Isabel Preysler

María Isabel Preysler Arrastía (born February 18, 1951) is a Filipina[1][2][3][4] socialite and television host. She is the mother of singers Enrique Iglesias, Julio Iglesias Jr., and journalist Chabeli Iglesias.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Preysler and the second or maternal family name is Arrastía.

Isabel Preysler
Born
María Isabel Preysler Arrastía

(1951-02-18) February 18, 1951
Manila, Philippines
Citizenship
  • Philippines
  • Spain
Occupation
  • Journalist
  • television host
TitleMarchioness of Griñón (1980–1987)
Spouse(s)
    ​
    (
    m. 1971; div. 1979)
      ​
      (
      m. 1980; div. 1985)
        ​
        (
        m. 1987; died 2014)
        Partner(s)Mario Vargas Llosa (2015–present)
        Children5, including Chabeli Iglesias, Julio Iglesias Jr., and Enrique Iglesias
        RelativesNeile Adams (maternal aunt)

        Early life

        Preysler was born in Baybay, Leyte, Philippines, the third of six children to a wealthy family. Her ancestry is Spanish and Kapampangan Filipino. She attended a private Roman Catholic school; Her father, Carlos Preysler y Pérez de Tagle, was the executive director of Philippine Airlines and on the Board of Directors for the Banco Español de Manila (Spanish Bank of Manila),[5] while her mother, María Beatriz Arrastía y Reynares, was the owner of a real estate company in Manila.[5][6] She is the niece of actress Neile Adams, who is her mother's half-sister. She is also a first cousin once removed of American actor Steven R. McQueen, who is Neile's grandson.[7]

        The Pérez de Tagle family, a Filipino cadet branch of the Spanish dynasty that has held the marquisate of Altamira since the 1600s, produced abacá and copra. Abacá was the main ingredient in ropes and other products prior to the invention of nylon.

        The Arrastía family is from the province of Pampanga. Their old town was Lubao, site of the ancient San Nicolas Tolentino Cathedral. The Arrastías used to own one of the largest haciendas there, most of which were utilized to plant rice and sugarcane.

        Career

        During her youth, Preysler was a model who participated in beauty pageants and charity events for the Sheraton Hotels and Resorts in Manila and went on to win titles in several events. At the age of 16, she migrated to Madrid, Spain to live with her uncle and aunt and to study at Mary Ward College, an Irish Catholic University in Spain, where she studied accounting.

        Preysler began working as a journalist for Spanish celebrity-news magazine ¡Hola! in 1970, and her first interviewee was her future husband Julio Iglesias. In 1984, she hosted a Spanish lifestyle television programme, Hoy en Casa, and has hosted and appeared in various programs since. In May 2001, she was Prince Charles' guest of honour for the opening of his Spanish Garden at the Chelsea Flower Show in England. She was his guest of honor again in 2005 at a garden party during a holiday to Spain by the Royal Crown. In 2004, Preysler became Spain's welcoming host for David and Victoria Beckham when she hosted a welcoming party at her house for the celebrity couple. She became close friends with Victoria and was often photographed shopping with her during their stay in Madrid.

        Preysler continues to be the national spokesmodel for Ferrero Rocher, Suárez jewelry, Manolo Blahnik shoes, Chrysler cars and Porcelanosa tiles, for which American Hollywood actor George Clooney recently worked with her in 2006 to represent the brand in an advertising campaign.

        Readers at Hola magazine voted Preysler as the most elegant and best-dressed woman in Spain for 1991, 2002, 2006 and 2007.[8]

        In 2006, Preysler was also honored along with Hillary Clinton, Shakira and Yoko Ono among others with the Women Together Award, which honors women for their philanthropical contributions to the United Nations in New York, making her the first woman of Filipino descent in history to win the award.[9]

        In 2007, she and her daughters were invited by Prince Charles to be guests of honour at his London home, Clarence House.[10]

        Personal life

        In 1970, Preysler was introduced to a retired footballer named Julio Iglesias, who had just signed a recording contract to become a singer. Iglesias invited her to watch a Juan Pardo concert.[11] The couple was married seven months later on January 29, 1971. They were married for seven years and the couple had three children, María Isabel (b. 1971), Julio José (b. 1973) and Enrique Miguel (b. 1975). They divorced in 1979. After they had divorced and moved on, in 1982 she sent her children away to Miami to live with their father because of kidnapping threats she was receiving.

        Preysler married Carlos Falcó, 5th Marquess of Griñón on March 23, 1980.[12] The couple had one daughter, Tamara Isabel Falcó (b. 1981).

        Her third marriage was to the former Spanish finance minister Miguel Boyer (died September 29, 2014), the couple had one daughter, Ana Isabel Boyer (b. 1989).[12]

        She currently is in a relationship with Peruvian Nobel laureate writer, journalist, and politician Mario Vargas Llosa.[13]

        In 1987, her two sisters immigrated to Spain with their families to be closer to Isabel. She holds dual citizenship in both the Philippines and Spain.

        Her father, Carlos Preysler, is deceased; her mother, Beatriz Preysler, lives in Madrid with Isabel, her daughter Tamara (since her father's death in 2020, Marquesa de Griñón),[14] and Mario Vargas Llosa.[15][16]

        Titles
        • 1980-1987: The Most Illustrious The Marchioness Consort of Griñón
        gollark: Can you make it so that *wall* is you instead?
        gollark: We can't really decide on Christmas gifts, so we just buy about £10 of games on Steam for each other, when they're on sale.
        gollark: Well, instead of it and the various other "vaguely interested in" ones on my wishlist.
        gollark: I decided to obtain Slay the Spire, which is a cool deckbuilder roguelike thing, in me and <@!332271551481118732>'s yearly game-purchasing ceremony, instead of it.
        gollark: Perhaps I should obtain that game.

        References
        1. "The return of Isabel Preysler". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on March 31, 2009. Retrieved November 25, 2007.
        2. "Preysler Family" (PDF). www.geocities.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 27, 2009.
        3. "Musica - Biografia". vh1la.
        4. R. Arce. "Filipino peoples' Real Ancestry". Filipino Cultured.
        5. "Isabel Preysler". Yahoo! Noticias España. Archived from the original on May 27, 2008.
        6. "Isabel Preysler - Profiles". Hola.
        7. "10 cosas (+2) que nadie te va a contar de Isabel Preysler".
        8. "Isabel Preysler, elegida la mujer más elegante de 2007". Hola.
        9. "Awards Women Together - Women Together Awards". Miguel Villarino. Retrieved April 5, 2006.
        10. Tantingco, Robby (December 10, 2012). "The Kapampangan girl Julio Iglesias loved before". Archived from the original on July 8, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
        11. "Julio Iglesias - Biography". Musica.
        12. "Spain's Insiders in Insider Scandal". The New York Times. May 23, 1992. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
        13. "Mario Vargas Llosa confirma que ha pedido el divorcio a su esposa". El Pais. November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
        14. https://us.hola.com/celebrities/20200507fn724d0ws1/enrique-iglesias-sister-tamara-falco-aristocratic-title
        15. https://www.revistavanityfair.es/sociedad/celebrities/articulos/beatriz-arratia-madre-isabel-preysler/33444
        16. https://www.semana.es/corazon/berry-arrastia-isabel-preysler-volverte-a-ver-drama-20190222-002069057
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