She became known in different advertisements. “When I stopped modeling it was my decision. I left at the best time, in ’92, when I was working a lot. But I had to make a choice, either actress or model. I felt that both things were not compatible because I had “I have to be parading indoors on the weekends and also recording for The Golden Rocket Band. That’s why I decided to finish because when I feel like I can’t give 100 percent of myself I prefer to leave something.” (SOON, August 2002)
“Every morning I get up with my daughter, I get her ready for school, we have breakfast together and if I don’t take her, I start with the recommendations. Poor daughter! She has to put up with a lot from me, I’m annoying, a fan, but I don’t trust others. Those who tend to attack without you even looking at them,” she said in an interview with PRONTO in August 1996.
A friend of her mother suggested taking her to an advertising agency. She got a place in Ricardo Piñeyro’s book, but eventually went to Pancho Dotto’s agency. Her first trip with a professional model was when she was 18 for a major clothing brand. Her destination was Africa.
“When I started with La Banda del Golden Rocket… I had fun, I fell in love. But when I see the lives of people who have nothing to do with the industry, I envy them a little. Of course I am grateful for everything that happened to me, but if they gave me a second chance in life I would try to choose other things to have other experiences.” (La Nación, November, 2010).
“Happiness is a permanent search. One is not happy all the time. Being happy is always impossible even if one wishes it with all one’s soul” (PRONTO, August 1996)
“When I was a teenager I loved playing with the kids in my neighborhood. I was the one who would go look for them, tell them stories, make games for them. The mothers adored me. Imagine, I would take them around all day and then I would bathe them in the shower. house. A sun, I always said I had the soul of a master gardener. (SOON, May 2006)
“This profession gave me a lot and I am grateful for that. But the truth is that sometimes I feel too much pressure and I need to relax to enjoy myself a little. Being Araceli González helped me grow financially and for a lot of other things but At some point it also weighed on me and cost me a lot of sacrifice. (SOON, December 2004)
“I love to cook barbecues. I like to slowly light the fire and drink a beer. I think barbecues are like mate because they bring everyone together around the table. And I like that.” (PRONTO, December 2004)
For five years he suffered from panic attacks. “They say that this disorder is like uncovering a pot, because throughout your life you put everything in a pot. The panic attack grabs you from nothing. The only one who understands this is the one who suffers from it. That lasted a long time for me. illness; it went away when Toto was born because I didn’t take any medication during the pregnancy.” (PRONTO, March 2007)
“With Adrián, whether we are together or not, things are going to go well because we love each other a lot. We know that the best thing that can happen to us is to choose well. Our relationship is very strong, very intense”admitted in a report with PRONTO in 1996 about her relationship with Adrián Suar.
According to Ara, to know a man you must also know his mother. “The mother is key to knowing how that man is going to relate to women.”
Her wedding with Adrián Suar was the event of the year 1997 and SOON she was present. A villa located in Hurlingham was the site chosen to carry out the ceremony, which was officiated by a rabbi. The couple thought of everything and even hired kindergarten teachers to entertain the children of the interviewees. The press was not allowed to enter although more than fifty journalists from all media approached the place.
For her wedding dress, Araceli initially hesitated between Laurencio Adot or Gino Bogani. Finally, she decided on her long-time dressmaker, Antonietta. Without exuberance or sophistication, the dress was a natural silk organza sundress, worked on the back and embroidered in the same fabric. It had a train that was divided in two, separated by a guide of ruffled flowers. For the event, Araceli had six pairs of shoes made of the same model but with different heels.
In 2020, Ara shared on her social media how her son arrived. “The day before I was very nervous because I had to give birth the next day. It was almost planned because I didn’t want him to be born on the same day as Flor (Torrente), because her birthday is August 19th. When I found out I was pregnant with my beautiful Toto, the doctor told me that the due date was the 19th, and I told him that it couldn’t be in any way because it would ruin his birthday. By August 16th there were no signs that Toto was going to be born, everything was fine. And I had already had a feeling that I was going to give birth and we went and came back with the little bag, and on August 17, 1998, Totito was born. The truth is it was a very big emotion, because since I found out I was pregnant, the only thing I wanted to know was if it was a boy. I went every month and asked, and they told me they didn’t see anything, until they confirmed it to me, and then we began to really enjoy this little sweetie that we have who is a beautiful human being.”
