Ximena Huilipán

Who is Ximena Huilipán?

Ximena Huilipán is a Chilean model and actress of Mapuche descent.

At 14 years of age, Huilipán won the Elite Model Look Chile 2002 contest. She was discovered by European fashion designer Oscar de la Renta for whom she modeled after having won the Elite Model Look Chile 2002. During her early career she did also model for Carolina Herrera and did a minor role in Jorge Olguín's movie "Sangre eterna". Later she moved further into an actor career playing a role as Lautaro's wife in a historical movie about the Arauco War between Spaniards and Mapuches. She has been called "the Mapuche model" several times in the written press, but does however not embody the stereotypical physical Mapuche characteristics.