Xiomara Xibillé Aristizábal (born ), also known as Xiomy Xibillé or simply as Xiomy, is a

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and

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. She is best known for her work in ''

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'', joining the show in 1993 as a presenter, receiving the nickname ''Dalina dulce''.

Early life

Xibillé was born in

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in 1973 to Jaime Xibillé, the son of Spanish immigrants, and Blanca Aristizábal. She is of Spanish and German descent, while her paternal grandfather was Catalan.

Career

When she was three years old, she was a model child for a Coltejer commercial in 1976. She then studied

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and

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. At the age of seventeen, she was the winner of the Chica Palmolive modelling contest in 1990. She performed for the first time in the children's shows ''Blue Jeans'' and ', by

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. A year later, in 1991, she was chosen as the host of a children's program called ', a Colombian version of ''

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''. Her participation in the aforementioned show caused the producers of PANTEL to cast her as a ''nubelina'', a presenter of the local ''

'' segment. Her performance was so outstanding that in 1993 she became a ''dalina'', a host of the main show in

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, alongside

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and Lilianne Braun, remaining in ''Nubeluz'' until 1995. The suicide of Santa María was a point of inflection for her, having had dinner with her and her boyfriend prior to her death. During her time in ''Nubeluz'', a miscommunication incident almost caused Xibillé and Gomelsky to get taken off the air during a radio interview with Héctor Larrea, as the words used by Xibillé, despite having a benign meaning in Colombia, were offensive in

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. In 1998, she travelled to

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hired by the

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channel, which, taking advantage of her fame in the country after ''Nubeluz'', created a show for her called ''Xiomy''. She later starred in

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's ''Alejo, la búsqueda del amor'' in 2000, and hosted

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's ''ABC del bebé'' afterwards. She joined the cast of '' 3 milagros'' in 2011. In 2012, Xibillé opened ''Vivir Bonito'', a vegetarian restaurant in

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, located northwest of

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. In 2016, she participated in an anniversary show of ''Nubeluz'' that took place at the amphitheatre of the Park of the Exhibition in Lima, also featuring fellow co-stars Braun and Gomelsky. A final show, ''Nubeluz, la despedida'', was announced in 2024 and took place at the

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on July 20 of the same year, featuring the show's entire cast.

Personal life

Xibillé married Jorge Enrique Bermúdez on December 7, 1997, and divorced him in 2011, having had two daughters with him: Luna and Monserrat. She is currently married to Roberto Cuéllar, also of German descent, with whom she had a third daughter, Guadalupe. In 2024, she revealed that she had suffered a severe cycling accident two days prior to

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of 2023.

Filmography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Xibille, Xiomara Nubeluz Colombian people of Catalan descent Colombian people of Spanish descent Colombian people of German descent University of Los Andes (Colombia) alumni Pontificia Universidad Javeriana alumni 20th-century Colombian women singers 21st-century Colombian women singers Colombian pop singers Colombian women pop singers Colombian child singers Colombian television actresses Colombian women television presenters 1973 births Living people People from Medellín