Celebrity Biographies
VALERIA VEGAS: HER AGE, HER PARTNER AND HER FRIENDSHIP WITH LA VENENO
Valeria Vegas is a journalist,Documentalist, essayist, writer, collaborator and Spanish producer. Recently, she has been officially presented as one of the Atresmedia signings for the new Sonsoles Ónega program, ‘Y ahora Sonsoles’. A step through the daily strip program that promises not to disappoint anyone. And it is that, every time there are more professionals and recognized faces that will land in the chain together with this new format.
Born on August 8, 1985 in Valencia, under the name of Valeria Martínez Zaragoza, from a very young age she opted to direct her career to the world of journalism, graduating in Audiovisual Communication. However, the year in which her life took a 180º turn was in 2015, the time in which she moved to Madrid. Well, at that time, she published her first novel, ‘Great actresses of Spanish cinema’ , added to the biography of La Veneno, entitled ‘I say! Neither a whore nor a saint. The memories of La Veneno’.
WHAT RELATIONSHIP DOES IT HAVE WITH LA VENENO?
The biography about La Veneno arose back in 2006, when a university student, Valeria Vegas, was preparing a paper on Cristina Ortiz, La Veneno, for a course. Her first meeting with her took her ten years later to publish ‘¡Digo! Neither a whore nor a saint. The memories of La Veneno’, a project that served as the basis for the Atresmedia series, ‘Veneno’ and whose success was completely overwhelming.
It should be noted that the journalist appears in the real plot of the fiction created by the Javis. In fact, she is played by the Canarian model and actress Lola Rodríguez. Undoubtedly, one of the most popular and outstanding works of Vegas, who had immediate recognition thanks, also, to the broadcast of the series. Of course, it was not free of controversy.
After the publication of the memories, the writer was denounced by the family of Cristina Ortiz. María Jesús Rodríguez accused Valeria Vargas of forging her daughter’s signature in a contract for the assignment of the rights to her memoir. Due to this, the work of the Valencian journalist had to undergo a body of writing test to demonstrate that she was free of guilt.
OTHER PROJECTS
As a journalist, Valeria Vegas has been working since 2015 for media outlets such as ‘Vanity Fair Spain’, ‘Shangay’, ‘Lecturas’, ‘Jot Down’, ‘Candy’, ‘Paraíso’, ‘Chicas & maricas’ or ‘Cannabis Magazine. ‘, among others. In addition, she has added the novels ‘Vestidas de azul’ to her list of publications. Social and cinematographic analysis of the transsexual woman in the years of the Spanish Transition’ and ‘Free yourself’.
On television, she has collaborated on programs such as ‘El legado de…’, ‘Hormigas blancas’, ‘Un año de tu vida’, presented by Toñi Moreno, ‘Ellas’, ‘La hora de La 1’, ‘Rocío, tell the truth to stay alive’, ‘It’s already eight’, ‘Montealto: Return home’ and ‘Deluxe’. All this added to the fact that she worked as a documentalist in the project ’40 years of El País in the cinema’ ,Directed by David Trueba, he collaborated on the program ‘Yasss’,of Mtmad and in January 2020 he joined the Cadena SER weekend program, ‘A vivir Madrid’.
HIS PERSONAL LIFE
On a personal level, Valeria Vegas is shown to be a faithful follower of social networks. In fact, on her Instagram account she has more than 79,000 followers, a platform where she also shares her closest and most intimate face. An empowered woman who is not only an LGTBQI activist , she is also an authentic encyclopedia of Spanish entertainment.
And it is that, he likes to remember, also in his networks, those figures that the public has forgotten. On the other hand, the field of love is one of the most unknown in Vega. She likes to keep a private profile as far as his private life is concerned, so there is no record of whether his heart is busy or not.
HIS TIME AT ‘Y AHORA SONSOLES’
Now, Valeria Vegas has joined Atresmedia’s new venture, ‘Y ahora Sonsoles’, as a collaborator. A program that takes over from ‘¡Boom!’ and where he will accompany Sonsoles Ónega in the evening slot from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. from October 24, 2022. A meeting where he will be together with professionals such as Olga Viza , Pilar Velasco, Luz Mellado , Bea Miranda, Daniel Carande, Carlos Quílez, Alejandra Prat , Marta Aller, Ángela Vallvey, Mar Flores , Cruz S. de Lara , Carmen Lomana , Miguel Lago, Padre Damián, David Vico, Tamara Gorro , Bárbara Royo, Josu Larrea and Bricio.