Colombia has witnessed the love that has developed between former beauty government candidates and some businessmen, including their heirs, who have managed to captivate them and steal their hearts.created the families they have today and were among the most stable couples in the world of national entertainment.
Susana Caldas and Rafael del Castillo
Miss Colombia who won the crown in 1983, Susana Caldas Borda, fell in love while participating in that reign. Rafael del Castillo was the one who stole the heart of the Cartagena architect with whom he was in the same social circle.
Susana Caldas and Rafael del Castillo.
Nowadays, In addition to being one of the most well-known building contractors in Cartagena, Rafael del Castillo is also active in flour production and construction.
Paola Turbay and Alejandro Estrada
Paola Turbay has been married to Colombian-American businessman Alejandro Estrada for 30 years. From this love they had two children who are now adults; Sofia and Emilio Estrada. The two met in 1992, dated for two years and quickly progressed in this story, saying “I do” at the altar in September 1994.
The couple has known each other and started a relationship for 31 years. | Photo: Instagram @paolaturbay
Alejandro Estrada is a Colombian-American businessman who stood out for his businesses in Latin America in financial services, hotels, spirits and cosmetics. He studied communication design at the Art Center College Design in Switzerland, exploring different areas that led him to global success.
Cambio 16 portrayed Paola Turbay’s romantic partner and described the founding of Fusion Networks (one of the largest web content companies in Latin America) in 1999 and her service as senior vice president of Guggenheim Partners from 2000 to 2006.
In 2006, Estrada became associated with TBK Investments, but the partnership sold the company to GrenSpring Family Offices and The Colombian-American took over as Senior Vice President for a long time in 2007. Over time, the businessman developed professionally and dedicated himself to managing a project called La Finka Sana, one of the best known in Colombia on the theme of permaculture (agricultural, economic, social and political design based on the ecosystem).
Andrea Nocetti and Elliot Minski
2000 National Beauty Queen Andrea Nocetti met her husband after accepting an invitation from one of her best friends in Miami to check out some bars for sale. Thanks to all the activities she did with Andrea Ocampo, who was Miss Caldas in 2000, the same year she won, Elliot Minsk showed his interest in getting to know her..
Elliot Minski, Andrea Nocetti and Julio Collins. | Photo: Jet Set
Elliot Minski is a 48-year-old from Barranquilla for whom he left everything. In return, he eventually converted to Judaism. Nocetti is already the mother of one child, Lucian Minski, who was born at the age of 42, which made her believe at the time that this would be her only pregnancy..
The businessman “belongs to a wealthy family from Barranquilla: the Minskis. Jewish emigrants who founded the pharmaceutical company in 1977 Procaps, which is now represented in 50 countries and they have processing plants in São Paulo, San Salvador and Barranquilla,” the newspaper added in a note.
Taliana Vargas and Alejandro Eder
The new first lady of the people of California said in the dialogue WEEKhow the love story between her and the businessman from Valle del Cauca came about. “We met at a door in Cartagena during the film festival, in the middle of a party. I was just starting the soap opera Rafael Orozco and he had rested for a few days. My manager at the time, Fernán Martínez, was Alejandro’s neighbor. And he told him to introduce us,” says Taliana.
The next day, impressed by the actress’s beauty, Eder asked Fernán for his phone number. “But he made it clear to her that I am not the kind of simple woman who takes such calls. “If you call her, she’ll throw the phone at you,” he warned. And since I was already working with my foundation Casa en el Arbol at that point, they told me that Alejandro was an expert on social issues. So they organized a meeting between Fernán and him with this social pretext. And I arrived thinking it was a work meeting, not knowing that I was actually on our first date. But in the end it was a blind date that worked,” says Taliana.
Alejandro Eder and Taliana Vargas. | Photo: Taken from Instagram @talianav
The former queen, who married a decade ago, assures that the new mayor of Cali is “a father who changes diapers, who loves, who kisses and is a simple person. and that made me fall in love. It’s about a few material things. At the beginning I said: In this regard it is enough for me to be vain. Two vain people, no. And he spoils me a lot as a husband. He gives me the best advice and I give him the best. That’s why I tell the bald girls who are thinking about marriage: “Choose well, there are many who like the bad guys, but I tell them to choose the good guys in the class.”