Occupation Television personality Years active 2002–present Parents María Dolores Dorado | Nationality Spanish Spouse Chiquetete (m. 1995–2003) | |
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Children Alma Cortés Bollo, Manuel Cortés Bollo, Samuel Bollo Similar Chiquetete, Belén Esteban, Kiko Matamoros, Mila Ximénez, Kiko Hernández Profiles | ||
Raquel Bollo Dorado, better known as Raquel Bollo (born 4 November 1975 in Seville) is a Spanish television personality, business woman and model. She appears in the long-running programmes Sálvame and Sálvame Deluxe on Telecinco.
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Early fame
She was born in Seville, in 1975. She became famous in 1995 after marrying singer Chiquitete. From the very beginning she was the cover of major gossip magazines from Spain, in which she gave headlines about her private life. Also, by appearing on several television programmes such as Corazón, corazón and Crónicas marcianas.
Her actual rise to fame comes in 2004, after ending her relationship with the singer. From that moment, she begins to collaborate on several Telecinco programmes such as A tu lado, La Noria and currently on Sálvame Diario and Deluxe.
In addition to working on television, she has competed in several reality shows from Telecinco: in 2007, she was the fifth runner-up of Survivor Spain; in 2011, she was proclaimed the second runner-up of Acorralados; and in 2016, she was a housemate in the Spanish version of Celebrity Big Brother: Gran Hermano VIP 4. After spending 35 days in the house, Raquel Bollo said she wanted to leave after realizing she had to reunite with her former daughter-in-law Aguasantas Vilches, who she does not get along well with. She was finally convinced to stay.
Raquel is also the owner of a boutique store in Seville, in which she has worked with several models and done charitable projects.
Personal life
She married singer Chiquitete in Seville (1995–2003), with whom she had two children: Manuel and Alma. They divorced because Raquel alleged the singer abused her. Later on, she had another relationship in which she gave birth to her third child: Samuel.
Thanks to her marriage with Chiquetete, she became close friend with his cousin Isabel Pantoja, who now is godmother to her daughter Alma.
In 2014, her son Manuel Cortés had a controversial love relationship with Aguasantas Vilches, it was rumoured Raquel influenced her son to end the relationship.