Debbie Castañeda

ABOUT DEBBIE CASTAñEDA

Ex-beauty queen who rose to fame after becoming Miss Colombia in 1996. She would go on to become a political figure working predominantly to facilitate various relations between Italy and Colombia.

She's lived in Bogotá, Colombia.

She was instrumental in securing financing for Cocaine Godmother, a biopic about Griselda Blanco starring Catherine Zeta-Jones .

She was married to Italian businessman Marco Squatriti and the two divorced after four years.

She had a relationship with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi through her then-husband and was implicated in several scandals related to the disgraced politician in 2011.