Birth Name: María Julia Mantilla García
Place of Birth: Trujillo, La Libertad, Peru
Date of Birth: 10 July, 1984
Ethnicity: Peruvian [Spanish (Aragonese, possibly other), possibly other], 1/8 German, 1/16 Italian
María Julia Mantilla is a Peruvian beauty queen, actress, and model. She was crowned Miss World 2004.
Maju is the daughter of Olmedo Lucio Mantilla Mayer and Elvia Elizabeth García Linares. Olmedo’s younger sister, María Julia Mantilla Mayer, was crowned Miss Peru 1969, and was the semi-finalist of Miss Universe 1969.
Maju is married to industrial engineer César Gustavo Salcedo Ramírez-Gaston, with whom she has two children.
Maju’s paternal grandfather was Jubal Ulises Mantilla Zolla (the son of Pedro Isaías Mantilla Saavedra and Julia Talia Zolla Bracamonte). Pedro was the son of Augusto Mantilla and Antonia Saavedra. Maju’s great-grandmother Julia was the daughter of an Italian emigrant, Pietro (or Pedro in Spanish) Zolla, and of Brígida Bracamonte.
Maju’s paternal grandmother was María Luisa Mayer Amat (the daughter of Georg, or Jorge in Spanish, Mayer and María Amat). María Luisa was a Spanish emigrant, from Zaragoza. Georg was German.
Maju’s maternal grandparents were surnamed García and Linares.
Sources: Birth record of María Julia Mantilla – https://www.familysearch.org
Birth record of Maju’s father – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Maju’s paternal grandparents, Jubal Ulises Mantilla Zolla and María Luisa Mayer Amat – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Maju’s paternal great-grandparents, Pedro Isaías Mantilla Saavedra and Julia Talia Zolla Bracamonte – https://www.familysearch.org