Ximena Huilipán Muñoz (born September 19, 1986) is a Chilean model and actress of

Mapuche The Mapuche ( (Mapuche & Spanish: )) are a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina, including parts of Patagonia. The collective term refers to a wide-ranging ethnicity composed of various groups who sha ...

descent.

Career

At 14 years of age, Huilipán won the Elite Model Look Chile 2002 contest.Ximena Huilipán: "Quiero sacar un poco del horror por el que he pasado"

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November 23, 2008. She was discovered by Dominican fashion designer

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Richards, Patricia
Mapuche women in the Chilean Print Media
Gender & Society, 2007. for whom she modeled after having won the Elite Model Look Chile 2002. During her early career she also modeled for

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and was cast in a minor role in

Jorge Olguín Jorge Mario Olguín (born 17 May 1952 in Dolores, Buenos Aires) is a retired Argentine footballer who played as a defender. He is perhaps most famous for having been part of the 1978 World Cup winning team. Since his retirement as a player he h ...

's movie ''Sangre eterna''. Later she moved further into an actor career playing a role as

Lautaro Lautaro (Anglicized as 'Levtaru') ( arn, Lef-Traru " swift hawk") (; 1534? – April 29, 1557) was a young Mapuche toqui known for leading the indigenous resistance against Spanish conquest in Chile and developing the tactics that would conti ...

's wife in a historical movie about the

Arauco War The Arauco War was a long-running conflict between colonial Spaniards and the Mapuche people, mostly fought in the Araucanía. The conflict began at first as a reaction to the Spanish conquerors attempting to establish cities and force Mapuche ...

between Spaniards and Mapuches.Lautaro llegará a la pantalla grande
El Diario Austral de Temuco, December 6, 2005. She has been called "the Mapuche model" several times in the written press, but does not embody the

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physical Mapuche characteristics.

Filmography

* '' Eternal Blood'' aka ''Sangre Eterna'' (2002) - Vampire

References

20th-century Mapuche people 21st-century Mapuche people 1986 births Chilean people of Mapuche descent Chilean female models Chilean film actresses Living people Indigenous actors of the Americas Mapuche women 21st-century Chilean women {{Chile-model-stub

Career

Filmography

See also

References