Colombian TV hostess and singer
Xiomara Xibillé Aristizábal (born January 18, 1973), also known as Xiomy Xibillé or simply as Xiomy,[1] is a Colombian television presenter, actress and singer. She is best known for her work in Nubeluz, joining the show in 1993 as a presenter, receiving the nickname Dalina dulce.
Early life
Xibillé was born in Medellín in 1971 to Jaime Xibillé, the son of Spanish immigrants, and Blanca Aristizábal.[2] She is of Spanish and German descent, while her paternal grandfather was Catalan.[1][3]
Career
When she was three years old, she was a model child for a Coltejer commercial in 1976. She then studied ballet and theatre. At the age of seventeen, she was the winner of the Chica Palmolive modelling contest in 1990.[4] She performed for the first time in the children's shows Blue Jeans and Imagínate [es], by Producciones PUNCH. A year later, in 1991, she was chosen as the host of a children's program called Todo el mundo está feliz [es], a Colombian version of Xou da Xuxa.
Her participation in the aforementioned show caused the producers of PANTEL to cast her as a nubelina, a presenter of the local Nubeluz segment. Her performance was so outstanding that in 1993 she became a dalina, a host of the main show in Lima, Peru, alongside Almendra Gomelsky, Mónica Santa María and Lilianne Braun, remaining in Nubeluz until 1995. The suicide of Santa María was a point of inflection for her, having had dinner with her and her boyfriend prior to her death.[2]
During her time in Nubeluz, a miscommunication incident almost caused Xibillé and Gomelsky to get taken off the air during a radio interview with Héctor Larrea, as the words used by Xibillé, despite having a benign meaning in Colombia, were offensive in Argentina.[5]
In 1998, she travelled to Ecuador hired by the Ecuavisa channel, which, taking advantage of her fame in the country after Nubeluz, created a show for her called Xiomy. She later starred in Caracol Televisión's Alejo, la búsqueda del amor in 2000, and hosted Citytv's ABC del bebé afterwards.[4] She joined the cast of 3 milagros in 2011.
In 2012, Xibillé opened Vivir Bonito, a vegetarian restaurant in Usaquén, located northwest of Bogotá.[6]
In 2016, she participated in an anniversary show of Nubeluz that took place at the amphitheatre of the Park of the Exhibition in Lima, also featuring fellow co-stars Braun and Gomelsky.[7] A final show, Nubeluz, la despedida, was announced in 2024[8] and took place at the Estadio Universidad San Marcos on July 20 of the same year, featuring the show's entire cast.[9][10]
Personal life
Xibillé married Jorge Enrique Bermúdez on December 7, 1997,[11] and divorced him in 2011, having had two daughters with him: Luna and Monserrat.[12] She is currently married to Roberto Cuéllar, also of German descent, with whom she had a third daughter, Guadalupe.[3][13]
In 2024, she revealed that she had suffered a severe cycling accident two days prior to Christmas of 2023.[14]
Filmography
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