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Born | Kelly Tamsma Piquet Souto Maior 7 December 1988 |
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Father | Nelson Piquet |
Kelly Tamsma Piquet Souto Maior (born 7 December 1988) is a Brazilian model, columnist, blogger and public relations professional.
Kelly Tamsma Piquet Souto Maior was born in Homburg, Germany. [1] [2] She is the daughter of Nelson Piquet, Brazilian racing driver and three-time Formula One World Champion, and Sylvia Tamsma, a Dutch model. [3] She spent most of her childhood living in the South of France. At the age of 12, she moved to Brazil where she lived until she was 15 years old. After that Piquet returned to France, and lived there for another year before moving to England to study at a boarding school. At the age of 17, she returned to Brazil to attend her senior year of high school. [4] Piquet attended Marymount Manhattan College in New York City, majoring in International Relations with an emphasis on political science and economics. [4] [5]
During college, she took an internship in fashion and decided to continue working in the area. She worked at Vogue Latinoamerica, Bergdorf Goodman, KCD PR agency, in addition to being a columnist for Marie Claire magazine. [4] [6] [7]
As a model, Piquet posed for PatBO [8] and Lucas Boccalão. [9] She has walked the ramp in some fashion shows. [10] [11]
In April 2015, Piquet became responsible for Formula E social media coverage. [7] [12]
In January 2017, Piquet began dating Russian Formula One driver Daniil Kvyat. [13] She has a daughter Penelope with Kvyat, born in July 2019. [14] [15] In December of the same year the relationship came to an end. [16]
She has been dating Dutch 4-time Formula One World Champion driver Max Verstappen since October 2020. [17] [18] [19] In December 2024, Verstappen announced on Instagram that they were expecting their first child together. [20] [21]
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