Águeda López, Luis Fonsi's wife: "When I was eight, I was bullied at school."

Águeda López and Luis Fonsi have been together for over 15 years, and their love doesn't seem to wane despite their jobs. While he's completely focused on his musical career, she's also doing the same as a model . However, the truth is that she doesn't only dedicate herself to the world of runways; the Cordoban native has also debuted as a writer with the autobiographical novel *The Girl Who Always Looked at the Sun*.

"One day I had a dream. I was in Israel and I saw myself with a book and a very sad little blonde doll walking from page to page looking down and carrying a backpack as if she were going to school. Then I realized that that doll was me and it was the whole story of bullying I suffered at school. That's where the idea for this book was born, to tell people that you can get out of complicated situations, that you can fight for the dreams you want and that things happen not when you want them to, but when they're meant to," she explained to Vanity Fair .

So, while the protagonist of this story is Alma, her alter ego, the truth is that everything is based on real events. And while the model isn't used to showing herself in such an intimate way, she has shown the side she feels "most comfortable" with . In this way, as a public figure, she reveals her less attractive side.

Although he currently resides in Miami, his entire family is originally from Hornachuelos, Córdoba. " My parents worked in the fields, my father worked on a farm, and my mother picked fruit. My family was a normal one; I walked to school and came home to eat whatever my mother had cooked," he told the aforementioned outlet.

However, starting at age eight, she began to suffer bullying from her classmates. However, neither the problems in class nor the fact that she was " destined to work in a bakery " stopped her dreams of becoming a model. In fact, she always had the support of her parents.

So finally, at 16, her entire family moved to Toledo thanks to her father's job, and she was able to enter Miss Toledo, where she won for the first time. "Then I went to Miss Spain, and even though Helen Lindes won, it was the best experience of my life . I couldn't believe I was there. I felt like everything had changed." She continued her studies, however, and eventually became a journalist.

However, after meeting her partner, she ended up moving to Mexico, and after ending their relationship, she decided to stop in Madrid before returning. She tried to find work, but without finding work, she was lost. Until she took a taxi to the airport. " The taxi driver, who was Colombian, asked me what was wrong because I was crying. I explained that my American dream had collapsed, and he replied: 'Well, miss, in my country they say that no one deserves more than anyone else, unless you work harder than others,'" she explained.

So, with the help of the host, she decided to stay and finally achieved her dream. In 2010, she was named "Model of the Year" and soon after met her husband, Luis Fonsi. " Fonsi wrote me on Facebook, we started talking, and the rest, so to speak, is history ," she explained with a laugh. In fact, Mikaela, her first daughter, was born when she was four, and Rocco, her second, was born in 2016.

"I would tell that eight-year-old girl today not to give up and to make brave decisions, because when you are brave, life rewards you. I was a person who doubted myself or what I was capable of. Now I don't ," she confessed, recalling how her life has changed.