Victoria Puig de Lange (3 December 1916 in Guayaquil – 14 May 2008 in Miami)Obituary in El Universo (in Spanish) was an Ecuadorian author, composer, and diplomat. Her long career in journalism placed her on the staff of Vanidades, and included an international syndicated column for ALA. In 1984 she became Editor-in-Chief of Harper's Bazaar (Spanish edition).Rodolfo Pérez Pimentel, 1994, p. 1
In 2003, Puig, who went by the nickname "Chichi", wrote Sol Con Agua,Sol Con Agua an autobiographical novel published by Editorial Vistazo.Editorial Vistazo It combined elements of the magic realism literary style with her memoirs of a life "surrounded by presidents, movie stars, and international personalities."El Heraldo, 2003
As Editor-in-Chief of Harper's Bazaar, Puig entered center stage of the fashion world, regularly attending the fashion weeks of London, Milan, and Paris. She served as judge in Occhio D'Oro to select the best Italian designer.El Universo, March 24, 1996, p. 6 This experience led her to take interest in Latin American designers. She co-founded the first Latin American fashion week and, with Beth Sobol, Miami Fashion Week.
Puig, a daughter of diplomats (Ambassador Carlos Puig VilazarBiography of Carlos Puig Vilazar at diccionariobiograficoecuador.com (in Spanish) and Consul General Rosa Parada de Puig), represented her country as Consul General of Ecuador in Miami. She also represented Ecuador, as a songwriter at the OTI Festival 1978, after the release of her LP La Novia del Rio,LP La Novia del Rio a collection of ballads with the rhythms and sounds of her native land.
She married three times, with Luis Aguirre Luque (1935), James Dall Brown (1941), and Harold Lange Browne (1947). She also had 3 sons.
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