In November 2007 in an interview with PRONTO, Ara acknowledged that ““Adrián and I are very good friends and we will continue to be, because we have a beautiful baby called Toto who will always keep us together. But we are no longer together. We have a good relationship but I am alone.”
“Flopy knows very well that I am a mother who sets limits. We are very close friends when it comes to discussing certain issues of adolescence that are very delicate, but she knows very well what each person’s place is.” (SOON, August 2002)
“I hate that they say that I am a compulsive buyer because that is a disease. I worry a lot about taking care of my money and ensuring that it remains for my children.” (SOON, March 2007).
“I think life surprises you every day. Many things happen to you and sometimes they are things you don’t expect, but I think everything counts, even suffering, and it helps you grow and approach things better from a different perspective. But I am a public figure, and everyone knows what happens to me. It’s part of growing up, but I don’t want to grow any more.” (PRONTO, August 2002).
“I am a person who gets very bored with everyday life, with monotony. I like to do fun things at work and I feel good doing them” (PRONTO, August 2002)
Together with Kiefer Sutherland, she starred in an advertisement for a car company. “We are not friends as they say, but we got along well while working and he said that I could easily work in the United States. Obviously, my problem with that is the language. Still, there is no concrete proposal. Only Kiefer’s representative sent a request for material of mine to see it and I hope for some response,” she revealed in PRONTO in November 2007.
For her 40th birthday she organised a huge party at her house in the Highlands. The more than 110 guests respected the rule of attending in an 80s look. “I can’t complain about turning 40 and having everything I want to have. I must have a lot of pending bills, but for now I’m not thinking about them. The only thing I’m going to wish for tonight, as everyone wishes for on occasions like this, is health, peace and lots of love,” she said in the June 2007 edition of PRONTO.
“Fabi brought peace to my life. He is a man who gives me peace and that makes love grow day by day without problems, without feeling guilty about anything and making me a full woman,” she said in PRONTO in June 2006 during a trip with Mazzei to Puerto Madryn.
She said this beautiful phrase to Fabián Mazzei, her partner. “I am sincere and I always tell Fabi: ‘I want to go before you, I ask you please. I don’t want you to be without me. I couldn’t stand it. He’s the partner of my life, he’s the guy with whom I can be completely naked and he won’t hurt me. He’s the one who won’t take advantage of my weaknesses, he’s the one with whom I can cry and show my most sensitive and vulnerable side, and he won’t say that I’m not a complete woman.’
“I owe my body 89 or 90 percent to food. I eat a balanced diet, I drink a lot of water. It’s hard at first but then you get used to eating healthy, to always having a bottle of water on hand. “I also had breast surgery because when you look in the mirror and don’t feel comfortable with your body, it’s good to do something.” (SOON, August 2002)
He always sleeps with a light on. “I’m going to be an old lady and I’m going to ask them to turn on the bathroom light because I don’t like sleeping in the dark. When I’m alone, I also got used to leaving the TV on and muted. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and turn it off.”. (SOON, March 2007)
“Nito Artaza and Jorge Guinzburg offered me to be a star in their shows but I didn’t accept. You have to have talent for that and I don’t think I’m prepared. It’s not something that worried me nor does it make me want to try it. I preferred to do other things.” (SOON, March 2007)
“I have felt betrayed many times in my life. At the time when I discovered betrayals I could not sleep for three days. I felt like I was being persecuted: that is what betrayal is. Betrayal is scary. You don’t realise what is happening until God makes you see it and it is very strong. If people knew the impact that betrayal has on the body of another, they would not do it. Those who do it are not aware of it.” (SOON, March 2007)
“I got rid of a lot of toxic people in all aspects of my life, not just in my profession. Friends, even. You see, one changes and there are people who no longer become part of your life, you don’t think the same, you don’t grow the same.”
With archival production by Giselle Billordo
