Aída María Yéspica Jaime (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈiða maˈɾi.a ˈʝespika ˈxajme]; born 15 July 1982) is a Venezuelan actress, TV host, model and beauty pageant titleholder. Considered a sex symbol of the 2000s and 2010s, she has participated in variety and reality shows, acted in films and TV programs, posed for several nude calendars, and appeared in television commercials.

Aída Yéspica
Born
Aída María Yéspica Jaime

(1982-07-15) 15 July 1982 (age 42)
Children1 (Aron Ferrari, b. 2008)
Modeling information
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Hair colorBlack[1]
Eye colorBrown[1]

Biography

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Known as Aída Yéspica or sometimes Aída María Yéspica,[2] her full name is Aída María Yéspica Jaime.[3] She was born in Barquisimeto, Venezuela.[4]

Career

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In 2002, Yéspica entered the Miss Venezuela pageant. As Miss Amazonas, she represented the state of Amazonas.[4] Although Mariangel Ruiz won the pageant, Yéspica became a media favorite.[5]

Modeling career

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In 2003, Yéspica moved to Milan, Italy, to start a modeling career.[6] She became well known as a model and showgirl, appearing on covers of Italian magazines (including Maxim, GQ, Max and Fox) and releasing four nude calendars in Italy.[citation needed] She also appeared in various television commercials, including commercials for Braun, Campari, Calze Sanpellegrino, Nissan,[7] and RAS, in which she starred with Sean Connery.[7] In July 2005, she became model and spokesperson for a jewelry line produced by Zancan.[8] In October 2008, during the 8th month of her first pregnancy, she posed naked for the weekly magazine Chi.[9]

Yespica appeared in various music videos in the 2000s, including Cesare Cremonini's Latin Lover;[6] Dip It, by Coolio;[10]Get Involved by Ginuwine;[11] and You Know Ain’t Love by R.J. featuring Pitbull.[12]

In 2012, she posed for the cover of Playboy Italia.[13]

From late 2013 to late 2016 Yéspica worked in USA as a model.[citation needed] She continued to model for Italian brands including Pitti Immagine[14][15] and La Dolce Vita.[16] In May 2018, Yéspica was la madrina dell'evento for the SBK World Championship at the Imola racetrack.[17][18] In September 2018, she launched a "capsule collection" of shoes for the brand Easy'nRose, for spring-summer 2019.[19]

Television and acting

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Yéspica has appeared in reality TV shows including L'isola dei Famosi 2 (the Italian version of Celebrity Survivor) aired in Italy by Rai 2 in 2004, Supervivientes (the Spanish version of Survivor) in Spain in 2006,[20] L'isola dei Famosi 9 (the Heroes season) in Italy in 2012,[20] Grande Fratello VIP 2 (the Italian version of Celebrity Big Brother) in 2017.[17]

She has also appeared in various television programs, starting with a role on Bulldozer in 2003.[21] In 2005, she became the primadonna of the variety show Torte in faccia.[21] In 2007, she became the primadonna of the variety show E io pago[21][22] and the following year, she became the primadonna of Gabbia di matti, another Canale 5 variety show.[21] In late 2008, she suffered from postpartum depression, which slowed down her television career.[23][24] Since December 2017, she has been a commentator (opinionista fissa) in the Italian sports talk showTiki Taka - Il calcio è il nostro gioco.[25]

In spring 2004, Yéspica had an acting role in Sformat, an Italian satirical sitcom.[26] She was the female lead and executive producer of the short film UnderSense in 2013.[27] Also in 2013, she acted in the short film The Night Club - Osare per credere directed by Lory Del Santo.[28]

Personal life

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From 2007 to 2009 Yéspica was in a relationship with Matteo Ferrari, an Italian footballer. Yéspica and Ferrari have a son, Aron Ferrari, born on 27 November 2008.[29] Shortly after Aron's birth, Yéspica suffered from postpartum depression,[23] which impacted her career.[30]

