Águeda López is a Spanish model, presenter, business owner, and author born in Hornachuelos, in the province of Córdoba, Spain. She began her career as a classical dancer until the age of 13. She branched out over the years, studying journalism in Madrid while participating in beauty pageants, becoming a finalist in Miss Spain in 2000.
During her childhood, Águeda was a victim of bullying in her hometown. In the podcast “Cara a Cara with Rodner Figueroa,” she revealed that her big dreams stirred controversy in her immediate environment. “Being from a small town, I literally grew up surrounded by animals and orange groves and that kind of thing. Whoever was born there stayed there, and if you were the baker’s child, you were going to be a baker. Very few people left the town; my dream was to walk the runway in Paris,” she said.
In the same podcast, Águeda shared that she was bullied from the age of 8 through 16, until she moved to another city, in Toledo. Negative comments, aggressive notes, humiliations, and even physical assaults were some of the things that Águeda endured in her town.
Despite the difficulties, she never abandoned her dream. In fact, she took refuge in it, firmly believing in her convictions and desires. Years later, modeling became her way of life, and she left her native Spain to head to Miami, where she signed with the Caroline Gleason agency. Little by little, she began to make a name for herself in the competitive industry of the US, participating in fashion shows like Miami Fashion Week and Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week and appearing on the covers of magazines like Vogue and ¡HOLA!.
Águeda López once said “You always have to have certainty in yourself, confidence that you can make your dreams come true, and keep fighting for that day by day.” In the midst of her modeling career in the United States, Águeda met Luis Fonsi and fell in love with him. The couple met in 2010 during a photo shoot, where mutual friends introduced them. Since then, they became inseparable, and on September 10, they got married at a vineyard in Napa Valley, California, with their two-year-old daughter Mikaela as a witness.
On December 20, 2010, the couple welcomed their second child, Rocco, who was born on the same day as his older sister, Mikaela, making every December 20 a special day for the family’s household. Alongside her role as a mother, wife, and model, Águeda López launched her children’s clothing line, MIKABOO, inspired by her daughter.
In the summer of 2025, Águeda debuted as a book author with the publication of “La niña que siempre miraba al sol,” a story inspired by her own childhood experiences, bullying, and dreams.
Águeda López on La Mesa Caliente said “I dared to tell this story, I narrated it, I wrote it in the third person because I think that, like me, and there are people who have gone through uncomfortable situations in their childhood, in their adolescence. Who doesn’t have dreams that they still haven’t fulfilled?”
When it comes to her future, Águeda López wants to go beyond modeling and everything she has built on the runway. “I imagine the future as an authentic, creative path full of purpose. I see myself writing more, creating spaces of genuine connection with other women, and sharing stories that inspire and heal. But above all, I see myself living with intention, enjoying each stage of life with awareness, curiosity, and gratitude,” she said in an interview with Vogue. She has written the book ‘The girl who always looked at the sun’
Women Fitness President Ms. Namita Nayyar catches up with Águeda López – an exceptionally talented and accomplished internationally acclaimed Spanish fashion model, presenter, business owner, and author. Here she talks about remarkable journey—her career, her book, her fitness regime and her future vision.
Thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us today, Águeda. You are currently celebrating the release of your debut book, La niña que siempre miraba al sol, and you have a beautiful family and a thriving career. We are so excited to dive into your journey.”
Namita Nayyar:
In La niña que siempre miraba al sol, you tell a story inspired by your own childhood, specifically the bullying you endured. You have mentioned that you wrote it in the third person so readers could see themselves in the protagonist, Alma. Was it therapeutic to write this story, or was it a more challenging process to revisit those years from ages 8 to 16?
Águeda López:
It was both therapeutic and challenging. When you revisit experiences from childhood as an adult, you see them through completely different eyes. There were memories I thought I had left behind that suddenly felt very vivid again.
Writing in the third person gave me a certain emotional distance. Alma is inspired by my experiences, but I wanted her to belong to everyone. I didn’t want readers to simply read “Águeda’s story.” I wanted someone who had ever felt different, excluded, misunderstood, or underestimated to recognize a part of them in her.
In that sense, writing the book became very healing. I was able to look at that little girl with much more compassion than I probably had for myself at the time. And I realized that some of the experiences that hurt me the most also helped shape my resilience.
Namita Nayyar:
Alma chooses to keep looking at the sun—her dreams—despite the darkness around her. What advice would you give to a child or teenager currently experiencing bullying?
Águeda López:
I would tell them: what other people say about you does not define who you are or who you are going to become.
When you’re young, your world can feel very small. If you’re being bullied at school, it can seem as though that environment is your entire reality. But it isn’t. Life is so much bigger than the classroom you’re sitting in today.
Ask for help. Speak to your parents, your teachers, or an adult you trust. Don’t carry it alone. And most importantly, protect that little voice inside you that tells you who you are and what you dream of becoming.
Keep looking at your sun. Your current circumstances are a chapter; they are not the whole story.
Namita Nayyar:
How did you maintain certainty in your dreams when you were a young girl in Hornachuelos surrounded by people who didn’t necessarily believe in them?
Águeda López:
I think I was born with a very powerful imagination. I grew up in a small town in Córdoba, but in my mind the world was enormous.
I dreamed about fashion, Paris, traveling, creating things, and having a life that was very different from the one I could physically see around me. I didn’t have evidence that any of those things would happen. I simply had this strange certainty inside me that there was more waiting for me.
Of course I had doubts and fears, but my dreams were always stronger.
I’ve learned that sometimes you have to believe in something long before there is any evidence that it is possible. You take one small step, then another, and eventually you look back and realize those small steps created an entirely different life.
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