In Cali it has been an open secret in recent months: One of the main protagonists of the political campaign of businessman Alejandro Eder, the newly elected mayor of Cali, was his wife, the former Viceroy of Universal Beauty and model Taliana Vargas. a Samaria who captured his heart and left everything to settle in the capital of the valley and raise a family.
Taliana has angelic beauty and is a promoter of natural beauty without surgeries. She was also a presenter and actress and protagonist of successful soap operas such as “Chepe Fortuna”.
Taliana Vargas stands up for her husband Alejandro Eder on the streets of Cali. Photo: Instagram @alejoeder | Photo: Instagram @alejoeder
Also director of the Casa en el Arbol foundation, which supports female heads of households in Cali, The Queen of Hearts of Eder, who became mayor of the valley’s capital after two attempts (the first was in 2018), shared some details of her relationship with the businessman on her Instagram account during the election campaign days.
According to Taliana, she met Alejandro Eder in Cartagena during the performance of one of the productions in which she appeared as an actress in the House of the Inquisition. Their first date took place at the house of his friend Fernán Martínez. That day the three had dinner and the businessman from Valle del Cauca, heir to one of the richest families in the department, did not hide his interest in Taliana.
But it wasn’t easy for her: the couple’s first kiss took place weeks later in Bogotá, when Eder left her in her house after a romantic date.
The actress enthusiastically said that her now husband asked her to marry him in a way that was very special to her: without fanfare or ostentation. Taliana specifically says that one of the qualities she admires most about her husband is his simplicity.
“We were sitting in an empty, quiet restaurant and he and I (surprised face) started talking,” the model said. At that moment, the businessman took the ring from him and they both started crying. “Then we kissed and got married,” said the queen, who studied social communications in the United States at Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria.
Cali mayoral candidate Alejandro Eder went to the polls with his family. Regional elections 2023 in Cali, Valle del Cauca | Photo: El Pais
“I consider myself another Caleña”
Last August, around the time of the Petronio Álvarez Pacific Music Festival, Taliana spoke to SEMANA and denied that she had used such popular venues as this one to engage in politics on behalf of her husband, who has since emerged as a second option to marry. Vote for the mayor of Cali.
“The whole of Colombia has seen me grow. I have been building my career since I was 18 years old. I have been making my own decisions and my own life for 16 years. “I have been working in Cali for 8 years,” he stated categorically in this magazine.
Taliana Vargas and her children | Photo: Personal archive of Taliana Vargas
“I cannot stand idly by in a city that needs a lot of support. I do it for my children, for the life I lead here. I have made it my mission, through the theme of fashion, to turn the eyes of the world on this city and to fight to make it a productive center of fashion in Colombia, for the wonderful potential and talent that we have. And I say we have, because Today I consider myself another Cali. I love the Petronio. I go every year. “I have carried my children since they were born,” the Queen explained at the time.
The truth is that Taliana Vargas was instrumental in her husband’s campaign for mayor, who today thanks the people of Cali for their trust in steering the fortunes of a very socially and economically fragmented city from 2024.
The new mayor of Cali, Alejandro Éder, with his wife, former Miss Colombia and Universal Viceroy, Taliana Vargas, and their children Alicia and Antonio.