What happened to the life of Rocío Cárdenas ‘Chío’, the winner of ‘Big Brother’ in 2002

It was 2002, when television was still at its peak and reality shows were new. Big Brother had arrived in Mexico and became the program favorite of many. In its first edition, the Monterrey Rocío Cárdenas, better known as ‘Chío’, turned out to be the winner, who left the Televisa Santa Fe facilities – where the house was located – to celebrate his triumph.

There were 6 million 585 thousand 810 million viewers who were watching the final of the reality through channel 5. Although at that time, Rocío took 2.5 million pesos, a trip to France, a car, clothes and of course, he gained fame in Mexico, not everything turned out to be as expected.

21 years later, the winner of that reality show revealed that her life “she was never the same again”. Many are wondering, What happened to that young participant and what she is currently doing, here we tell you.

Rocío’s life, 21 years after she won the Big Brother reality show

Currently, Rocío revealed to the newspaper Milenio that people continue to greet her on the street, because they still remember her triumph in Big Brother.

Although leaving the program, the Monterrey native was working on Televisa hosting programs such as Vida Tv and Hoy, he also became the face of several advertising brands.

After fame, ‘Chío’, as her friends know her, decided to start a family. She married Giovanni Betti, a plastic surgeon and 15 years ago, both created Reconstruyendo Sueños AC, an association that is responsible for helping low-income women to reconstruct their breasts after suffering from cancer.

It should be noted that she is now enjoying her children and husband, and also loves helping people. So she made it clear that she would never live the experience of entering a reality show like that again. Big Brother.