Paola Almendra Gomelsky Duarte (born December 17, 1968)[2] is an Argentine naturalised Peruvian[3] television presenter, model and designer based in Lima.
[7] In 1990, she auditioned for a children's TV programme at PANTEL after already rejecting three casting calls at the insistence of her friend and fellow Yanbal [es] model, Mónica Santa María, who had already been accepted.
In a 2024 interview with Verónica Linares, Gomelsky recalled that Santa María called her phone in Miami the night prior to her death about her sadness over another argument with Heredia.
After becoming aware of her suicide, they immediately returned to Peru through an 11 a.m. flight,[8] arriving at 3 p.m. and attending the wake at the Virgen de Fátima Church in Miraflores and the funeral in La Molina.
[16][17] Gomelsky has remained in regular contact with Santa María's family after her death in 1994, who have continued to grant the rights of Mónica's image for Nubeluz's anniversary shows.
[1] In August 2022 she was the subject of a minor controversy after complaining on her Instagram page about the two-hour wait caused by the check-in procedures for foreign arrivals at Jorge Chávez International Airport, which led to calls for her to leave the country despite being a naturalised citizen.