Lavinia Valbonesi | |
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First Lady of Ecuador | |
Assumed role 23 November 2023 | |
President | Daniel Noboa |
Preceded by | María de Lourdes Alcívar |
Personal details | |
Born | Ángela Lavinia Valbonesi Acosta 8 April 1998 Chone, Ecuador |
Spouse(s) | |
Children | 2 |
Education | Pan American High School |
Occupation | Nutritionist, businesswoman, social media influencer |
Ángela Lavinia Valbonesi Acosta (born 8 April 1998) is an Ecuadorian businesswoman, nutritionist, and social media influencer and the First Lady of Ecuador since 2023.[1][2] She is the wife of the President of Ecuador Daniel Noboa.[3]
Valbonesi is a nutritionist and owns a healthy dining restaurant in Guayaquil and a fitness center in Tampa, Florida.[4][5] She also is a social media influencer on both Instagram and TikTok, having over 338,000 and nearly 210,000 followers.[6] She began her social media career in 2014 at the age of 18.[4]
Valbonesi was born in Chone, Ecuador.[1] She was raised in the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador.[6][7] As a nutritionist, she focuses in weight loss, body bodybuilding and creates healthy diets for patients.[5]
On 15 October 2023, her husband Daniel Noboa was elected president, making Valbonesi the first lady-designate of the country.[8] She is the country's youngest first lady at the age of 25.[8]
In 2019, she met Daniel Noboa when he hired her as his personal nutritionist to lose weight while he was married.[4][7][9] They were married on 28 August 2021.[10] They have one son, Álvaro.[11] In October 2023, it was revealed that Valbonesi was expecting her second son with Noboa in February 2024.[4]