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{{Short description|Italian journalist and fashion model (born 1985)}}
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| name = Beatrice Borromeo
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| image =
| name = Beatrice Borromeo
| parents= Count Carlo Ferdinando Borromeo<br>Paola Marzotto
| image = Beatrice Borromeo 2017.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|08|18|df=yes}}
| caption = Borromeo in 2017
| birth_place = [[Innichen]]
| birth_name = Beatrice dei Principi Borromeo Arese Taverna<ref>{{cite web | title = Beatrice Borromeo e Pierre Casiraghi, ecco le foto "private" - Affari… | url = http://www.affaritaliani.it/costume/beatrice-borromeo-pierre-casiraghi-foto-private.html | date = 2018-07-23 | archiveurl = https://archive.today/20180723004844/http://www.affaritaliani.it/costume/beatrice-borromeo-pierre-casiraghi-foto-private.html | archivedate = 2018-07-23 | access-date = 2018-07-23 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| known_for= Political commentary in Italian media, fashion modeling, being a granddaughter of Marta Marzotto, dating [[Pierre Casiraghi]]
|title = An Italian Wedding Fit For A Princess HuffPost
|website = [[HuffPost]]
|url = https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/italian-wedding-princess_us_56279bcee4b0bce347032239
|date = 2018-07-23
|archiveurl = https://archive.today/20180723005818/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/italian-wedding-princess_us_56279bcee4b0bce347032239
|archivedate = 2018-07-23
|access-date = 2018-07-23
|url-status = live
}}</ref><ref name="cocoebook" /><ref>{{cite web
|title = Otto cose da sapere su Beatrice Borromeo - Grazia.it
|url = https://www.grazia.it/stile-di-vita/tendenze-lifestyle/beatrice-borromeo-chi-e
|date = 2018-07-23
|archiveurl = https://archive.today/20180723005921/https://www.grazia.it/stile-di-vita/tendenze-lifestyle/beatrice-borromeo-chi-e
|archivedate = 2018-07-23
|access-date = 2018-07-23
|url-status = live
}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|8|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Innichen]], [[South Tyrol]], Italy<ref name="modeldirectory">{{cite web |url=http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/Beatrice_Borromeo/ |title=Beatrice Borromeo in the Fashion Model Directory |publisher=Fashionmodeldirectory.com |date=18 August 1985 |accessdate=10 October 2012 |archive-date=21 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621081628/http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/beatrice_borromeo |url-status=live }}</ref>
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Pierre Casiraghi]]|2015}}
| children = 2
| father = Carlo Ferdinando Borromeo, Count of Arona
| mother = [[Paola Marzotto|Countess Paola Marzotto]]
| family = [[House of Borromeo]] (by birth)
<br> [[House of Grimaldi]] (by marriage)
| alma mater = [[Bocconi University]] <br> [[Columbia University]]
| occupation = Journalist, documentarian, special envoy for human rights
| other names = Beatrice Casiraghi
}}
}}


'''Beatrice dei Principi Borromeo Arese Taverna''' (born 18 August 1985) is an Italian journalist and model. Born in [[South Tyrol]] into an [[Italian nobility|aristocratic]] family, she studied law at [[Bocconi University]] in 2010 before earning a master's degree in journalism at [[Columbia University]] in 2012. Borromeo subsequently worked for ''[[il Fatto Quotidiano]]'' before becoming a columnist for ''[[Newsweek]]'' and ''[[The Daily Beast|Daily Beast]]'' in 2013. She also worked as a broadcast journalist for ''[[AnnoZero|Anno Zero]]'' on [[Rai 2]] and hosted a weekly show on the [[Radio 105 Network]]. Borromeo married [[Pierre Casiraghi]], in 2015; they have two children. She became an ambassador for the fashion brand [[Dior]] in 2021.
'''Beatrice Borromeo''' was born in [[Innichen]] on 18 August 1985.<ref name="modeldirectory"/> She is the daughter of [[Count]] Carlo Ferdinando Borromeo (born in 1935) and Paola Marzotto, and the maternal granddaughter of Marta Marzotto, ex-wife of Count Umberto Marzotto. Borromeo has stated that her parents never married.<ref name="corriere">[http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2005/ottobre/08/anni_Beatrice_Sono_atea_sinistra_co_9_051008097.shtml Giusi, Fasano: "20 anni di Beatrice: 'Sono atea e di sinistra'", 8 October 2005, Corriere della Sera (online)]</ref> Her father has three daughters from a former marriage, Borromeo's half-sisters: Isabella, Lavinia (married to [[Fiat]] executive [[John Elkann]]) and Mathilde.<ref name="corriere"/> Borromeo also has a full brother, young Carlo, three years her senior.<ref name="corriere"/> She is related to the [[16th century]] [[Roman Catholic cardinal]], [[Charles Borromeo|Saint Carlo Borromeo]].<ref name="corriere"/><ref name="modeldirectory"/>

