Ximena Huilipán

Ximena Huilipán Muñoz (born September 19, 1986) is a Chilean model and actress of Mapuche descent.[1]

Career

At 14 years of age, Huilipán won the Elite Model Look Chile 2002 contest.[2][3] She was discovered by European fashion designer Oscar de la Renta[4] for whom she modeled after having won the Elite Model Look Chile 2002. During her early career she also modeled for Carolina Herrera and was cast in a minor role in Jorge Olguín's movie Sangre eterna.[3] Later she moved further into an actor career playing a role as Lautaro's wife in a historical movie about the Arauco War between Spaniards and Mapuches.[5] She has been called "the Mapuche model" several times in the written press, but does not embody the stereotypical physical Mapuche characteristics.[4]

Filmography

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5124934081631634306/posts/default Ximena Huilipan
  2. ↑ Ximena Huilipán: afuera, ser mapuche no es exótico, El Mercurio, September 10, 2002.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ximena Huilipán: "Quiero sacar un poco del horror por el que he pasado", La Tercera November 23, 2008.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Richards, Patricia. Mapuche women in the Chilean Print Media Gender & Society, 2007.
  5. ↑ Lautaro llegará a la pantalla grande, El Diario Austral de Temuco, December 6, 2005.