Jessica Michibata | |
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![]() Jessica Michibata (2012) | |
Born | Fukui, Japan | October 21, 1984
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Children | 1 |
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Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) [2] |
Jessica Michibata (born October 21, 1984) [3] is a Japanese fashion model. She is the author of I Love Being Me, a book about self acceptance. [4]
Michibata was born in Fukui Prefecture, Japan, to a Japanese mother and an Argentine father of Spanish and Italian descent. [5]
Michibata was [6] married to British Formula One driver Jenson Button. They married in Hawaii in December 2014. [7] They divorced after one year of marriage. [8]
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