The first thing to say about
Dolores Barreiro
(48) is that she is personally taller than one supposed.
The second thing is that she still has
the most beautiful legs in Argentina
.
She smiles at her Santiago Gómez Romero (33), her polo player boyfriend, who, being from another generation, was unaware of her past as a model and, also, of that slogan that she has carried since she captivated the catwalk, the businesswoman and now
host
.
Host?
Yes, she is the host of
Napule Notte
, an Italian restaurant owned by José Ignacio.
What does this brand new role mean, in the thousand lives of Dolores?
"I am absolutely committed to the project, it is
my first job within a gastronomic venture
and it gives me pleasure to express myself through food. The client who enters
Napule Notte
meets me and I try to make him feel comfortable."
What a surprise to enter a
trattoria
, cross the threshold and... be greeted by "la Barreiro".
The businesswoman and owner of the Holi
clothing brand says
that "
the most important thing about being a hostess is to create comfort in the client
, to enjoy the environment in this place, especially the food, and that when they leave, they leave." I'm looking forward to coming back," shares Dolores sitting in the beautiful garden in the background.
The baptism in this new facet for Barreiro was last year and the result was more than satisfactory, so Vitto Moya, Napule's
alma mater
, called her back.
"
It's not good for me to say it, but in 2023 there were very good comments about my presence
here as a host. If people come for me? -she smiles at the praise-. I don't know how many come for me, I'm not interested in making the It's something banal, but this year we decided to renew the bond because the experience was good for everyone.
Perfectionist and self-demanding, he remembers that at first he felt a little afraid.
"Anxiety due to my lack of knowledge in the area, but as time went by I got used to the work. I remember that
I was very into the little details, too obsessed
,
but now I can say that I am a little more cool and relaxed
. How did I get here? "A friend called me and proposed the idea to me, I was hooked on merging gastronomy, with style and design... and here I am," she says while affectionately
watching
"Gómez," as she calls her boyfriend, with whom she three years of relationship.
"Milei never stole"
From the fictitious Punta del Este the Argentina category appears, as usually happens with the Argentines who are interviewed on this side of the pond.
There is no need to ask, due to the omnipresent crisis, the topic arises spontaneously.
"I believe there is hope, I want to believe and
the position of the new government in saying 'we don't have money' seems realistic to me.
I prefer to hear that from someone who tells me 'I'm going to solve all the country's problems' when we know that it's not true. Unfortunately what Milei is giving us is a reality check."
The host Dolores Barreiro.
In José Ignacio he develops the new role of host at the Napulle Notte restaurant.
Barreiro is not exempt from the constant obstacles in the wheel of those who are entrepreneurs in Argentina.
"I am one of the many who have an SME and who suffer from tremendous tax burdens that are almost impossible to sustain, at least that is what happens to me with Holi. 70 percent of the things I make come from India, imagine the impediments, not to mention the prices, apart from the fact that 60 percent of the turnover goes to the State."
Packaged and in a record that is usually unknown to her, Dolores, however, sees a light at the end of the tunnel.
"You know how many times I wanted to say 'enough, I've come this far'. Sometimes you get tired of rowing so much, that all the time you have to avoid obstacles, but I do
n't let up, I don't allow myself to do so, I always looked forward
, even though every may cost more. I think we are at that moment in which we are hitting rock bottom to bounce back up."
But he does not hesitate to diagnose the current moment:
"We are in a ball
, there is a giant crisis that was not created by this guy (Milei), I hope he can rescue us. This price madness, in my humble opinion, is not the president's fault, This comes from the past."
Dolores confesses that "my older children were attracted by Milei's message in the campaign."
He smilingly emphasizes that the vote is secret, he does not share it and admits with a good face that he never imagined that Milei could beat Massa in the runoff.
"Frankly,
I didn't imagine I could win
, but it's what most people chose and I feel like it's the opportunity for something new and different.
At least he never stole anything
, he has no criminal record and that's great, especially because in "In Argentina, historically, you have to choose the least bad guy and here we had an unknown as an option."
With a glass of wine, she looks serious and thoughtful.
A committed Dolores appears although she says that she is not politicized.
"People are disgusted with traditional politics and I see it in my older children, who do not want to know anything with the usual format, which never worked and always failed. My children were captivated by Milei, the message reached them, I estimate that "because of the rebellion of something disruptive. Now we have to bank it and stop antagonizing the governments of other countries! I hope Milei reinserts us into the world."
Neither alone nor still
"Experience makes the wise man and love is no exception
," he responds when asked if it was difficult to go back to a romantic relationship, after his extensive relationship with
Matías Camisani
, with whom he had five children, and the end was not He was completely kind.
"It's true that
I'm not one to be alone for a long time, I'm not very used to it
, but I have a good bond with myself, something that I was able to demonstrate to myself on a recent trip to India, where I went about twenty times, but this last time I was alone and "It turned out to be quite a challenge and at the same time a discovery."
Dolores Barreiro, in Punta del Este, with her boyfriend, the policeman Santiago Gómez Romero.Photo: Ramiro Souto
His Holi brand appears in the talk with
Clarín
.
"I am very excited because I was able to open a store here in José Ignacio. I go every day, obviously, and it is quite an experience to know the markets, who buys from you, at what prices, what products sell the most on the beach, it is a world intense and fascinating. And
I'm there for everything, I put my body into it, I like to receive the client
. "
He says that his life is marked by "activity and movement."
She doesn't know how to sit still and when she tries she gets bored quickly.
"I take on the project, I give myself one hundred percent, I cannot and do not know how to work halfway. I am my own brand, the one behind it, the one who chooses everything... I am the one who travels to India, the one who designs the garments ", an activity that I always wanted to do and
when I worked less as a model and got tired of TV, I got to work
on this venture."
"When I worked less as a model and got tired of TV, I got to work on the initiative of my brand Holi," says Dolores Barreiro.
He confesses that his has always been instinct and intuition.
"I did it all and I do it bravely
. As a businesswoman I saw the door half open and I left, with a stone face, because I didn't study design. When I finished high school, I was already working as a model for about twenty hours. per day and I couldn't continue training,
I would have liked to study more when I was older
, but that's it, today I have life experience, which is a lot"
The Thousand and One Lives of Dolores
could be called a biography of her.
"It's true, sometimes
I feel like I've had a lot of lives
. There are so many lives inside of me that you can always find yourself again, enjoy yourself and start from scratch. I'm convinced that in the long run you'll get ahead...
Not with me. "Every time in the past was better
." I am a mine that is always on top, that moves forward and that the best is yet to come.
He hardly spoke about his five children, ages 22 to 8.
As usually happens, he preserves them, although he stops at the youngest and only woman, Indra: "She is not intelligent, she is brilliant. At the age of six she was already spelling the word that occurred to you. She is a girl with an astonishing emotional intelligence and I am impressed that she is so confident... We have a spectacular relationship with Indra and with the others, the men, we maintain a strong bond of friendship. If I set limits for them? I do what I can."
He says that today he gets along great with the street and with the look of others.
"It has nothing to do with those times when I couldn't put a bite in my mouth without being invaded. It was difficult, hard, today I'm calm, the truth is that no one swells me and I
don't miss anything from the past nor do I have things to do.
As I already said, I look forward and I am going through a very good personal and professional moment, I feel complete in every sense."
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