Victoria Puig de Lange, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Victoria Puig de Lange

Ecuadorian diplomat (1916-2008)

Date of Birth: 03-Dec-1916

Place of Birth: Guayaquil, Guayas Province, Ecuador

Date of Death: 14-May-2008

Profession: diplomat, journalist

Nationality: Ecuador

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Victoria Puig de Lange

  • Victoria Puig de Lange (3 December 1916 in Guayaquil – 14 May 2008 in Miami) was an Ecuadorian author, composer, and diplomat.
  • Her long career in journalism placed her on the staff of Vanidades, and included an international syndicated column for ALA.
  • In 1984 she became Editor in Chief of Harper's Bazaar (Spanish edition).In 2003, Lange, who went by the nickname "Chichi", wrote ''Sol Con Agua, an autobiographical novel published by Editorial Vistazo.
  • It combined elements of the magic realism literary style with her memoirs of a life "surrounded by presidents, movie stars, and international personalities."As Editor-in-Chief of Harper's Bazaar, Lange entered center stage of the fashion world, regularly attending the fashion weeks of London, Milan, and Paris.
  • She served as judge in Occhio D'Oro to select the best Italian designer.
  • From this unique vantage point she took a keen interest in Latin American designers.
  • She co-founded the first Latin American fashion week and, with Beth Sobol, Miami Fashion Week. Lange, a daughter of diplomats (Ambassador Carlos Puig Vilazar and Consul General Rosa Parada de Puig), represented her country as Consul General of Ecuador in Miami.
  • She also represented Ecuador, as a songwriter at Chile's OTI Festival, after the release of her LP La Novia del Rio, a collection of ballads with the rhythms and sounds of her native land. She married three times, with Luis Aguirre Luque (1935), James Dall Brown (1941), and Harold Lange Browne (1947).
  • She also had 3 sons.

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