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Maribel Guardia
Guardia in 2017
Born	Maribel Del Rocío Fernández García (1959-05-29) May 29, 1959 (age 65) San José, Costa Rica
Occupations	Actress model singer tv host
Years active	1980–present
Title	Miss Costa Rica 1978
Spouse	Marco Chacón ​(m. 2010)​
Children	Julian Figueroa Fernandez

Maribel Guardia (Spanish pronunciation: [maɾiˈβel ˈɣwaɾðja]; born Maribel Del Rocío Fernández García on May 29, 1959) is a Costa Rican actress and beauty pageant titleholder. She was the winner of Miss Costa Rica 1978 and a contestant in Miss Universe 1978.

Miss Universe and Miss World

Guardia was elected Miss Costa Rica in 1978, going on to represent her country at the Miss Universe 1978 beauty pageant (did not place but was selected as Miss Photogenic) and the Miss World 1978 beauty pageant (placed as a top 15 semi-finalist). The Miss Universe pageant had been held in Acapulco. She received offers by Televisa producer Sergio Bustamante to develop a career there, but she returned to her country. Months later, she accepted the offer and returned to Mexico, leaving her mother and boyfriend.

Acting and singing career

Guardia moved to Mexico in 1980, which proved crucial for her show business career. In 1980, she appeared in her first television show alongside Manuel "El Loco" Valdés.

Guardia went on to make multiple telenovelas (soap operas) and release a series of albums in the Norteño music genre. She has been signed to three different labels since her debut album was released in 1988: first with Musart Records, then from the late-1990s until the mid-2000s with Fonovisa Records, and in recent years with EMI Televisa Music in Latin America and Capitol Records in the United States.

Guardia has acted alongside important actors, including Andrés García, Saul Lisazo, and Joan Sebastian. One of her major soap opera hits was alongside Sebastian. Together, they filmed Tú y yo. One film where she acted alongside Andrés García was Pedro Navaja, where she played the main character's wife. She also did a film called El Rey de Los Taxistas alongside Luis de Alba. She and another El Rey de Los Taxistas co-star, Aida Pierce, would work together again in the telenovela Serafin.

Additionally, she has done telenovelas for children. In 2006, she also did a sitcom called ¡Qué madre tan padre! and the variety show Muévete. In 2007, she was included in the book Televisa Presenta, commemorating fifty years of network television in Mexico.

In 2008, she released a new album; the leading single is "De Pecho A Pecho" (From Chest To Chest) written by the Nicaraguan composer, songwriter, and singer Hernaldo Zúñiga. Apart from her acting and singing jobs, she has also modeled for various calendars and magazines sold to her fans. Guardia also dated Jose Trujillo in the late 1970s.

Since late 2010, she has married Marco Chacón and lived with her son in Mexico City. Guardia has been inducted into the Paseo de las Luminarias in Mexico City.

In January 2010, she announced that she had worked all of 2009 on a new studio album, set to be released on February 13, 2010, under EMI Music, titled "Move You On – Muévete", which contained 12 tracks recorded in Mexico City, Texas & Colombia, eight tracks were in Spanish, the other four were in English.

Personal life

Guardia lived with Joan Sebastian for five years and had a son with him, Julián Figueroa; who was born on May 2, 1995. In her personal life, Maribel Guardia has faced various challenges. Julián Figueroa followed in his parent's footsteps and pursued a music career. On 9 April 2023, Julián Figueroa was found dead at his home at the age of 27. On January 21, 2025, she announced that she had denounced Imelda Garza (1996), mother of his only grandson; José Julián (2017), with the purpose of defending its integrity and security. Maribel Guardia has been married to Marco Chacón since 2010.

Television

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References

1. "Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones de Costa Rica". Archived from the original on May 10, 2010.
2. "El Universal - Maribel Guardia". eluniversal.com.mx. Archived from the original on August 14, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
3. "Maribel Guardia :: Artistas :: esmas". March 16, 2007. Archived from the original on March 16, 2007. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
4. Lorena Corpus y Alejandro Jasso, "Rompiendo el molde de la pareja anterior" El Norte (Mexico DF, Mexico) February 2, 2004
5. "Julián Figueroa: así luce el único hijo de Maribel Guardia". Publiko (in Spanish). August 11, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
6. LW (April 10, 2023). "Julián Figueroa, hijo de Maribel Guardia y Joan Sebastian, falleció a los 27 años en su casa". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved April 10, 2023.
7. Betancourt, Oswaldo (September 23, 2021). "'Albertano contra los monstruos' tendrá a Maribel Guardia como una villana". distritocomedia.com (in Spanish). Retrieved June 25, 2023.
8. Martínez, Fabricio (May 25, 2022). "Maribel Guardia regresa a las telenovelas en Te doy la vida: "el público se divertirá"". lasestrellas.tv (in Spanish). Retrieved June 25, 2023.
9. "¿Qué hacen ahora los actores de 'Qué madre tan padre'?". univision.com (in Spanish). Retrieved September 22, 2018.

External links

• Maribel Guardia at IMDb
• Official website, Maribel Guardia
• (in Spanish) Maribel Guardia @esmas.com
• Maribel Guardia Pictures

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Janelle Commissiong	Miss Universe – Photogenic Award 1978	Succeeded by Carolyn Seaward
Preceded byClaudia María Garnier Arias	Miss Costa Rica 1978	Succeeded byCarla Facio Franco

• 1959 births
• Living people
• Actresses from San José, Costa Rica
• Costa Rican beauty pageant winners
• Costa Rican emigrants to Mexico
• Costa Rican expatriates in Mexico
• Costa Rican expatriates in the United States
• Costa Rican female models
• Costa Rican film actresses
• Costa Rican stage actresses
• Costa Rican television actresses
• Costa Rican women singers
• Mexican female models
• Mexican telenovela actresses
• Mexican television presenters
• Mexican television talk show hosts
• Mexican vedettes
• Mexican women television presenters
• Miss Universe 1978 contestants
• Miss World 1978 delegates
• OTI Festival presenters
• 20th-century Mexican actresses
• 21st-century Mexican actresses