Ximena Aulestia

Ximena Lourdes Aulestia Díaz (born 25 September 1952) is an Ecuadorian journalist and former beauty queen.[1] At Miss Ecuador 1969, she was crowned Miss World Ecuador.

Ximena Aulestia
Born	Ximena Lourdes Aulestia Díaz September 25, 1952 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nationality	Ecuador
Citizenship	Colombia Ecuador
Occupation	Journalist
Years active	Since 1982
Spouse(s)	Pablo Rivadeneira (1969–1985) Manuel Rueda (1993–2002)
Parents	Víctor Florencio Aulestia Mier (father) Sara Roxana Díaz Guerrero (mother)

Biography

Ximena Aulestia was born 25 September 1952 in Rio de Janeiro,[1] Brazil as a result of her parents, General Víctor Florencio Aulestia Mier and Sara Roxana Díaz Guerrero, being in the city because of a diplomatic mission to Brazil from Ecuador, giving her immediate Ecuadorian citizenship.[2][3] She was born the sixth of seven children, second of her father's second marriage. In 1972, Aulestia's father became the Ecuadorian Minister of Defense to Guillermo Rodríguez, at the same time when Rodríguez founded Institute of National Higher Studies.[2]

For her first ten years of life, Aulestia lived in the capital of Brazil, Brasília, returning to Ecuador in 1962 with her family to settle in Quito, the nation's capital.[4] In 1969, she competed in Miss Ecuador 1969 as Miss Pichincha and was crowned Miss World Ecuador, the first finalist, and so represented Ecuador in the Miss World contest of that year.[5]

Citations

1. "Ficha de Aulestia Díaz Ximena". aulestia.org (in Spanish). Familia Aulestia. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
2. Aulestia, James. "Biografía del Gral. Victor Florencio Aulestia Mier". aulestia.org (in Spanish). Familia Aulestia. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
3. Artunduaga, Édgar (19 June 2012). "Ximena Aulestia se repone de un cáncer y regresa a Ecuador". Revista Kien y Ke (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 May 2016.
4. "¿Qué pasó con la presentadora Ximena Aulestia?". Revista Semana (in Spanish). 31 March 2007. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
5. "Tatiana Loor Hidalgo". El Universo (in Spanish). 5 March 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2016.