Jordi Andree Castell Abusleme (born 3 November 1966 in San Fernando, Chile) is a Chilean photographer and television presenter.

Biography During his childhood, his father left Jordi and his mother, Mildred Abusleme de la Vega, to move to France. Castell was raised by his mother and her family. He therefore sees his grandfather Salvador Abusleme as his father figure, something he declared after having met his father in the 90s. He's of Palestinian descent.

Castell studied at the San Fernando Institute Marist in his hometown. Then he settled in Talca, where he studied in the Liceo Abate Molina, later finishing high school in Curico, at the Lyceum Luis Cruz Martinez. After living a few years in the cities of Talca and Curico, he moved to the capital, where he started his studies in Audiovisual media at UNIACC. In 1994, he graduated with a Master in Escola Catalana Photography, in Barcelona, Spain.

He has publicly stated that he is homosexual, and is an important figure in Chilean television.

In 2013, he participated in a video for the presidential campaign of Andres Velasco on the "Join Velasco" to YouTube section.

Career He has worked as a consultant to various image media and businesses. For eleven years he worked as a portraitist in the daily Mercury, participating in supplements and newspaper sections such as "Contact Zone", "You" and "Housing and Decoration", among others. He was a columnist in the magazines Blank and Art on the Edge.

During his career he has set up seven individual and twenty collective exhibitions, besides being manager and curator of various photographic projects.

Castell has ventured into the world of television. It began as a commentator on shows in the evening program TVN Midnight: Culture and Entertainment, led by Freddy Stock in 2003 also participated in the program SQP of Chilevisión, where it was a space called "Portfolio". After working in Viva la morning (Canal 13), Chilevisión again in 2004, where in recent years has led Damn love and star Close-Up. Moreover, in 2007, participated in the first season of Wicked dancing Channel 13 where he won second place in the competition. In the second season, he participated as a judge.

Castell was also one of the first openly gay men on television in Chile.nacion.cl – La mala leche de Jordi Castell

Academic Castell also served as academic director of the School of Art Direction at UNIACC.

Philanthropy In 2010 he participated in a National Women's Service (Sernam) campaign against violence against women. In the campaign, Castell appeared on posters with the phrase "fagot is who mistreats a woman," in addition to television spots saying the same sentence. The campaign was criticized by some agencies that branded it discriminatory. The following year he again participated in the Sernam campaign, which used a similar strategy to that of 2010. Days after the announcement of the campaign, pamphlets were distributed in the town of Providencia attacking the television presenter through homophobic insults. The pamphlets were criticized by the Movement for Homosexual Integration and Liberation (Movilh). Meanwhile, Jordi Castell, together with Sernam, filed a complaint for the offense of threats in order to identify those responsible for the pamphlets.

Controversy In December 2011 entering a public dispute with the imitator Stefan Kramer by imitation that makes him specifically mocking his sexual orientation. Threatens to make unknown aspects of public life Kramer.nacion.cl – Jordi Castell asegura que en TV hay muchos gay no confesados For some people, like the cheerleader Carola Julio, this would be a form of extortion by Castelnacion.cl – Carola Julio y la extorsión de Jordi a Kramer: "Es una maldad" Publicly announced a lawsuit against the imitador.Jordi Castell se querellará contra Stefan Kramer – Terra ChileJordi Castell anuncia batalla legal contra Kramer por imitaciones | Emol.com Finally this dispute ends with an economic agreement and the subsequent commitment Kramer to tone down imitations Jordi Castell.

Television Year program Role Canal 2003 Midnight: Culture and Entertainment Commentator TVN 2003 Commentator Chilevisión 2004 Viva la morning Fashion Commentator Channel 13 2004 The move of the Festival opinólogos Channel 13 2004–2005 Damn love Driver Chilevisión 2005 Urban Dreams Driver Chilevisión 2005–2013 Close-Up Driver Chilevisión 2006–2007 Sins Driver Chilevisión 2006 Wicked dancing Contestant Channel 13 2007 Wicked dancing 2 Judge Canal 13 2009 Dance Fever 2 (Bypass) Contestant Chilevisión 2009 Behind the screen Driver Chilevisión 2010 opinólogos Chilevisión 2011–2013 Gala of the Festival of Viña del Mar Driver Chilevisión 2011 2011 Viña del Mar International Song Festival Judge Chilevisión 2011 Fans of dance Driver Chilevisión 2012 people like you replacement driver Chilevisión 2012–2013 Diamonds in the Rough Driver Chilevisión 2013 Baila! To the rhythm of a dream Judge Chilevisión 2014 Buenos Días a Todos opinólogos TVN 2014 Yellow Earth Festival Presenter TVN 2014 Adopts a famous Contestant TVN 2014 Live in Viña TVN opinólogos TVN 2016 2016 Miss Universe Chile Judge Chilevisión

Works

General exhibitions Study narcissism (1992) Pictures, Palma de Mallorca, Spain. (1994) Pictures (1997) Pictures (2000) In the water (2001) Pictures (2003) Woman I (2011)

Art exhibitions Urban Lens 1 and 2 Lucky Strike (2001) The other center (2003) AM (2003)

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