Elisabetta Gregoraci

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Elisabetta Gregoraci
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Born (1980-02-08) 8 February 1980 (age 43)
Soverato, Province of Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy
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(m. 2008;sep. 2017)​
Children1
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Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Hair colorDark brown
Eye colorBrown

Elisabetta Gregoraci (born 8 February 1980) is an Italian fashion model and TV personality.

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She was born in Soverato, province of Catanzaro, Calabria, in southern Italy. Gregoraci started her career on the Italian television show Libero as a dancer, before replacing model Eva Herzigová for the Wonderbra campaign.

Gregoraci gained notoriety when it came to light that she had offered sexual favours in return for a job as a showgirl for the Italian national public television company RAI. [1] [2] She was estranged from RAI [3] and hired by the former Italian Prime Minister and owner of Mediaset Silvio Berlusconi, acting as a hostess in the show Buona Domenica. [4]

Personal life

On 14 June 2008, Gregoraci married Flavio Briatore, then Formula One manager, in the Santo Spirito in Sassia, Rome. The driver of the bridal car was Fernando Alonso, who after the ceremony drove the newlyweds to the reception at the castle of Torcrescenza. [5]

Gregoraci gave birth to a son in 2010. [6] Briatore already had a daughter, Leni Klum with German model Heidi Klum, although he is not involved in her life. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Di Gianvito, Lavinia (19 June 2007). ""Vallettopoli, nessun reato Archiviazione per Sottile"". Corriere della Sera (in Italian).
  2. ↑ Viviano, Francesco (26 June 2006). "Prima i no, poi le ammissioni così Elisabetta raccontò di Sottile". La Repubblica (in Italian).
  3. ↑ "Rai esclude Gregoraci, Malgioglio, Zequila". Publiweb (in Italian).
  4. ↑ Chimera, Patrizia (22 September 2006). "Elisabetta Gregoraci: il recupero a Mediaset". haisentito.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "Briatore finally ties the knot". Autosport.com. 16 June 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2008.
  6. ↑ "Elisabetta Gregoraci piange in tv per la mamma morta: "Mi manca tutto di lei"". Vanity Fair Italia.
  7. ↑ "Heidi Klum relishes her model family life". USA Today . 9 December 2007.
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