María Gabriela Pazmiño Pino, nicknamed Gaby (born 30 July 1975), is an Ecuadorian television presenter,

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, dancer, and politician. She is married to

Abdalá Bucaram Jr. Abdalá Jaime Bucaram Pulley Jr. (born 25 March 1982) is an Ecuadorian political figure and former footballer, currently the Manager (association football), manager of 9 de Octubre F.C., 9 de Octubre. He is the son of former President Abdalá ...

, with whom she has had four children.

Biography

Gabriela Pazmiño was born on 30 July 1975 in Guayaquil, Ecuador. At fifteen years of age, she entered television in 1990 as a

on the entertainment program ''Nubeluz''. She was a competitor in Miss Ecuador 1994 and placed as the fourth runner-up. In that same year, Pazmiño appeared on ''Aquí nos vemos'', ''Miércoles Millonarios'', ''Domingos Millonarios'' and ''Guayaquil Caliente''. Pazmiño achieved much fame as the host of . She was also the presenter for and . In 2014, she joined the reality show ''

Soy el mejor ''Soy el mejor'' (In English ''"I am the best"'') is an Ecuadorian reality show produced and broadcast by TC Television. It is hosted by Gabriela Pazmiño. The program is also transmitted by Internet, the leader of the DUAL was Lissette Cedeño ...

'', which ran for four seasons, ending in October 2015 with her dismissal from

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. After her dismissal, Pazmiño began a web series on YouTube with her family.

Political career

In 2007, Pazmiño and her husband were elected to the

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for Guayas Province, representing the

Ecuadorian Roldosist Party The Ecuadorian Roldosist Party (PRE) (''Partido Roldosista Ecuatoriano'') was a populist political party in Ecuador. The party was named after former President Jaime Roldós. It was founded after Roldós' death by his brother-in-law Abdalá Bucar ...

. Two years later, she was elected assembly minister for the province. Of the five assembly ministers elected, Pazmiño had the distinction of having the most absences from her office.

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