The Juanas 24 years Later, it is a memory of those novels that conquered the hearts of Colombians who, night after night, gathered in front of the television to see this story of magical realism.
The year was 1997 and Colombia was going through a difficult period in terms of public order, which is why the magic box was one of the escapes that people had to finally have fun. Just in that year, the late writer, Bernardo Romero Pereiro, had the idea of creating a Macondian-style novel whose protagonists were the sisters Juana Valentina (Angie Cepeda), Juana Caridad (Catherine Siachoque), Juana Manny (Xilena Aycardi), Juana Bautista (Susana Torres) and Juana Matilde (Carolina Sabino).
Las Juanas 24 years later, this is what they look like!
The story of The Juanas It revolved around Calixto Salguero, an adventurer and womanizer who traveled the Colombian coast, impregnating several women. From there, Juana Valentina took on the task of meeting to meet her sister and look for her father. The great particularity of these 5 women is that they had a fish sign on their buttocks.
Today, the actresses have taken different paths and this is how they look today:
Las Juanas 24 years later: Angie Cepeda – Juana Valentina
She was the oldest of The Juanas. This beautiful young woman lived with her mother and a friend of her family in the city of Barranquilla. She worked managing an appliance dealership that was her family business.
Currently, Angie Cepeda is based in Spain, a country in which she continues to be linked to the audiovisual industry as a film, television and theater actress and also as an executive producer.
Catherine Siachoque – Juana Caridad
She was the second of the sisters and was raised in a convent, which made her very shy and insecure. The funny thing was that she has never seen herself naked and she almost always cried; With these features, she won the hearts of viewers.
Now, Catherine Siachoque continues to be one of the favorite actresses of the Telemundo network and continues to be on screen, achieving success with the series Without boobs there is no paradise. She is also an executive producer for series in the United States.
Xilena Aycardi – Juana Manny
Her role was to be the third of the sisters. In the novel, she graduated as a beautician by correspondence and in her spare time, she trained in boxing since she wanted to be world champion in this discipline.
These days, Xilena Aycardi has been linked to the fit life in various projects and in acting, being well known for her performances in the series Rafael Orozco, the idol, and on the boards thanks to the work A Chronicle of a Death Foretold.
Susana Torres – Juana Bautista
She was the fourth of the sisters and her role in history was that of an analytical young woman, passionate about painting and with great success in the divinatory arts, a job with which she earned a living.
Currently, Susana Torres has been based in Mexico for more than 15 years and there she has found a space in modeling and to represent highly successful roles in series such as Maria Magdalena Y wild districtfor Netflix.
Carolina Sabino – Juana Matilde
The last of Las Juanas was passionate about dancing and singing. She was the most cheerful and carefree of the group and her great dream was to become a famous artist throughout the world.
Carolina Sabino was not very successful in Colombia, which is why she moved to Ecuador for a while to continue her career as a singer. She has already returned to the country and is still linked to music, preparing a new album.
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