Magaly Medina
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| Born |
Magaly Jesús Medina Vela 31 March 1963 Huacho, Huaura, Lima, Peru |
| Other names | "La Urraca" "La Bocona" |
| Occupation | Hostess, journalist |
| Spouse(s) | César Lengua (div.), Marco Mendoza (div.) |
| Children | Gianmarco Mendoza Medina |
Magaly Jesús Medina Vela (born March 31, 1963) is a Peruvian entrepreneur, presenter, radio and television producer; most known for the popular celebrity gossip show ", that ran from 1997 to 2012. In it, she talked about the lives and scandals of Peruvian celebrities from "Chollywood," a portmanteau of the words "Cholo" and "Hollywood," which she minted.
On December 2016, it was announced that Medina would return to her journalistic roots by hosting "90 Matinal," the morning news segment on Latina, starting March 2017.
While being a journalist in the political weekly magazine , under the supervision of journalist , for more than six years, she made her television debut on April 1991 on the journalistic debate show "Fuego Cruzado" in which, alongside other journalists and linguist Martha Hildebrandt, member of the Peruvian Academy of Language, harshly questioned and criticized well-known and now deceased television presenter Augusto Ferrando, whom they described as vulgar for his style as a host on his former TV show, "Trampolín a la Fama".
She moved on from local political reporting and crime news to show business in a small segment on "El Noticiero," the news program on ATV. The segment, called "Pese a Quien le Pese," which was the launch platform for what would become Medina's greatest hit; a celebrity gossip show simply known as "MagalyTeVe" that would influence the way celebrity news are consumed in the country.The show made its debut on November 1, 1997, on ATV. During its most popular period, "Magaly TeVe" managed 30 points in ratings, hitting a high on January 2009 after returning from her 76 days in prison with an average of 39.1, and peaks of 56.4 and 44.5 in the A/B and C sectors, respectively.
Her show moved to Frecuencia Latina (now known as Latina) in the early years of 1998 to 2000, but move back to ATV in 2001 where it spanned into a printed magazine Revista Magaly TeVe, and stayed on the air until December 21, 2012.
After taking a two-year break, when she even participated as a guest jury on an episode of "Peru's Next Top Model," Medina returned to television with the simply titled "Magaly," making its debut on September 13, 2014 on Latina. A year later, she also produced "En Carne Propia, Anorexia y Bulimia" a special program on Latina that talked about these diseases through testimonies and research.
On December 2016, it was announced that Medina would return to her journalistic roots by hosting "90 Matinal," the morning news segment on Latina, starting March 2017.
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