Candela Ruggeri (born January 22, 1992) is an Argentine model, actress, reality television personality and entrepreneur. She is best known for participating for several seasons (2015, 2016, 2021) in the reality show '' Dancing for a Dream''.

Personal life

She is the daughter of former soccer player and coach

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and Nancy Otero; she and sister of Daiana Ruggeri and the twins of Stephan and Federica Ruggeri. She was the partner of Santiago Vázquez, brother of Nicolas Vázquez, from whom she separated after eight years on good terms.

Media career

In 2015 she launched a campaign to enter the Dancing 2015 where she managed to enter, and although she did not reach the final instances, she was considered a revelation. Ruggeri was sentenced 5 times where she was always saved by the jury until she was eliminated by Ailen Bechara with her with 46.47% of the telephone vote. In December 2015, she joins the theater play ''Martians in the house'' with

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, Soledad "Solita" Silveyra, Pedro Alfonso,

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, Freddy Villarreal, Gladys Florimonte, Luciano El Tirri and

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. In 2016 she participates again in the

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but this time she participates together with her father,

. The Ruggeri were sentenced 6 times, 3 times the jury saved them and 2 the public with 55.61% (eliminating

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) and 51.21% (eliminating Ernestina Pais). They were finally eliminated by

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with 44.63% of the public's votes. In 2017, she participates in the web series of

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, ''Secretarias ''starring Luli Torn and Mica Suárez. Candela plays Malena, a beautiful, sensual and very nice woman who appears and drives Flor crazy for all the love and attention she receives from Benja (Maxi Espindola). In 2018, until 2019, she joins the fifth season of the program ESPN Redes, along with Gregorio Rossello, Nati Jota, Miguel Granados and Martin Reich . In 2019 Candela traveled to

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, to become the ambassador of

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. She also hosted the red carpet for the Martín Fierro Awards, together with Lizardo Ponce. In 2021 she participated again in Showmatch, this time in the academy format, where she managed to be semifinalists after being sentenced 5 times, where in one of them she was saved by the public with 57.2% vs. Nazareno Mottola. Ruggeri was left out of the final after being eliminated by

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with 68.3%. In 2022, Candela works as the digital host of the reality show The Hotel of the Famous.

Filmography

Shows and reality shows

Series

Theater

References

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