Alejandra Andrea Valle Salinas (born 19 January 1975) is a Chilean journalist, showbiz commentator and politician. From 2019 to 2020, she gained notoriety with her work as panelist in the online program ''La Voz de los que Sobran'', which she worked with Daniel Stingo and Mauricio Jürgensen. In mid-2021, she was elected as councilor of

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Biography

She began her television career as a panelist on the

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'' Buenos Días a Todos'' until 2005. Then, she was hired by

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for being part of the panel of the show business SQP. In 2007, she was also the editor of SQP magazine, which was behind the paparazzi scandal carried out against

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in Miami. In December 2007, Valle and José Miguel Villouta were fired from Chilevisión after having called «procurer» to Daniel Fernández Koprich, CEO of

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. The reason why they did it was related with the decision which that channel made to show half-naked to then teenager Dominique Gallego (17) in the reality show

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. Later, she returned to the TV and joined the program «En portada» of

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, in which she worked alongside Cristián Pérez, Savka Pollak, Jaime Coloma and Pamela Jiles. Then, in 2011, she moved to

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channel, where was a stable panelist of '' Intrusos'', where she newly worked with Jiles. On 2 August 2012, she caused a stir with her imitation of

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in the program ''Mi Nombre Es'' of Canal 13; Eight years later, his performance was still remembered. On 23 July 2019, she was fired from La Red after making controversial comments against

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in the context of the altercation which

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had with other police officers of the institution.

Political career

In January 2021, she announced her candidacy for councillor for

, commune of the capital city

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. Months later, in July, she won as the first municipal majority in the elections, which were held on 15–16 May.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Valle, Alejandra 1975 births University of Playa Ancha alumni 21st-century Chilean politicians Living people Chilean television personalities