Andrea Ghidone Segundo (born June 10, 1978) is a

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an vedette, fashion model,

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and

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and

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known for her work in

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. Ghidone is known for her work with the veteran

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and actress, Carmen Barbieri, she has worked for Barbieri's theater company and has been in all of her musicals since late-2008: ''Vedettísima'' in 2009; ''Fantástica'' in 2010; ''Bravísima'' in 2011; ''Barbierísima'' in 2012; ''Escándalosas'' in 2013. She has also modeled for

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's June 2010 cover in

. Ghidone participated in the sixth season of ''

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'' in 2010 (''Bailando'' is the Argentine version of ''

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''). She finished in 18th place losing to the boxer, Fabio "La Mole" Moli.Dancing with the Stars

2008-2013: ''Artistic career''

Vedettísima

In 2008 ''Ghidone'' was signed into Carmen Barbieri's musical ''Vedettísima''. The show featured Carmen Barbieri, Los Nocheros, Santiago Bal, María Eugenia Ritó, Tristán, Silvina Luna, Matías Alé, el mago Juan Durán, Alejandro Gallego, Silvina Escudero and Estefanía Bacca. This was Ghidone's first big performance in theatre.

Fantástica

In late-2009 and most of 2010 ''Ghidone'' at the time was a vedette in Carmen Barbieri's

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''Fantástica'' which had a hugh cast. The musical starred '' Carmen Barbieri, Santiago Bal, Tristán, Rolo Puente, Alberto Martin, Mónica Farro, Daniela Cardone, Matías Alé, Silvina Escudero, Paola Miranda, Gaby Figueroa, Mariana "Niña Loly" Antoniale, Pamela Sosa, Rocío Marengo, Alicia Barcelo, Estefanía Bacca, Damian, Duarte, Matías Sayago, Leandro Angelo, Rodrigo Escobar & Cristian Ponce''. In 2010 the musical won three Estrella de Mar awards: best magazine; best directing to Javier Faroni; best costumes to "Gaby Girl's". The show was produced and writing by Barbieri's then spouse Santiago Bal and directed-produced by Faroni.

Backstage Feud

In January 2010, media reports bursted about a supposed fight between Ghidone and Silvina Escudero in the musicals finally. apparently Ghidone was preparing herself for the finale, when Escudero rushed along a narrow corridor to be the first one to appear on stage. Silvina ''"...pushed her (Ghidone) and staved her in the arm with her nails..."'', Ghidone instantly responded, ''"If you don’t let go of me I’ll rip your arm off!"'', paving the way for an exchange of insults, and even an attempt of punching by Ghidone, but the vedettes around them apparently stopped them, others say that the conflict got more physical.

Bailando 2010

In 2010 Ghidone and

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partner Emanuel González participated in Bailando por un Sueño (Argentina) a reality dance competition cast by celebs. ''Bailando'' is the Argentine version of

. As a dancer ''Ghidone'' was a frontrunner in the competition and had the highest score on the

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round with a perfect (50) and in Merengue with (48) along with ''Silvina Escudero''. She was the 18th person to leave the competition after getting a (30) in the ''Dancing in the rain'' round and losing in the phone bin by the 26.97% of the public vote to

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Boxer, Fabio "La Mole" Moli who scored a 73.03%. ''Fabio'' would later on win the competition itself by the 50.24% of the votes leaving the runner-up Paula Chaves with the 49.76% of the public vote.

Bravísima

In 2010 Ghidone was signed into Carmen Barbieri's new musical ''Bravísima''. The musical was headed by

vedette, ''Carmen Barbieri'' alongside ''Matías Alé, Mónica Farro, Belén Francese, Toti Ciliberto, Dominique Pestañas, Emiliano Rella & Andrea Estévez'' as well as Ghidone. In the magazine she played, acting and dancing, as

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. She would also act as a papergirl and as

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. The musical was writing and directed by Santiago Bal and produced by Javier Faroni. The cast and musical tour all

and parts of

. Bravísima won one Estrella de Mar for best revue show of the year, also Carmen Barbieri won the award for best female stand-up comedian for her work in the magazine.

Bailando 2011

In 2011 ''Ghidone'' would return in the next season but as a replacement for the

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, Larissa Riquelme who had a knee injury. She replaced ''Riquelme'' for an elimination in which she was saved by the judges and was supported by ''Riquelme''. She would remain as a replacement for a gala been that ''Riquelme'' was still injured. The

an model would later return for the next gala.

