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Lorenzo Borghese (Italian : Don Lorenzo dei Principi Borghese; born June 9, 1972) is an Italian-American businessman, television personality, and member of the Borghese family. Borghese is a cosmetics entrepreneur and animal rights advocate. He was also the bachelor on the ninth season of ABC's The Bachelor , where he picked Jennifer Wilson, and remained in contact with Erica Rose. [1]
He is the son of Prince Francesco Marco Luigi Costanzo Borghese (born 1938) and Amanda Borghese, his American wife and the stepdaughter of Douglas Leigh. [2] Borghese's paternal grandmother was Princess Marcella Borghese, who founded the Borghese cosmetics line in 1958. [3]
Borghese was born on June 9, 1972, in Milan, Italy. Borghese's parents, Francesco and Amanda Borghese, have lived in Short Hills, New Jersey, since 1979. [4] He holds dual U.S./Italian citizenship. Borghese was raised and attended elementary school in Short Hills. [4] He graduated from Pomfret School in Pomfret, Connecticut, in 1991. [5] In 1995, he graduated from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, where he was initiated into the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. [6]
He earned an MBA degree from the Fordham Graduate School of Business in 2001. [7] [ failed verification ]
Borghese resides in New York City. He founded the Royal Treatment line of products, [8] a bath, body and skin care line for pets that uses organic ingredients and fragrance oils from Italy and is sold in U.S. stores and on the television station HSN. He is a managing partner in LB2, LLC, a private-label Italian cosmetics company that sells numerous brands to major department stores and direct retail outlets. [9]
In the fall of 2006, Borghese starred in the ninth season of ABC's reality show The Bachelor . [10]
In the summer of 2009, Borghese announced he would be searching for his "princess" on a web reality show titled America's Next Princess . The show was to coincide with the launch of Royal Pet Club, [11] an online shopping website for his Royal Treatment pet products. [12] However, when the show debuted online on August 17, 2009, the series was revealed to actually be a spoof of celebrities and reality TV shows. [13]
In August and September 2012, he appeared on the 10th season of Celebrity Big Brother UK and was evicted from the house on Day 22, ultimately finishing in 8th place. [14]
Italian titles of nobility are unrecognized since the 1948 Italian Constitution. [15] Lorenzo Borghese's father is representative of the titles of Duke of Bomarzo, Prince of Sant’Angelo e San Polo, Marquess of Monticelli, Count of Chia, Lord of Attigliano e Mugnano. [16] As a second son however, Lorenzo Borghese is not entitled to use these titles. Even in a purely social context, he is styled Don Lorenzo dei principi Borghese, Roman noble, Noble of Corneto, Patrician of Venice, Patrician of Naples, Patrician of Genoa.
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