Dallyana Marianela Passailaigue Manosalvas (born October 27, 1980) is an Ecuadorian media personality, athlete, and politician. She is currently a member of the

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representing

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Early life

Dallyana Passailaigue was born in

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on October 27, 1980, the daughter of former Education Minister . She has a degree in commercial engineering. She was director of tourism for the Prefecture of Guayas in 2005. She appeared on the

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sports program ''Copa''. On

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, she was a presenter on the show ''Así somos''. She left this position to study acting in Madrid, at the Jorge Elines Interpretation School, and then in Italy where she studied ''

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''. Afterward, she returned to the network to be part of the ''Televistazo'' newscast, where she presented the sports news segment.

Artistic and sports career

Passailaigue has appeared in several Ecuadorian television and film productions. Her first acting role was on the

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comedy series ''JSI – Jonathan Sangrera''. Under the direction of , she appeared in the film series ''Secretos'', with some episodes broadcast by Ecuavisa. In 2004 she entered the

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in Austria, representing Ecuador and placing seventh. She was the first Ecuadorian woman to participate in the competition, and obtained the best rating for a Latin American woman. Passailaigue is also a motorcycle racer. She participated in the 2015 Copa Loxa competition at the Yahuarcocha race track in

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, finishing in third place.

Political life

In the , Passailaigue won a seat in the

representing

for the Social Christian Party. Before the elections in February 2021, she requested unpaid leave from the assembly so that she could take part in the elections. 42 other members also made the same request including Mónica Alemán, Wilma Andrade, and Verónica Arias. During her absence her job would be carried out by her substitute.

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