Mila Ximénez

María de los Milagros Ximénez de Cisneros Rebollo (21 May 1952 – 23 June 2021) was a Spanish journalist, writer, gossip columnist, and television personality.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ximénez de Cisneros and the second or maternal family name is Rebollo.

Mila Ximénez
Born(1952-05-21)21 May 1952
Seville, Spain
OccupationJournalist
NationalitySpanish
Years active1984–2021
SpouseManolo Santana (1983-1986)
ChildrenAlba Santana Ximénez de Cisneros

Biography and career

Ximénez was the daughter of Manuel Ximénez de Cisneros Muñoz de León (1924–2008)[1][2] and Nicolasa Rebollo Burgueño (1926–2009).[3]

Although she began studying journalism in the University of Seville, she dropped out.[4] At the age of 18 she moved to Madrid,[4] and since February 1986, she collaborated in the newspaper ABC, taking charge of a weekly section called "Café con Mila Santana", where she interviewed: Andrés Segovia,[5] Antonio Mingote, Cayetana de Alba, Leonard Cohen,[6] Plácido Domingo, Terenci Moix, Antonio Asensio, José María García Perez, Miguel Bosé, Pedro Almodóvar,[4] José María Ruiz-Mateos, Carmen Sevilla,[4] Boris Becker, etc.[7] She previously did some collaborations in a tennis magazine[8] and was the owner of the ASPORT video production company, which was dedicated to the recording and sale of cassettes of tennis lessons.[9]

After joining the professional journalist Jaime Peñafiel in the publication La Revista (1984), she worked in a radio show called Directamente Encara conducted by Encarna Sánchez in Cadena COPE.[10][11]

After a break she took for several years, she returned to her professional activity in the early 2000s, now on television.[5] She joined the staff of collaborators for Telecinco, a channel in which she has worked successively in television programs such as Crónicas marcianas (2004), TNT (2004–2007), A tu lado (2004–2007), La Noria (2007–2012), Tal cual lo contamos (2008)[12] and Sálvame diario and Deluxe (from 2009 and until her death), Abre los ojos y mira (2013–2014), Survivor Spain (2016), Las Campos (2016-2017), Sálvame Okupa (2019), Hormigas blancas (2020), Cantora: la herencia envenenada (2020), Socialité (2020) and La última cena (2020).[13][5][12]

In 2016, she began writing a weekly blog in Lecturas magazine. That same year, she joined the cast of Survivor Spain as a contestant, in which she finished as third runner-up.[14] She was also co-host of the campanadas de fin de año in 2017 on Telecinco.[15] In 2019, she participated in the reality show Gran Hermano VIP, where she finished third runner-up.[16] In summer 2020, she also participated in La última cena.[9]

During her television career, Ximénez made statements about the private life of the singer Isabel Pantoja which ended in court on several occasions.[17][18][19]

In 2012, Ximénez and two other Sálvame collaborators were convicted of violating the right to honor of Carmen Lomana, who denounced them for some statements they made on the program.[20]

Personal life and death

Ximénez married tennis player Manuel Santana in February 1983, with whom she had a daughter, Alba in 1984.[4] Their marriage ended three years later.[21] At the end of the decade, she had an intimate relationship with actor José Sacristán.[22]

On 16 June 2020, on the program Sálvame she announced that she had been diagnosed with lung cancer the previous week, which was the reason for her absence from television during those days.[23] At the end of March 2021, she was admitted to the Hospital de La Luz in Madrid due to complications of her illness,[24] and was admitted for the second time on 9 June at the same hospital.[25]

Several days later, Ximénez returned to her home in Madrid, where she was sedated while in the company of her relatives.[26] She died on 23 June 2021 at the age of 69.[27] She was cremated the following day in Cementerio de la Almudena, with plans to have her ashes moved to Amsterdam, where her daughter and grandchildren reside.[28]

TV

As a collaborator
  • Crónicas marcianas (2004), Telecinco.[13]
  • TNT (2004–2007), Telecinco.[13]
  • A tu lado (2004–2007), Telecinco.[13]
  • La Noria (2007–2012), Telecinco.[13]
  • Tal cual lo contamos (2008), Telecinco.[12]
  • Sálvame diario (2009-2021), Telecinco.[13]
  • Deluxe (2009-2021), Telecinco.[13]
  • Abre los ojos... y mira (2013–2014), Telecinco.[13]
  • Pasaporte a la isla (2015), Telecinco.[13]
  • Survivor Spain (2015), Telecinco.[29]
  • Las Campos (2016-2017), Telecinco.[12]
  • Sálvame Okupa (2019), Telecinco.[12]
  • Hormigas blancas (2020), Telecinco.[12]
  • Cantora: la herencia envenenada (2020), Telecinco.[12]
  • Socialité (2020), Telecinco.[12]
  • La última cena (2020), Telecinco.[12]

As a contestant

As presenter
  • Las campanadas de fin de año (2017–2018), Telecinco.[15]

