Ximena Huilipán Muñoz (born September 19, 1986) is a Chilean model and actress of Mapuche descent.http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5124934081631634306/posts/default Ximena Huilipan
Career At 14 years of age, Huilipán won the Elite Model Look Chile 2002 contest.Ximena Huilipán: afuera, ser mapuche no es exótico, El Mercurio, September 10, 2002.Ximena Huilipán: "Quiero sacar un poco del horror por el que he pasado" , La Tercera November 23, 2008. She was discovered by Dominican fashion designer Oscar de la RentaRichards, 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 Carolina Herrera and was cast in a minor role in Jorge Olguín's movie Sangre eterna. Later she moved further into an actor career playing a role as Lautaro's wife in a historical movie about the Arauco War 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 stereotypical physical Mapuche characteristics.
Filmography Eternal Blood aka Sangre Eterna (2002) - Vampire
See also Caroline Ribeiro Bruna Tenório
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