Lavinia Valbonesi

First Lady of Ecuador since 2023

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]

Lavinia Valbonesi
First Lady of Ecuador
Assumed role
23 November 2023
PresidentDaniel Noboa
Preceded byMaría de Lourdes Alcívar
Personal details
Born
Ángela Lavinia Valbonesi Acosta

(1998-04-08) 8 April 1998 (age 26)
Chone, Ecuador
Spouse(s)
(m. 2021)
Children2
EducationPan American High School
OccupationNutritionist, businesswoman, social media influencer

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]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Lavinia Valbonesi, la influencer de 25 años que se ha convertido en primera dama de Ecuador" (in Spanish). La Razon. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  2. "Nutrizionista, modella e influencer: di origini italiane la First Lady in Ecuador" (in Italian). MSN. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  3. "Lavinia Valbonesi de Noboa: entre lo más buscado en Google" (in Spanish). Diario Expreso. August 21, 2023. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "¿Quién es Lavinia Valbonesi, la futura primera dama de Ecuador?". CNN. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Quien es Lavinia Valbonesi, la futura primera dama de Ecuador". KESQ. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  6. 6.0 6.1 "Ángela Valbonesi: The Influencer Poised to Become Ecuador's First Lady". MSN. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  7. 7.0 7.1 "Así es Lavinia Valbonesi, la 'influencer' de 25 años que se convertirá en la primera dama de Ecuador" (in Spanish). El Espanol. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  8. 8.0 8.1 AFP (2023-10-16). "Daniel Noboa se convierte en el presidente más joven de Ecuador". Expansión (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  9. "Ella es Lavinia, la esposa del candidato presidencial Daniel Noboa Azín". El Universo (in Spanish). 25 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  10. "La 'influencer' Lavinia Valbonesi comparte su felicidad en las redes; se casó con el asambleísta Daniel Noboa". El Universo (in Spanish). 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  11. "¿Quién es Daniel Noboa?". El Comercio. 25 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.