The race to find Maria Belen Chapur pictures

Or did a TV station already provide the first look at S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford's mistress?

Friday, June 26, 2009
The race to find Maria Belen Chapur pictures

A screen grab of Maria Belen Chapur reporting in New York City for the Argentine television station Canal America.

(Canal America)

Best opinion: Wall St. Journal, NY Post, La Prensa

The paparazzi can forget about trailing Jon and Kate Gosselin for a while, said Rebecca Dana in The Wall Street Journal. "Now the race is on for the first picture of South Carolina governor (for now) Mark Sanford’s Argentinian mistress Maria Belen Chapur. The first photo will mean newsstand gold (or a traffic bonanza) for whatever outlet tracks it down."

A TV station in Argentina beat the paparazzi to the punch, said the New York Post. A video of Maria Belen Chapur has already surfaced on the Internet. (watch a Spanish-language news report by a woman identified as Belen Chapur). Not much is known about Mark Sanford's alleged mistress, although a witness who works in her 14-story Buenos Aires apartment building describes her "as a beautiful brunette with big eyes who plays tennis on a nearby lawn and runs every morning in her neighborhood."

The woman who conquered the heart of Gov. Mark Sanford is no longer a mystery, said Argentina's La Prensa. She made the video now seen online in 2001, when she covered the one-month anniversary of the collapse of the World Trade Center twin towers during a brief stint as a journalist. The doorman in her building describes her as very nice and "elegant" -- she graduated from some of Argentina's finest schools. But for now she's holed up in her apartment, avoiding the legions of journalists standing sentry outside.

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19 Comments

Posted by wifey, Sunday, June 28, 2009, 9:11 pm Gov. Sanford is an idiot. Her wife looks better than this bitch..she is nothing but a whore!

Posted by mdq, Sunday, June 28, 2009, 10:53 pm i agree his wife is much better looking what a idiot whole

Posted by Liliana, Sunday, June 28, 2009, 11:22 pm Well, they look rather similar, both brunette, both thin,

Posted by shadowplay, Sunday, June 28, 2009, 11:53 pm you guys are geniuses

Posted by John 8:7, Monday, June 29, 2009, 12:49 am When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.

Posted by Jason W., Monday, June 29, 2009, 1:48 am ROFL It doesn't matter that this South American girl is better looking than his wifewhich she is by far but the fact that he cheated and even to the point of subterfuge. wifey and mdq are blind btw. Time to look really closely at ALL of our politicians.

Posted by dlh, Monday, June 29, 2009, 3:14 am Wifey you're taking thins kind of personal aren't ya?

Posted by Fred, Monday, June 29, 2009, 10:52 am I feel bad for Gov. Sanford. Leave the guy alone. He's a cheater, so what? It's not like he's responsible for our economy. He didn't start a war with a country on false pretenses. He hasnt hired incompetent people to head major organizations like FEMA. He hasnt been arrested for a DUI, nor is he an incompetent buffoon. Maybe he cheated on his wife because she no longer fulfills his needs. Marriage is dumb.

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