Ylenia Ainhoa Padilla Santana (born July 6, 1988, in

Benidorm Benidorm is a town and municipality in the province of Alicante, Valencia, on the Mediterranean coast of Spain. Benidorm has been a tourist destination within Spain since 1925, when its port was extended and the first hotels were built, though ...

) is a Spanish singer and television personality, currently associated with Telecinco. After becoming a public figure for participating in the

reality television series Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 19 ...

Gandía Shore ''Gandía Shore'' is a Spanish reality television series broadcast on MTV. It premiered on 14 October 2012 and is the Spanish adaptation of American show ''Jersey Shore''. It follows the same format as the American and British (''Geordie Shore'' ...

'' broadcast on

MTV Spain MTV is a Spanish pay television channel which focuses its programming on general entertainment and music. It was launched on 10 September 2000 and is owned by Paramount Global. It used to be available on the Spanish digital terrestrial television ...

, she started appearing on several Spanish television programmes. Her first single, "Pégate", received a

gold certification Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units. The threshold quantity varies by type (such as album, single, music video) and by nation or territory (see ...

Life and career

Early life

Ylenia Padilla was born on July 6, 1988, in

Alicante Alicante ( ca-valencia, Alacant) is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is the capital of the province of Alicante and a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city was 337,482 , the second-largest in t ...

a city in the

Valencian Community The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid with ...

within a real estate family. She began studying law at the University of Murcia, but dropped out two years later. She has

Crohn's disease Crohn's disease is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that may affect any segment of the gastrointestinal tract. Symptoms often include abdominal pain, diarrhea (which may be bloody if inflammation is severe), fever, abdominal distension ...

Rise to fame

She started being known in October 2012 through her participation in the reality television show ''

'' broadcast on

MTV MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...

, which received high ratings on television. It was the Spanish version of ''Jersey Shore''. Ylenia was one of the most controversial cast members, who voluntarily left the house three days before the reality show ended. After ''Gandía Shore'', she was invited and interviewed on the Telecinco programmes ''Sálvame Diario'' and ''Sálvame Deluxe''. She also made headlines and covers on several Spanish

gossip magazines A gossip magazine, also referred to as a tabloid magazine, is a magazine that features scandalous stories about the personal lives of celebrities and other well-known individuals. In North America, this genre of magazine flourished in the 1950s an ...

such as ''Lecturas'' and ''

Interviú ''Interviú'' (a Spanish Anglicism for "interview") was a Spanish language weekly news magazine published in Madrid, Spain. It was in circulation between 1976 and 2018. History and profile ''Interviú'' was established in 1976 by a group led by ...

'', where she was romantically linked with some reality stars. She also was one of the contestants of

Gran Hermano VIP 3 ''Gran Hermano VIP 3'' was the third season of the reality television ''Gran Hermano VIP series''. The series was launched in January 2015 on Telecinco, 10 years after last season was aired. Jordi González returned to host the series, as the last ...

in 2015 where she finished in 7th place. In 2019, she participated in

Gran Hermano Dúo ''Gran Hermano Dúo'' is the latest spin-off of the Spanish reality television ''Gran Hermano (Spanish TV series), Gran Hermano'' series. The first season was launched in January 2019 on Telecinco. Jorge Javier Vázquez is the host of this version ...

where was evicted after 59 days in the house, finishing in 9th place.

Reality shows

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Padilla, Ylenia Living people 1988 births People from Benidorm Reality television participants Spanish television personalities University of Murcia alumni