Rocío Marengo

Rocío Marengo Paganini
Born (1980-03-25) March 25, 1980 (age 44)
Occupations
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)

Rocío Marengo (born March 25, 1980) is an Argentine model, actress, vedette, comedian and dancer.

Early life and career

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Marengo early television experience includes co-hosting Mar de Fondo with Alejandro Fantino on TyC Sports.[1]

She participated as a showgirl in Moria Casán journals, work that took her to Chile in 2004. Channel 13 in Chile offered her work as a model on the program Mucho Lucho. She left the show to get married and live in a hotel in Chile for a few months.

Marengo love life is frequently covered by the Argentine press and has contributed to her high profile. Reported relationships with TV host Alejandro "Marley" Wiebe and the son of Argentine star Graciela Alfano have been reported on,[2] and she also made headlines with her alleged affair with football star Mauricio Pinilla. Other relationships have been regular press fodder in Argentina.

Television and other appearances

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In 2006, she participated in the reality TV show Expedition Robinson, the island VIP, which developed on a beach in the Dominican Republic, where she finished in fourth place. Later she participated in the program Locos por el baile.

In 2007, she appeared on season four of Bailando por un Sueño, a dance competition portion of the television program Showmatch, hosted by Marcelo Tinelli. She danced to "El Baile del Koala", in a routine that involved a woman breaking a man's pelvis, making moves on his waist, and mimicking sexual intercourse. Marengo was eliminated from the contest during the Rumba Flamenca and Quartet week.[3][4]

In February 2008, she participated in the program with the satellite Viña festival, National Television of Chile. In August of that year she began the skating for A Dream and was the runner-up. She also participated in works of Gerardo Sofovich.

In 2009 she acted in a play in which her character quickly becomes a success. That same year she co-lead with Gerardo Sofovich Sunday night and was invited by the Chilean TV channel Chilevision on Wednesday 15 July the same year as the program Dance Fever as a replacement for Marlen Olivari.

In 2011, Marengo returned to Bailando por un Sueño (season eight), but was eliminated in the first week of competition.[5]

In 2013, Rocio enters Mundos opuestos 2 replacing Claudia Schmidt. There Marengo took on a character in which she could be the bad or the good, and after eliminating Melina Figueroa she managed to reach the final but failed to beat Stephanie Cuevas, staying in second place.[6] [7]

In 2017, she participated in the reality TV show "Doble Tentación" in Chile, where she finished being a semifinalist.

Filmography

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Reality shows
Year Title Place
2006 Expedición Robinson: La Isla Vip 4th place
2006–2007 Locos por el baile 3rd place
2007 Bailando por un Sueño 2007 8th place
2008 Patinando por un sueño 2008 Runner-up
2009 El Musical de tus Sueños 15th place
Fiebre de Baile 6th place
2010 Bailando 2010 Replacing
2011 Bailando 2011 30th place
2013 Mundos opuestos 2 Runner-up girl
2017 Doble tentación: Un reality irresistible 4th place
2020 MasterChef Celebrity Chile Runner-up
MasterChef Celebrity Argentina 10th place
2021 La Academia 9th place
2022 El discípulo del chef 3 16th place
El discípulo del chef: La gran batalla 15th place
2023 El Hotel De Los Famosos (season 2) 11th place
Aquí se baila 3 22th place
Others
Year Title Notes
2005 Te vi en Viña Co-Host
2005 Quiero, sí tu quieres She herself (cameo)
2006 - 2007 Vértigo Assistant
2010 Un mundo perfecto Cast
2011 - 2012 Coliseo Romano Judge
2011 - 2012 Desayuno americano Panelist
2014 La Noche C5N Host
2016 Nessun dorma: nadie duerma Panelist
2018 Flor de tarde Replacement presenter
2019 Viva la pipol Co-Host
2022 Minuto para ganar Co-host

References

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  1. ^ (19 April 2010). ciudad.com.ar
  2. ^ (1 October 2007). El amor secreto de "la Marengo", Infobae.com (in Spanish)
  3. ^ (2 October 2007). Rocío Marengo: "No te podés acostar con la gente para que te voten", Minutouno.com (in Spanish)
  4. ^ (30 September 2007). Rocío Marengo encontró quien le haga el "Koala", rosario3.com
  5. ^ (23 June 2011). Rocío Marengo, la nueva chica de Pettinato: "Es un honor estar con Roberto", El Intransigente
  6. ^ "Convocan a Rocío Marengo para subir el rating de un reality chileno". 17 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Rocío Marengo, ovacionada en la final de un reality en Chile". 19 November 2017.
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