Catalina Maya

Catalina Maya Arango (born July 28, 1980 in Betulia, Antioquia, Colombia ), known professionally as Catalina Maya, is a Colombian model, broadcaster and businesswoman.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Maya and the second or maternal family name is Arango.
Catalina Maya
Catalina Maya in 2020.
Born
Catalina Maya Arango

(1980-07-28) July 28, 1980
Betulia, Colombia
NationalityColombian
OccupationModel, television actress, broadcaster, businesswoman
Years active1993–present
Spouse(s)
​
(
m. 2005; div. 2012)

Felipe Pimiento
(
m. 2018)
Children2

Early life and education

Maya grew up in Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia,[1] where she attended San José de Las Vegas school.[2] She studied Social Communication[1][3] and Journalism from 1998 to 2004 at the Pontifical Bolivarian University.[2] In 2000 she interned for a semester at the press office in Casa de Nariño, the Colombian presidential house.[3]

Career

Modeling

She began her modeling career at age thirteen[1][2] when she accompanied Catalina Gómez to the InForma casting agency, in Medellín. The casting directors invited her to be part of the presentation, from which she was chosen for the campaign for Almacenes Éxito.[2] Afterwards, Maya started receiving offers to model for television commercials and brands in Colombia and other countries.[2] In Colombia, she is widely remembered for her photos which appeared on the cover of student notebooks in the late 1990s[4] and early 2000s.[5][6][7]

Maya has appeared in more than 300 campaigns throughout her career.[5]

Television and radio

Maya worked at W Radio (Colombia) in 2004, at the time she met her first husband.[1][2] She returned to W Radio in 2012,[8] working from Monday to Friday from 5pm to 8pm at La Hora del Regreso (The Comeback Time).[6] At the age of seventeen she started to frequently make special coverings for Caracol Radio. She has played minor roles in television soap operas such as Padres e Hijos (Parents and Children). In January and February 2019, she appeared in The agency: Battle of the models, in which she directed one of the competing teams of models.[4][6] Since August 2019, she has been invited to the Despierta America morning show in Univision Network,[6] for weekly appearances on the segment Sin Rollo (Without Issue).

Youtuber

In October 2019 Catalina launched her YouTube channel ‘Bueno, Bonito y barato’ (Good, Nice and Cheap) where she gives tips and hacks for beauty, cleaning and more.[6]

Business

Several times a year, Maya hosts a design fair called "Los Bazares de Catalina Maya" to promote new Latin-American designers.[6]

Personal life

She is the youngest of three sisters.[2] On March 11, 2005, Catalina Maya married Adrián Fernández, a racing car driver.[1][2] They had two children together.[8][1][2] In 2012, they separated by mutual agreement.[1][2][9] On March 17, 2018, after four years of relationship, she married businessman Felipe Pimiento.[6]

In 2005, she put her modeling career on pause to be a mother until 2012 when she returned to live in Miami.[2][9]

Filmography

Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2001Padres e HijosHerselfSpecial appearance
2001Amor DiscosMiss BoliviaSpecial appearance
2001Yo soy Betty, la feaHerselfSpecial appearance
2001Los ElegidosHerselfSpecial appearance
2002Bla Bla BlaHerselfSpecial appearance

Reality Shows
YearTitleRole
2004La granja TolimaHerself
2019The agency: Battle of the modelsDirector of competing group of models[4][6][10][11]

Model

References
  1. (in Spanish) Qué pasó con… Catalina Maya Vanguardia. (4 April 2013). Retrieved on 2019-10-09.
  2. (in Spanish) Catalina Maya "Después de mi separación, quisiera ser periodista" El Espectador (4 May 2012). Retrieved on 2019-10-09.
  3. ""Nada pasa más rápido que la belleza"". Semana (in Spanish). 6 September 2003. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  4. "¡Bella y sensual! Así lucía Catalina Maya siendo portada de cuadernos". Caracol TV: Regias (in Spanish). 14 February 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  5. "CATALINA MAYA". Revista Donjuan (in Spanish) (151). September 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  6. Restrepo, Orlando (28 September 2019). "Catalina Maya se lanza al mundo de los 'youtubers'". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  7. "CUADERNOS CON NOMBRE DE MUJER". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 30 January 2001. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  8. (in Spanish) Catalina Maya ahora parte del equipo de la W Radio EJE21. (26 March 2012). Retrieved on 2019-10-09.
  9. (in Spanish) Beatriz Arango S. Catalina Maya vuelve a empezar El Colombiano. (10 March 2012). Retrieved on 2019-10-09.
  10. (in Spanish) Catalina Maya Agencia Fucsia Publimetro. (29 January 2019). Retrieved on 2019-10-09.
  11. Germán Matamoros G. (22 January 2019). "Espectáculos – Enero. La Agencia". Ver Bien Magazín (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 December 2019.
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