Silvina Luna
Luna in 2015
Born
Silvina Noelia Luna

(1980-06-21)21 June 1980
Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Died31 August 2023(2023-08-31) (aged 43)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Occupations
Modeling information
Hair colorBrunette
Eye colorBlue
AgencyModeling agency of Ricardo Piñeiro

Silvina Noelia Luna (21 June 1980 – 31 August 2023) was an Argentine model, actress and vedette.

Career

After finishing school at the age of 17, she moved to Buenos Aires and worked as a secretary and a model. She later lived in Miami for a year, before returning to Argentina, where she appeared as a participant on Big Brother 2.[1]

In later years she worked with the modelling agency of Ricardo Piñeiro, and participated in the reality diving competition Celebrity Splash![2]

Luna took theatre classes with Julio Chávez, and guest-starred on television shows.

Magazine appearances

Personal life and death

Silvina Luna was born in Rosario on 21 June, 1980. She started her professional life as a model and promoter. She reached national fame in 2001 when she participated in Big Brother Argentina, where she ended up in second place. After her reality appearance, she continued studying theater. She participated in many plays such as El champán las pone mimosas, Más que amigos, Abracadabra and Explosivos. She also appeared in TV shows such as  Los Roldán and Casados con hijos. She was a participant in other reality shows such as the Argentinian version of Dancing with the stars in 2006, 2007 and 2017.

In July 2014, Luna was hospitalized with kidney stones. She blamed the problem on her cosmetic surgeon, Anibal Lotocki, whom she said used methacrylate on her buttocks.[3] Luna had two cosmetic surgeries in 2011, both performed by Lotocki. After these surgical procedures, she started to have health problems and after several studies, it was discovered that she had high levels of calcium in her blood, which later was confirmed to be a consequence of methacrylate poisoning. Three years later, in 2015, she was on dialysis from 2016 up until her death. The cause of kidney failure is not very clear but appears to have been an autoimmune condition like adjuvant-induced autoimmune syndrome (ASIA) due to methacrylate.

On 31 August 2023, Luna died after spending 79 days in hospital on life support. She had been admitted to the hospital on 13 July 2023. Luna had been awaiting a kidney transplant, which could not be performed due to various infections she had contracted in the weeks and days leading up to her death.[4]

Theater shows

  • Vedettísima (2009)
  • El Champagne las Pone Mimosas. (2005)
  • Diferente. (2003)
  • La noche de las pistolas frías. (2002)

Selected TV appearances

Reality shows
Year Title Role Resultd Notes
2001 Gran Hermano 2 Contestant Runner-up / 7th eliminated
2005 Odisea, en busca del tesoro perdido ¿? ¿?
2006 Bailando por un Sueño 2 Contestant 7th eliminated
2007 Odisea, aventura Argentina Blue Team Contestant 2nd eliminated
2009 El Musical de tus Sueños Contestant 15th eliminated
2010-11 Gran Hermano 2011 Host Does not appear Some segment
2013 Celebrity Splash! Contestant Eliminated in Round 1 – Part 4 1 episode
2014 Tu Cara me Suena (season 2) Guest contestant by Fernando Dente 6th place Gala 33
2017 Bailando 2017 Contestant 8th eliminated
2020 Divina comida Contestant and host in week 5 5th Place 5 episodes
2022 El Hotel de los Famosos Contestant 6th eliminated / Evacued 33 episodes
Candidate in repechage Eliminated
V.I.P. guest Does not appear

References

  1. ↑ "Ex-big brother samba em Carnaval "caliente" argentino". Terra (company). 8 January 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "Ya están confirmados los participantes del polémico reality "Celebrity Splash"" [The participants of the controversial reality show "Celebrity Splash" are already confirmed] (in Spanish). MSN. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Silvina Luna acusó de mala praxis al cirujano Aníbal Lotocki" [Silvina Luna accused surgeon Aníbal Lotocki of malpractice]. Clarin (in Spanish). 25 July 2014. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  4. ↑ Ingrassia, Victor (1 September 2023). "Una cadena de infecciones postergó el trasplante que pudo salvar a Silvina Luna, reveló uno de los médicos que la trató" [A chain of infections postponed the transplant that could have saved Silvina Luna, revealed one of the doctors who treated her]. Infobae. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
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