Guadalupe Fiñana does not need a business card. Or yes, but very long, because she could present herself as Khaleesi on the back of a dragon singing something like “I am Guadalupe Fiñana, Grandmother of Dragons, winner of Masterchef Grandparents, Instagram star, queen of TikTok and absolute master of roquefort croquettes ‘. There is nothing. “I am with this technology to die and I feel very loved on social networks,” she exclaims with the sincerity of someone who came to the online environment by chance and found herself overnight converted into one of the most beloved grandmothers. from Spain, with half a million followers between Instagram and TikTok.
With an Andalusian self-confidence of those that hooks you, the same way he broadcasts the episodes of well-known series that he cooks some French toast or congratulates Rafa Nadal. “They tell me ‘grandma, shall I take away your washing machine or your mobile phone?’ And I say the washing machineâ€, affirms this viral octogenarian emphatically. As viral as the endearing surprise that she had prepared for him in Movistar.
With the excuse that they were going to interview her, they summoned Fiñana to a set. But there were no questions there, just a tablet with photos of all her loved ones. Her parents, her sister, her grandchildren, her husband… “Look how handsome she was. Eighteen months without seeing him that I was when she went to the military â€, she remembers with tears in her eyes while she slides one by one the snapshots of a lifetime. “What a beautiful surprise you have given me! It is the most beautiful thing you could have done to me â€, she replies with an excited smile that triggers a round of applause from all the team members.
Accustomed to sharing videos of her comics, anecdotes and jokes with her grandchildren, Fiñana stands out for her own. “God has given me the best in the world with this precious family that I have. This is neither bought nor sold. From time to time I start to look at photos of those who left, but who are never forgotten. I have told my girl that I am not going to die, because as long as you remember me, I am alive â€, she exclaims.
He recognizes that what used to be dozens of boxes full of photos scattered here and there are now files that are easy to find with a click. “Here on this tablet is everything. I am crazy with this technology stuff, â€she declares. It is her grandchildren who are in charge of digitizing and organizing those files, but she already knows that there is a ‘cloud’, the Movistar Cloud, that does not accumulate dust, where she can keep all her memories safe. Fiñana is one of the many users of miMovistar with unlimited storage, which she is a grandmother with a long past and many gigabytes to fill in the future.
She became a star by surprise when her granddaughter shared a video on social networks where Fiñana commented on a Game of Thrones chapter. This is how the ‘Dragon Grandmother’ was born, an alias with which she accumulates 180,000 followers on Instagram and 322,000 on TikTok. From there she jumped to the first edition of the MasterChef Grandparents program. “I made some roquefort croquettes that came out delicious and they caught me. It is not because they are mine, but I make them very good â€, she details her about the casting test. They took her, yes, but she also won the contest. And, by the way, the hearts of the viewers.
Then came a book of recipes and even a short film, Maruja, released just a few weeks ago, directed by Berta GarcÃa-Lacht and co-produced by Isabel Coixet. And she has sane for a while, that the digital divide does not go with her. She lives connected to a community that grows every day, she has more life than all her grandchildren combined and she enjoys the moment without losing connection with all her past. There’s a reason she’s the ‘Grandmother of Dragons’, Khaleesi of social media and mistress of unlimited cloud storage.
