Angie Arizaga's Biography: fifteen years of reality TV

Few faces have lasted so long in Peruvian reality shows without ever having left entirely. Angie Arizaga came in to compete when she was in her early twenties and today, at 35, she is still a regular name on television: she went from Combate to Esto es Guerra, became a mother in 2024 and got engaged in front of the Colosseum in Rome at the end of 2025. Here you will find her story with the verified facts: where the nickname "la Negrita" comes from, what her son is called, why the boy does not carry the surname his father uses on screen and what she is up to in 2026.

Who is Angie Arizaga?

Angie Arizaga is a Peruvian model and television personality born on September 26, 1991 in Lima. She is known for her participation in the competition reality shows Combate and Esto es Guerra. She is engaged to Jota Benz, with whom she has a son born in 2024.

Angie Arizaga's personal details

Field: Detail

Name: Angie Arizaga

Nickname: La Negrita

Date of birth: September 26, 1991

Place of birth: Lima, Peru

Age (2026): 35 years old

Star sign: Libra

Nationality: Peruvian

Occupation: Model and television personality

Partner: Jota Benz (engaged since 2025)

Son: Matteo Alessandro (August 9, 2024)

Angie Arizaga's childhood and early years

Angie Arizaga was born in Lima on September 26, 1991. As happens with most Peruvian reality show contestants, her life before television is poorly documented: the press started following her when she was already on screen, not before.

What does fit her profile is the point of entry. The competition reality shows that premiered in Peru at the start of the 2010s recruited young people with a good physique and charisma, not CVs; the casting was the career. Arizaga was nineteen or twenty when that circuit opened up.

The nickname came early. "La Negrita" is the label the press and her own programme colleagues have used for her ever since, and it is so recognisable that it often appears in headlines instead of her name.

At Famosix we avoid filling the stretches that are not documented with speculation. About her education and her family of origin there is no information confirmed by reliable sources, so we prefer not to record it.

Angie Arizaga's professional career

Her career is, in fact, the story of a television format. Arizaga joined Combate, ATV's competition reality show, in the first wave of the genre in Peru, and afterwards she moved to Esto es Guerra, on América Televisión, which ended up being the dominant programme of that slot.

Staying more than a decade in that circuit is not the usual thing. Competition reality shows work with constant renewal: every season new people come in and most last one or two before disappearing from the screen. Those who stay are the ones the audience recognises without needing an introduction, and she entered that group early.

Her value inside the format was never her sporting performance, but the personal storyline. In these programmes the physical competition is the pretext; what sustains the audience are the relationships, the break-ups and the reconciliations between contestants. Arizaga has been one of the axes of that storyline for years.

That has a consequence that is rarely discussed: the permanence is paid for by exposing your private life. The contestants who last are the ones who accept that their relationship, their break-up or their pregnancy become programme material. It is a tacit contract everyone knows when they come in, and it explains why so many leave after one season.

In her case, the move from Combate to Esto es Guerra also has a reading: the two programmes competed directly for the same audience for years, and the transfer of figures from one to the other was one of the weapons of that war between channels.

Milestones of her path:

• Start of the 2010s: she joins Combate, ATV's competition reality show
• She moves to *Esto es Guerra*: she establishes herself as a figure of the format on América Televisión
• January 1, 2021: she makes her relationship with Jota Benz official
• August 9, 2024: her son Matteo Alessandro is born
• End of 2025: Jota Benz proposes to her in front of the Colosseum in Rome

Angie Arizaga's personal life

Her relationship with Jota Benz, a singer and also a figure of Peruvian reality shows, was made official on January 1, 2021 and is the most stable and documented of her public life.

On August 9, 2024 Matteo Alessandro, their first son together, was born. There is one detail the Peruvian press commented on quite a lot: the baby was not registered with the surname "Benz", because that is his father's stage name and not his legal surname.

At the end of 2025, the couple took the next step. Jota Benz proposed to her in front of the Colosseum in Rome, a scene they both shared and that filled showbusiness front pages in Peru. At the beginning of 2026 the press was already speculating about the wedding date.

Their relationship has had, like almost everything that happens inside a reality show, awkward moments aired in public. Both have spoken openly about their crises and about how they resolved them, instead of denying them, which is a way of managing exposure different from that of other couples in the industry.

At Famosix we record what they have made public. In a format where private life is literally the content of the programme, distinguishing between what the couple has told and what has been commented on the sets is especially necessary.

Fun facts about Angie Arizaga

• Her son does not carry his father's on-screen surname: "Benz" is a stage name, not a legal surname.
• She got engaged in Rome: the proposal was in front of the Colosseum, at the end of 2025.
• She has been on the two big Peruvian reality shows: first Combate, then Esto es Guerra.
• Her nickname is used more than her name: the press headlines her as "la Negrita" frequently.
• Her relationship with Jota Benz began on a January 1: they made it official on the first day of 2021.
• Her birthday is in September: the 26th, the same month as other figures of the format.
• She has spent more than a decade in a genre that renews itself every season: most contestants do not last even two.

Angie Arizaga in 2026

In 2026, Arizaga combines her television presence with motherhood. Her son Matteo Alessandro turns two in August, and much of the content she shares and of what the press picks up revolves around the family she has formed with Jota Benz.

It is a usual turn among the figures of the format: whoever came in competing at twenty ends up, a decade later, occupying a different place in the schedule. Motherhood changes the kind of content she generates and also the audience that follows her.

The other open topic is the wedding. After the proposal in Rome at the end of 2025, the couple has kept the matter in the public conversation, and in January 2026 Peruvian media were reviewing their story and their plans. They have also spoken openly about the possibility of having a second child.

Her presence on social media accompanies the television one and works with the same logic: the audience that has followed her since Combate has spent more than a decade watching her life in episodes, first on screen and now also on the phone.

At Famosix we believe her case illustrates well how longevity works in Peruvian reality shows: it is not sustained by competing better, but by letting the audience follow a life over the years. Fifteen years after coming in, Arizaga is still a name the audience recognises. You can see other figures of the format in our ranking of Peruvian reality show contestants.

Conclusion

Angie Arizaga has spent more than a decade in a genre that changes faces every season, and that already says something. Between the competition, motherhood and a pending wedding, she is still one of the fixed names of Peruvian television. At Famosix we follow her news with the confirmed facts.

Sources consulted

• El Popular: Antes y después de Angie Arizaga: su paso de Combate a Esto es Guerra
• América Televisión: ¡Feliz cumpleaños, Angie Arizaga! Déjale tu saludo a la guerrera
• Infobae: Angie Arizaga y Jota Benz anunciaron el nacimiento de su primer hijo
• Infobae: Angie Arizaga y Jota Benz: cómo nació su historia de amor y por qué se casarán
• El Comercio: Angie Arizaga y Jota Benz se comprometieron frente al Coliseo romano