in excellent customer care. Ladies: In the services: hair, styling, color, extensions, manicure and pedicure spa, conditioning, waxing and makeup. Treatments: such as the Facial Aqua C, that includes vitamin A, C and E, collagen veil or the Luxury Facial. Gentlemen: Emperor therapy where you will enjoy like a king, sauna, body exfoliation with a Turkish bath and a comforting massage.
Amarige has a magazine called A.
Gisela is a monthly magazine for women founded by Gisela Valcárcel. It has women's tips including: Fashion, business, cooking, erotism, dieting and actors' news. It is one of the most popular magazines in the country and the most read in the year. In 2008 Gisela announced that the magazine will be in standby and will come back renovated, because she is working hard in Los Reyes de la Pista (Perú).
GV Productions is a television producer who is actually the network of her program El Show de los sueños (Peru).
In 2005 her autobiography, My Name is Gisela, was published by Santillana Group. In this she gives an account of her life from childhood, including her beginnings as a star and her coming to television as hostess of the program Aló Gisela, and photographs are included.
| “ | If I talk about my sorrows and joys that is because what friends do: tell everything | ” |
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— Gisela Valcarcel, at presentation of the book
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(translated from Spanish)
| Year | Award | Category | Program | Result |
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| 1997 | Vitra Awards (Uruguay) | Award for her 10 years of experience as a social communicator in the Peruvian television | Award for her programs: Aló Gisela, Gisela en América, Así es Gisela. | Winner |
| 2008 | Premios a la Excelencia Anda 2009 | Excellence in production and realization | Bailando por un sueño | Winner |
| 2008 | Premios a la Excelencia Anda 2009 | Excellence in entertainment programs | Bailando por un sueño | Winner |
| 2008 | El Comercio Awards | Best competition program | Bailando por un sueño | Winner |
| 2008 | El Comercio Awards | Female face from the year | Bailando por un sueño | Winner |
| 2009 | Stevie Awards | Best competition and entertainment program | El Show de los sueños (Peru) | Winner |
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