Publications
  • Perdón si no hablo de mí (2005)[30]
  • Gitana, ¿tú me quieres? (2007)[31]

References
  1. "Gracias, papá. Ideal". ideal.es. 30 August 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  2. "ABC SEVILLA (Sevilla) – 27/08/2008, p. 76 – ABC.es Hemeroteca". hemeroteca.abc.es. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  3. "ABC SEVILLA (Sevilla) – 21/05/2009, p. 86 – ABC.es Hemeroteca". hemeroteca.sevilla.abc.es. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  4. "Sus amores, su familia y su trayectoria profesional: La vida de Mila Ximénez, finalista de 'GH VIP'". Telecinco. 16 December 2019.
  5. "Muere Mila Ximénez a los 69 años tras un año de lucha contra el cáncer de pulmón con metástasis que padecía". RTVE. 23 June 2021.
  6. "ABC (Madrid) – 19/10/1986, p. 217 – ABC.es Hemeroteca – Leonard Cohen Un Poeta En Madrid". hemeroteca.abc.es. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  7. La Vanguardia Digital. "Edición del miércoles, 06 agosto 1986, página 17 – Hemeroteca – Lavanguardia.es". hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  8. "ABC (Madrid) – 16/02/1986, p. 140 – ABC.es Hemeroteca". hemeroteca.abc.es. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  9. "Mila Ximénez: una guerrera dentro y fuera de plató". Diario de Sevilla. 23 June 2021.
  10. "ABC (Madrid) – 12/10/1986, p. 187 – ABC.es Hemeroteca – Encarna Sanchez: Ternura a Traves de las Ondas". hemeroteca.abc.es. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  11. "ABC (Madrid) – 02/06/1987, p. 118 – ABC.es Hemeroteca – Paco Rabal, aprendiz de sacristán". hemeroteca.abc.es. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  12. "Así fue la trayectoria de Mila Ximénez: Encarna Sánchez, Santana, 'Sálvame'..." Diario AS. 23 June 2021.
  13. "Biografía: Entre el gesto torcido y la carcajada y entre Santana y Encarna Sánchez, así fue Mila Ximénez". 20 Minutos. 23 June 2021.
  14. "Mila Ximénez, la tercera finalista de 'Supervivientes 2016'". Telecinco. 13 July 2016.
  15. "Las 'Campanadas' de Mediaset con Mila, Patiño, Terelu, Lydia y Kiko". El Confidencial. 31 December 2012.
  16. "A las puertas del triunfo: Mila Ximénez, tercera finalista de 'GH VIP 7'". ¡Hola!. 19 December 2019.
  17. "ABC (Madrid) – 06/09/2003, p. 113 – ABC.es Hemeroteca – Isabel Pantoja pone una querella criminal contra Mila Ximénez". hemeroteca.abc.es. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  18. "ABC SEVILLA (Sevilla) – 22/09/2003, p. 81 – ABC.es Hemeroteca – Un juzgado de Madrid prohibe a Mila Ximénez que hable de Isabel Pantoja en cualquier medio". hemeroteca.abc.es. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  19. 20Minutos (2 April 2007). "Isabel Pantoja en los juzgados por culpa de Mila Ximénez". 20minutos.es. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  20. 20Minutos (20 July 2012). "Condenan a Belén Esteban, Mila Ximénez y Kiko Matamoros a pagar 120.000 euros". 20minutos.es. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  21. "ABC (Madrid) – 30/11/1988, p. 15 – ABC.es Hemeroteca". hemeroteca.abc.es. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  22. "ABC SEVILLA (Sevilla) – 20/08/1987, p. 33 – ABC.es Hemeroteca –". hemeroteca.abc.es. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  23. "Mila Ximénez: "Tengo cáncer de pulmón, estoy asustada pero lo vamos a conseguir"". Telecinco. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  24. "Mila Ximénez, ingresada en un hospital de Madrid a causa de complicaciones en su cáncer". El País. 31 March 2021.
  25. "Mila Ximénez, ingresada de nuevo en el hospital en su lucha contra el cáncer de pulmón". Semana. 10 June 2021.
  26. "Mila Ximénez habría sido sedada en su domicilio tras despedirse de sus familiares, según 'La Razón'". 20 minutos. 18 June 2021.
  27. "Muere Mila Ximénez tras un año luchando contra el cáncer". El Mundo. 23 June 2021.
  28. "La familia de Mila Ximénez la despide en una íntima ceremonia". ¡Hola!. 24 June 2021.
  29. ""Supervivientes 2015": La participación de Mila Ximénez, en el aire". La Voz de Galicia. 27 March 2015.
  30. "PERDON SI NO HABLO DE MI – XIMENEZ, MILA". La Isla Libros. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  31. Mila Ximénez (2008). Gitana, ¿tú me quieres?. Temas de Hoy. ISBN 978-84-8460-650-5.
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