Eva María González Fernández (born 5 November 1980) is a Spanish actress, television presenter and beauty pageant winner who represented her country at the

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pageant.

Early life

González was born and raised in the town of

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. She comes from a humble family. Her father, Manuel González was a farmer and her mother, Encarnación Fernández was a housewife. She has a younger sister, named María González Fernández. She studied up to the second year of a diploma in Social Work, then she began to work as a model in the agency that also has model, Raquel Revuelta Armengou in

Career

Miss Spain 2003

González participated at the

Miss Spain Miss Spain (Spanish: Miss España) is a national beauty pageant in Spain that selects Spanish representatives to compete in three of the big four major international beauty pageants: the Miss Universe, Miss World, and Miss International competi ...

pageant in 2003, representing Seville. She won the title at the age of 22 and then traveled to

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for the Miss Universe 2003 pageant. She did not enter the top 15. She wore a

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dress at the

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presentation.

After Miss Spain

After her reign as Miss Spain 2003, González began modelling, walking the

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for Spain's

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designers and doing many photo shoots for magazines. She has worked as a television presenter on shows including ''Dímelo al oído'' (2006), ''Se llama copla'' (2007–2016), ''Tres deseos'' (2008), ''El juego del euromillón'' (2009), '' Supervivientes'' (2010), ''Satán & Eva'' (2012), ''

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'' (2013–2018), ''

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'' (2013–2019), '' MasterChef Celebrity'' (2016–2018), ''El gran reto musical'' (2017) and ''

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'' (2019–present). She has also worked as an actress with small roles and cameos in different TV series and with a leading role on sitcom ''La tira'' (2008).

Personal life

From 2001 to 2003, González was in a relationship with, Antonio Roldán. From 2004 to 2005, González was in a relationship with the actor, comedian and television presenter,

Arturo Valls Arturo Valls Mollà (born 24 March 1975) is a Spanish actor, primarily featured in comedy roles, as well as television presenter. He became popular for his performance in the comedy series '' Camera Café'' from 2005 to 2009. Biography Arturo ...

. From 2005 to 2008, González was in a relationship with the retired professional football player, Iker Casillas. On 6 November 2015, she married the bullfighter,

Cayetano Rivera Ordóñez Antonio Cayetano Rivera Ordóñez (born January 13, 1977 in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish ''torero'' or 'bullfighter'. Family ties Rivera is the son of Francisco Rivera 'Paquirri' and Carmen Ordóñez. He belongs to a long line of famous bullfigh ...

in the Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción of

. On 4 March 2018, she gave birth to the couple's first child, a boy, whom they called Cayetano Rivera González, was born in

References

External links

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Miss España History
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