Mónica Martínez

Mónica Martínez Pascual (born 16 April 1975) is a Spanish journalist, model and television presenter. She began her television career presenting the youth programme at the age of 15, and has presented television programmes on the Antena 3, Cuatro, Intereconomía TV, Real Madrid TV, RTVE and Telecinco networks in Spain. Martínez was the sports broadcaster on the Antena 3 Noticias news bulletin Antena 3 Noticias 2 from September 2009 to February 2010, as well as presenting both seasons of the reality television programme in 2014 and 2015.

Early life and education On 16 April 1975, Martínez was born in Madrid. She is a graduate of the Charles III University of Madrid with a degree in Journalism and obtained a degree in Audiovisual Communication from the Complutense University of Madrid.

Career When she was 15 years old, Martínez began her television career. She was the presenter of the Telecinco youth programme after agreeing a contract with the network. Martínez also did modelling in Osaka and Tokyo, both in Japan,

She was briefly the presenter of the talk show El Diario de Verano in mid-2006 when regular presenter Patricia Gaztañaga was absent. Martínez also presented the specials Vídeos por un Tubo, Ataka2, Una de Chistes and Locos por la Tele. In 2008, Martínez co-presented En esta noche with Antonio Hidalgo on the regional channel 7 Televisión Región de Murcia in Murcia. Martínez made her debut on Antena 3 Noticias, reading the sports news Antena 3 Noticias 2 with Matías Prats Luque on 1 September 2009. She remained on the programme until February 2010. She was offered the role to present Adán y Eva and liked the idea of the programme as it appeared "daring to me that we could put a format like this in prime time and without pixelating". Martínez went on to present the late night debate programme on Cuatro in September 2015 after Televisión Española unsuccessfully attempted to sign her to present the evening television programme Cuestión de tiempo on La 1. Martínez became a presenter of the Telenico programme in June 2016 and began her role the following month. She began presenting the Be Mad programme Mujeres runners in March 2017. In February 2019, Martínez signed to become a collaborator on the Cuatro programme . She is the author of the book Metodo Suéltate for Alienta Editorial, which gives advice on public speaking, and it was announced that she would host the New Year's Eve countdown (Campanadas) from the Puerta del Sol for the regional network alongside Miguel Lago.

She balances her television work with her role as a coach and mentor for communicators, for which she studied Neuro-linguistic programming and created the "Método suéltate" (Let go method). This is also the title of the book she wrote in 2021, which offers advice on public speaking and appearing natural in front of cameras.

Personal life Since 2009, she has been married to the sports journalist Fernando Timón who worked for Telemadrid and RTVE. They have two children.