Tonka Tomicic

Tonka Tomicic Petric (; born 31 May 1976) is a Chilean TV host and beauty pageant titleholder. She is of Croatian origin.

Best known for television shows on TVN and Canal 13 as Buenos Dias A Todos, Viña's International Festival and Bienvenidos. She's considered one of the most important female TV personalities of Chile. After being a former fashion model in Chile, Tomicic became the face and spoken celebrity of "Almacenes Paris", a department store since 2005 and Garnier's Chilean ambassador since 2007. Her parents are Croatian immigrants to Chile. In 1994 she entered the Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana to study design in visual communication, leaving her studies unfinished.

Career

She was discovered as a model by New Models Agency in Chile at 14 years old. After the first contact, Tomičić filmed her first television commercial for the Tigre shoe company.

Personal life

Since 2004, she has been in a romantic relationship with Marco Antonio López Spagui, better known as Parived. The couple were married according to the Jewish rite on 16 April 2014, in the city of Jerusalem, Israel, after Tomičić renounced Catholicism, thus embracing her partner's Judaism.

Television La mañana del 13 (2001 Canal 13) Pase lo que pase (2002 TVN) Buenos días a todos (2005–2009) Teletón Chile (2006) Teletón Chile (2007) Hijos del Monte (2008) Teletón Chile (2008) El hormiguero (2010) Viva la mañana (2010) – Guest Star La movida del festival (2010) – TV Hostess Chile ayuda a Chile (2010) Tonka Tanka (2010) – TV Hostess Primera dama (2010) Fear Factor Chile (2010) Alfombra roja (2010) Teletón Chile (2010) Bienvenidos (2011–) – TV Hostess Teletón Chile (2011) Mundos Opuestos (2012) No basta con ser bella: Miss Chile 2012 (2012) – Jury Teletón Chile (2012) Proyecto Miss Chile (2013) – TV Hostess