Barbierísima

In late-2011 she debuted in Barbieri's theatre show ''Barbierísima'' alongside ''Zulma Faiad, Germán Krauss, Beto César, Fernando Ramírez, Andrea Estévez, Claudia Albertario, Gabriela Mandato, Adriana "Leona" Barrientos, Emiliano Rella, Rodrigo Lussich, Daniel Ambrosino, Donald, Silvina Scheffler, Rubén Matos, Juan Marcelo, Victoria Xipolitakis, Hernán Cabanas, Dominique Pestaña, Ivanna Paliotti, Tamara Gala, Noelia Ramella, Gisela Molinero'' and a hugh body of dancers. She stud as a 1st vedette in the musical magazine alongside Andrea Estévez & Claudia Albertario. The revue show won two Estrellas de Mar: best magazine and best costumes.

Escándalosas

On September 4, 2012, the actress-dancer was confirmed as a lead figure in Barbieri's musical named ''Escandalosas'' (initially being named travestísima and then Escándalosa) for 2012-13 summer theatrical season. The revue is led by Moria Casán and Carmen Barbieri. Many artist were rumored to act in the magazine, like: Aníbal Pachano, Beto César, Adabel Guerrero, Andrea Estévez, Claudia Albertario, Virginia Gallardo, Stefanía & Victoria Xipolitakis, Federico Bal, Marina Calabró, Mariana Jacazzio, Julián Labruna, Lorena Liggi, Cristian U and Soledad Cescato. The magazine was scheduled to debut on the 3rd of December in the ''Atlas'' theater of ''

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'', in ''Avenue Luro''. Produced and directed by Carmen Barbieri, Carlos Moreno and Javier Faroni. Finally the musical company decided to rush the theatre show's debut to 1 December with the cast being Carmen Barbieri & Moria Casán, Ghidone, Beto César, twin sisters Vicky & Stefi Xipolitakis, Mariana Jacazzio, Federico Bal, Lorena Liggi, Soledad Cescato and Julián Labruna. The revue was nominated for six awards: Best Costumes (Gaby Girl's), Best Artistic Production (Javier Faroni), Female Revelation (Gisela Lepio), Male Revelation (Martín Sipicki) and Best Female Comedian (Carmen Barbieri & Moria Casán). They won three awards: Best Artistic Production (Javier Faroni), Male Revelation (Martín Sipicki) and a special recognition award as a revue show. The musical is planned to run until 2015, Barbieri and Casán have already made it official and signed. This would be Ghidone's last season in a theatrical magazine.

Accident

On January 6 of 2013 Ghidone, while performing one of her acrobatic dance numbers, ''"The Asiatic Number"'', she fell from her rings at a height of seven to eight feet. She was seen by a doctor backstage and was sent to the hospital at the close of her number, where many test were made. on January 22 Ghidone re-debuted in the magazine after her recovery and continues performing the acrobatic number. Her numbers were being covered by fellow vedette, Lorena Liggi.

2012–present : ''Television career & comedy Theatre''

In 2012 Ghidone made her small screen debut in the Argentine

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, " Sweet love". That same year she made a special appearance in the

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, "Boyando". After finishing her contract with the theatre company, ''Javier Production's'' the Uruguayan actress went on to perform as a star performer in a small tango show named "Tango encantado" in 2013. In early 2013 Ghidone commented that she was planning on retiring from on her theatrical career in revues and music halls to focus on her musical comedy, theatre drama and screen acting career. In 2013 she participated in the reality diving competition,

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. She was eliminated in the second quarterfinals but later on returned, being called back. She was ultimately eliminated on the show's semifinal round. Ghidone was later a supporting actress in the stage comedy, “Sé infiel y no mires con quién” in Mar del Plata. The comedy is an adaptation of a play originated in

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and created by

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and John Chapman. Javier Faroni is the producer and the comedy is led by Fabián Gianola, Nicolás Scarpino and Carolina Papaleo. Other stars in the show are Matías Alé, Celina Rucci, Alejandro Muller, Dallys Ferreira and Betty Villar. The comedy started on December 21 of 2013. In June 2014 Ghidone decided to quit the comedy while it was touring around Latinamerica and join ''Señor Tango'' as one of its star dancers.

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El Trece's Showmatch website
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