Ángela Lavinia Valbonesi Acosta (born 8 April 1998) is an Ecuadorian businesswoman,

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, and

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who is the current

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since 2023 as the wife of

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Daniel Noboa Daniel Roy Gilchrist Noboa Azín ( ; ; born30 November 1987) is an Ecuadorian politician and businessman serving as the 48th and current president of Ecuador since 2023. Having first taken office at the age of 35, he is the second-youngest pr ...

. A nutritionist, Valbonesi owns a healthy dining establishment, fitness center and has specialized in healthier diets and

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. She has also gained a large social media following on

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and

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, amassing over 1 million and around 934,500 followers respectively as of April 2025.

Early life

Valbonesi was born Ángela Lavinia Valbonesi Acosta on 8 April 1998 in Chone, Ecuador, daughter of Italian father Furio Valbonesi (1953-2024) and Ecuadorian mother Gloria Acosta (b. January 16, 1968), She was raised in the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador. She studied at the Liceo Panamericano. She specializes in nutrition and is a nutritionist coach and personal trainer. Valbonesi stated that when she was 15 years old, she had body image issues until she attended a fitness conference in

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in 2015. Valbonesi maintains a fitness center in

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. Valbonesi is the owner of a healthy dining establishment, Green Deli, located in

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. She began her social media career in 2014 at the age of 16. At first, her social media posts focused on her personal life, modeling and her lifestyle, however she soon began focusing on nutrition and fitness. She has also modeled for several beauty care brands such as

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First Lady of Ecuador

2023 general election

During the 2023 Ecuadorian presidential elections, she accompanied her husband

during the campaign trail. In August 2023, when her husband came in second place and advanced to the run-off, Valbonesi was the most searched person on

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in the country. Valbonesi utilized her social media status to influence Noboa's campaign with the younger voters and boosted his image. She remained popular through her fashion style during the campaign trail. Her clothing choice of wearing white was noted during the election cycle, even wearing a white

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In the weeks leading to the run-off election, supporters of Noboa began promoting the idea of Valbonesi becoming first lady rather than her husband becoming president. Her Guayaquil-based restaurant Green Deli, began selling the 'First Lady Smoothie' before the run-off election. On 15 October 2023, Noboa was elected president, making Valbonesi the first lady-designate of the country. She is the country's youngest First Lady, having become so at the age of 25.

Tenure

Valbonesi became

when her husband was inaugurated president on 23 November 2023. She has said that one of her first initiatives as first lady is to provide assistance to single mothers in the country.

Personal life

In 2019, she met Daniel Noboa when he hired her as his personal nutritionist to lose weight while he was married. They were married on 28 August 2021. They have two sons. In an interview with Radio Centro, Valbonesi expressed her "horror" when Noboa shifted from his business career to politics when he ran for the

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in the 2021 election. However, she quickly shifted her attitude after joining Noboa on the campaign trail.

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