Maria Belen Esteban Menendez was born on November 9, 1973 in Madrid. She is daughter of Francis Stephen (d. 2006 victim of cancer) and Maria del Carmen Menendez. Her rise to fame came when she made public her affair with the bullfighter Jesulin Ubrique in 1998. They had a daughter, Andrea Esteban Janeiro, the fruit of their relationship. After their separation, he began work on an ongoing basis as a contributor to heart programs. Since then, Belen Esteban has become one of the most popular Spanish gossip magazines.
She began her television career in the program as the life of Antena 3 Senovilla Alicia's hand. In 2002 he began collaborating with Ana Rosa Quintana Sabor the program to you, in the same chain. After the passage of Ana Rosa Telecinco Antena 3, in 2004, Bethlehem also happened to this chain, which began collaborating in the morning show every day, presented at the time by Carolina Ferre. With the addition of Ana Rosa after her motherhood, Bethlehem continued to work as a regular contributor to the renowned journalist Ana Rosa's program from 2005-2009. They are known appearances and collaborations on programs like "Where are you, darling?", The late show Martian Chronicles, Salsa Rosa, The wheel or discussion of the Spanish version of Big Brother. In 2009, he left the program Ana Rosa to work as co-anchor with Jorge Javier Vazquez Save me, becoming one of the icons and claims the program.
On June 27, 2008 she married Francisco Alvarez Gomez, a lifelong friend. In September 2009, the Ombudsman for Children in the Community of Madrid sent a letter to the prosecution of minors seeking an ex officio action in defense of protecting her daughter to understand that the continued display of private life and the circumstances of the child by her mother, a fact that has been happening since she separated from her ex-husband, violate their right to privacy and reputation. On March 8, 2010 announced Save me divorce, which did not happen.
On November 10, 2009, Telecinco announced that Bethlehem would relay Esteban, along with fellow Save me, Jorge Javier Vazquez, the bell end of the year 2009 for the chain. After the announcement, Stephen underwent several interventions aesthetics, a fact that would generate great excitement and was discussed both between the magazines and programs devoted to journalism of the heart as by the mainstream press.