Paloma Jimenez Wiki Bio
Paloma Jimenez was born in Acapulco, Mexico, on 22 August 1983 – her zodiac sign is Leo and she holds Mexican nationality. She is a model and an actress, but who gained recognition only after she started dating the famous American actor Vin Diesel.
Childhood and education
Paloma was raised alongside her siblings in Acapulco by her father who was a car mechanic, and her mother who was a seamstress.
She grew up dreaming about becoming a model, as she and her friends often read girly magazines and watched models on the catwalks on TV. Paloma was physically very active while attending high school, as she did gymnastics, played soccer and volleyball, and was also a member of the school’s drama club, appearing in most of the plays performed at the school, although rarely playing lead characters. She matriculated in 2001, and then chose to focus on her modelling career rather than pursue a college degree.
Career as a model
Paloma has posed for numerous popular brands and companies, including Coca Cola, Pantene and Honda, and could’ve been seen featured on the cover page of many magazines, including the Mexican version of “Maxim”. She has walked the catwalk for various clothing designers, such as Alberto Rodriguez, Hector Terrones and Guillermo Vargas, and appeared in the comedy series “Otro Rollo Con: Adal Ramones” back in 2014.
After giving birth to her and Vin’s third child, Paloma decided to take a break from modelling and focus on raising her children.
Love life and relationships
She started dating Vin Diesel in 2007 – not everyone supported the relationship because he is 16 years her senior, however, this didn’t stop the two from dating and spending most of their free time together. In April 2008, Paloma gave birth to their daughter Hania Riley Diesel, followed by their son Vincent Sinclair Diesel in 2010. On 16 March 2015, Paloma gave birth to their daughter Pauline Diesel, who was named after the late actor and Vin’s best friend Paul Walker.
In 2016, rumors began spreading around the internet about Vin having cheated on Paloma, and that she was planning on leaving him and getting back to her modelling career.
It was then reported that Vin didn’t want to lose Paloma, and thus fixed things between them, although his representative described the rumors as ‘falsehood’.
As of November 2020, Vin is still partnered with Paloma, hasn’t married, but they have three children.
Hobbies and other interests
Paloma spends most of her time with their children, as Vin spends most of his time working, but there are still a couple of things she likes to do for herself.
Paloma has bee keen on reading ever since she was a teenager, and her favorites are romantic comedies such as “The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden” by Jonas Jonasson.
Travelling was once her main hobby, and her modelling career had made it possible for her to visit many US states as well as several European countries such as England, Italy and Spain – Paloma rarely travels nowadays, but still enjoys reading travel blogs on the internet.
She is keen on watching movies, and a few of her favorite actors and actresses are Paul Walker, Leonardo DiCaprio and Natalie Portman, while a few of her favorite movies are the franchise “The Fast and the Furious”, “Titanic” and “Leon: The Professional”.
Age and height
Paloma’s age is 37. She has long brown hair and brown eyes, is 5ft 10ins (1.78m) tall and weighs around 145lbs (67kgs). As of November 2020, her net worth has been estimated at over $5 million, while Vin’s net worth is reputedly over $225 million.
Who is Vin Diesel?
Mark Sinclair was born in Alameda County, California USA, on 18 July 1967 – his zodiac sign is Cancer and he holds American nationality. He is perhaps still known best for his portrayal of Dominic Toretto in the film franchise “The Fast and the Furious”.
He was raised alongside his twin brother Paul by their mother Delora Sherleen Vincent who was an astrologer, and their stepfather Irving H. Vincent who was a theatre manager and an acting instructor – the boys have never met their biological father. Vin was seven years old when he and his brother broke into the Theatre of the New City, but instead of turning them in, the theatre’s artistic director Crystal Field, decided to cast the boys in a play. Vin became addicted to acting, and went on to enroll at New York City’s Hunter College, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in creative writing.
It was Steven Spielberg who helped Vin gain recognition, after he cast him in his movie “Saving Private Ryan” and after which Spielberg cast Vin in many movies he directed. Vin went on to voice the lead character in the animated movie “The Iron Giant”, and was then cast as Riddick, the lead character in the science fiction movie “Pitch Black”. He was praised for his portrayal of the title character in the action thriller film “XXX” in 2002, and then reprised his role as Riddick in “The Chronicles of Riddick” and “The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury”, both of which were box office failures, then in 2017 Diesel reprised his role in the movie “XXX: Return of Xander Cage”, while he also voiced Groot in both parts of Marvel’s movie “Guardians of the Galaxy”, as well as in both parts of the film “Avengers” Vin has recently been cast to play the lead character in the upcoming movie “Avatar 2”.
Vin prefers to keep details of his private life to himself, saying he’s part of the ‘Harrison Ford, Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino code of silence.’
He is a huge fan of board games, and has been playing the famous game “Dungeons & Dragons” for more than two decades now, while he has also written the foreword of the book “30 Years of Adventure: A Celebration of Dungeons & Dragons” – there is also a video game “Vin Diesel DMing a Game of D&D Just For You”, created by a Canadian game designer.
Vin’s favorite country is the Dominican Republic, and he is a close friend of the country’s former president, Leonel Fernandez.