Jimena V. Sánchez (born Jimena Sánchez Mejía Reyes; 28 September 1984) is a Mexican sports journalist, television host and model. She is signed to Fox Sports Mexico and

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, where she is best known for anchoring the programs ''Lo Mejor de Fox Sports'' and ''WWE Saturday Night''.

Early life

Jimena Sánchez Mejía Reyes was born on 28 September 1984 in

Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...

. She was raised in

Veracruz Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entit ...

on the

Gulf of Mexico The Gulf of Mexico () is an oceanic basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, mostly surrounded by the North American continent. It is bounded on the northeast, north, and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States; on the southw ...

. After a decade of living in Veracruz, she moved back to Mexico City to study acting at a university. She ultimately left the university without finishing her degree.

Career

In 2008, Sánchez started a modeling blog with her best friend called ''Mad Mamacitas''. The blog featured seductive photos of Sánchez and her friends, and went viral online. After the blog was launched, she started working for the Mexican sports magazine ''RÉCORD'', and the sports website ''Medio Tiempo'' as a writer. She posted weekly columns and video blogs that soon got the attention of Fox Sports. Sánchez was signed to Fox Sports Latin America in 2011. She began hosting the sports entertainment program ''Fox Para Todos''. She currently hosts the sports entertainment program ''Lo Mejor de Fox Sports,'' and the wrestling news program ''WWE Saturday Night'' alongside Vero Rodríguez. Through ''WWE Saturday Night'', she has covered several editions of '' Wrestlemania'', ''

Summerslam SummerSlam is a professional wrestling event, produced annually since 1988 by the world's largest professional wrestling promotion, WWE. Dubbed "The Biggest Party of the Summer", it is considered WWE's second biggest event of the year behind th ...

'', ''

Monday Night Raw ''WWE Raw'', also known as ''Monday Night Raw'' or simply ''Raw'', is an American professional wrestling television program produced by WWE. It currently airs live every Monday at 8 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Netflix. The show features character ...

'', ''

SmackDown ''WWE SmackDown'', also known as ''Friday Night SmackDown'' or simply ''SmackDown'', is an American professional wrestling television program produced by WWE. It airs live every Friday at 8 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on USA Network in the United ...

'', and live events across Mexico. In addition to covering

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, Sánchez also covers the

National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a Professional gridiron football, professional American football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams, it is divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National ...

and the

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for Fox Sports Mexico. In 2019, she started hosting

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segments for the football news program ''Fox Impacto NFL''. She also hosts the baseball news program ''MLB en FOX''. She has covered several editions of the

Super Bowl The Super Bowl is the annual History of the NFL championship, league championship game of the National Football League (NFL) of the United States. It has served as the final game of every NFL season since 1966 NFL season, 1966 (with the excep ...

and the

World Series The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB). It has been contested since between the champion teams of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL). The winning team, determined through a best- ...

Other ventures

Sánchez has been featured in numerous magazines, including ''SoHo'', ''Open'', ''ElHartista'', and on multiple covers of ''EstiloDF''. In September 2019, she was featured on the cover of that month's issue of ''

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Mexico''. Sánchez played Mayte Cedeño in the HBO Latin America drama ''Capadocia'' in 2008. She appeared in three episodes of the series. She also played Karla in the drama film ''Pelea de Gallos''. Sánchez identifies as a

feminist Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideology, ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social gender equality, equality of the sexes. Feminism holds the position that modern soci ...

. In 2017, she helped launch Versus, a non-profit, non-government organization, co-founded by her colleague Marion Reimers, devoted to combating gender, racial, and class discrimination in sports journalism. Sánchez was featured in the organization's video launch alongside Reimers and Vero Rodríguez, as they show how they're met with a string of harmful and sexist messages on their social media account because of their role as women in sports.

Personal life

Sánchez is a huge fan of the

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, and an avid supporter of

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football club

Guadalajara Guadalajara ( ; ) is the capital and the most populous city in the western Mexican List of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco, as well as the most densely populated municipality in Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population ...

. She is also a fan of the

Los Angeles Lakers The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division (NBA), Pacific Division of the Western Conference (NBA ...

and the

New York Yankees The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Am ...

. She is a practicing

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, and has several tattoos dedicated to her religion. On 1 October 2021, after some speculation, Sánchez revealed that she married singer-songwriter Tis Zombie. The couple began their relationship in February of the same year.

Coverage

Sánchez has covered the following events and leagues for Fox Sports Mexico: *

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(

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

) *

MLB All-Star Game The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also known as the "Midsummer Classic", is an annual professional baseball game sanctioned by Major League Baseball (MLB) and contested between the all-stars from the American League (AL) and National ...

(

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

) *

(

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

) *

( 50, LI, LII, LIII, LIV) * WWE Wrestlemania ( 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37) * WWE Summerslam (

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

)

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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