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Aida Yespica". QNM. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Aída María Yéspica". El Horizonte. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Aída Yéspica si rilassa in Costa d'Amalfi concedendosi una dolce trasgressione al Bar Francese". Amalfi News. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  4. ^ a b Alberto Pastori (7 March 2019). "In doccia con un bikini da paura: Aida Yespica sbalordisce i fan". notizie.it. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  5. ^ "AIDA YESPICA - IntimaModa". Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  6. ^ a b ""Gli uomini cadono ai miei piedi". Aida Yespica: la lunga lista di amanti, la depressione e la rinascita della soubrette". Caffeina. 9 November 2017. Archived from the original on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  7. ^ a b Nexta. "Aida Yespica, la modella che non conosce 007 - Aida Yespica, la modella che non conosce 007 - Stile.it". Stile.it. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  8. ^ "Testimonial/ Aida Yespica e Alberto Gilardino per i gioielli Zancan". affaritaliani.it. 22 July 2005. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  9. ^ "Aida Yespica, una splendida mamma". spettegola.com. 2 October 2008.
  10. ^ "Aida Yespica in un video di Coolio". muica.excite.it. 26 January 2007.
  11. ^ "Aida Yespica seduce nel nuovo video di Ginuwine - Televisionando". televisionando.it. 14 December 2009.
  12. ^ "Zagarini, il regista dei videoclip - Bolzano - Alto Adige". altoadige.gelocal.it. Archived from the original on 17 October 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  13. ^ "Aida Yespica senza veli per Playboy". affaritaliani.it. 17 May 2012.
  14. ^ "Pitti Uomo, ecco tutti i vip che parteciperanno alla 93esima edizione". Firenze Today. 9 January 2018.
  15. ^ "Aida Yespica, Antonella Fiordelisi, Francesco Monte (in partenza per l'Isola dei famosi): a Pitti Uomo è parata di vip". Oggi. 11 January 2018.
  16. ^ "Aida Yespica posa per un servizio fotografico del brand di borse - Yespica testimonial de La Dolce Vita - -gossip". MSN Italia. 2 October 2013. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013.
  17. ^ a b "Imola, Aida Yespica madrina del weekend Superbike". Il Resto del Carlino. 24 April 2018.
  18. ^ "13.05.18 Straordinario successo per il round ad Imola del Mondiale SBK: oltre 76.000 le presenze nei tre giorni. Rea batte Davies e fa doppietta". Autodromo di Imola. 13 May 2018. Archived from the original on 16 May 2018.
  19. ^ "Aida Yespica diventa stilista e lancia la sua capsule collection di scarpe. L'ex gieffina vip ha disegnato una linea di calzature per la Primavera/Estate 2019". gossip.it. 18 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  20. ^ a b "L'Isola dei Famosi 2012 - Aida Yespica". TV Blog IT. 25 January 2012.
  21. ^ a b c d "AIDA YESPICA". Il Decoder. 17 September 2013. Archived from the original on 17 September 2013.
  22. ^ "Aida Yespica: rieccomi, adesso Scherzi a parte vorrei farlo io". Panorama IT. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  23. ^ a b "Aida Yespica, la depressione post partum e la voglia di tornare in tv". psicoterapeutico.com. 19 October 2014. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014.
  24. ^ "Aida Yespica: "Ho Sconfitto la Depressione Grazie all'Amore per Teo M…". 19 October 2014. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014.
  25. ^ "Tiki Taka 11 dicembre Replica: Aida Yespica e Melissa Satta le regine di Pardo - Video - Peoplexpress.it". peoplexpress.it. Archived from the original on 13 December 2017.
  26. ^ "Blu Media - Agenzia di informazione quotidiana". 19 October 2014. Archived from the original on 14 November 2018.
  27. ^ "Aida Yespica diventa (sexy) attrice: il backstage super hot". Oggi. 12 April 2013.
  28. ^ "Lory Del Santo diventa regista: "The Night Club lascerà un segno indelebile nelle coscienze"". gossipblog.it. 15 April 2013. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  29. ^ "Matteo Ferrari / Aida Yespica parla dell'ex e del figlio Aron a Verissimo: il gossip continua". ilsussidiario.net. 2 March 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  30. ^ "Aida Yespica non abbandona la tv - NonMiDire". nonmidire.it. Archived from the original on 18 March 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
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