== Background ==

Borromeo is the daughter of ''Don'' Carlo Ferdinando [[House of Borromeo|Borromeo]], Count of [[Arona, Piedmont|Arona]] (born in 1935), the son of Vitaliano Borromeo, 2nd Prince of [[Angera]], and his long-time companion, Countess Donna [[Paola Marzotto]] (born in 1955). Through her father she is related to [[Charles Borromeo|Carlo Borromeo]] (1538–1584), who became a cardinal of the [[Catholic Church]], Archbishop of [[Milan]], and a canonized saint. The family currently owns most of the [[Borromean Islands]] in the [[Lago Maggiore]], [[Milan]] city, and many other estates in the [[Lombardy]] and [[Piedmont]] countrysides.

Borromeo has an older brother, Carlo Ludovico Borromeo, who is married to [[Marta Ferri]].<ref>{{cite news
|title = The Borromeo-Ferri wedding
|author = Franca Sozzani
|url = http://www.vogue.it/en/people-are-talking-about/parties-events/2012/07/carlo-borromeo-marta-ferri-wedding
|publisher = [[Vogue Italia]]
|date = 7 June 2012
|accessdate = 29 September 2013
|archive-date = 23 April 2015
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150423230601/http://www.vogue.it/en/people-are-talking-about/parties-events/2012/07/carlo-borromeo-marta-ferri-wedding
|url-status = dead
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oggi.it/attualita/personaggi/2012/07/05/carlo-borromeo-e-marta-ferri-nozze-principesche-e-alternative/ |title=Carlo Borromeo e Marta Ferri, nozze principesche e alternative &#124; Attualità |publisher=Oggi.it |date=5 July 2012 |accessdate=27 March 2014 |archive-date=2 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202195007/http://www.oggi.it/attualita/personaggi/2012/07/05/carlo-borromeo-e-marta-ferri-nozze-principesche-e-alternative/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Priya&nbsp;Rao |url=http://www.townandcountrymag.com/the-scene/weddings/marta-ferri-and-carlo-borrmoeo-wedding |title=Marta Ferri and Carlo Borrmoeo Wedding - Pantelleria Italy Wedding - Town & Country Magazine |publisher=Townandcountrymag.com |date=2012-06-30 |accessdate=27 March 2014 |archive-date=2014-02-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202183641/http://www.townandcountrymag.com/the-scene/weddings/marta-ferri-and-carlo-borrmoeo-wedding |url-status=live }}</ref> She has three older half-sisters from her father's marriage to [[Germany|German]] model Marion Sybil Zota:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geneall.net/I/per_page.php?id=489737 |title=Carlo Borromeo, conte di Arona |publisher=GeneAll.net |date= |accessdate=27 March 2014}}</ref> Isabella, married to Count [[Ugo Brachetti Peretti]];<ref>{{cite news
|title = Cinquecento invitati alla Rocca Borromeo per Isabella e Ugo
|author = Gianluca Mattei
|url = http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2005/settembre/25/Cinquecento_invitati_alla_Rocca_Borromeo_co_9_050925166.shtml
|work = [[Corriere della Sera]]
|date = 25 September 2005
|page = 23
|accessdate = 29 September 2013
|language = Italian
|archive-date = 22 November 2015
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151122180535/http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2005/settembre/25/Cinquecento_invitati_alla_Rocca_Borromeo_co_9_050925166.shtml
|url-status = live
}}</ref> Lavinia, married to [[John Elkann]];<ref>{{cite news
|title = Jaki e Lavinia sposi "La famiglia Agnelli è unita"
|url = http://www.repubblica.it/2004/i/sezioni/cronaca/nozzelkann/nozzelkann/nozzelkann.html
|work = [[La Repubblica]]
|date = 4 September 2004
|accessdate = 29 September 2013
|language = Italian
|archive-date = 5 November 2022
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221105111023/https://www.repubblica.it/2004/i/sezioni/cronaca/nozzelkann/nozzelkann/nozzelkann.html
|url-status = live
}}</ref> and [[Matilde Borromeo|Matilde]], married to Prince Antonius zu [[Fürstenberg (princely family)|Fürstenberg]].<ref>{{cite news
|title = Prince and Princess Antonius Zu Furstenberg
|author = Cesare Cunaccia
|url = http://www.vogue.it/magazine/supplementi-vogue/2011/09/prince-and-princess-antonius-zu-furstenberg
|publisher = [[Vogue Italia|Vogue Unique]]
|date = 28 September 2011
|pages = 108–121
|accessdate = 29 September 2013
|language = Italian
|archive-date = 5 November 2022
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221105112518/https://www.vogue.it/magazine/supplementi-vogue/2011/09/prince-and-princess-antonius-zu-furstenberg
|url-status = live
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stresaluxury.com/it/component/lyftenbloggie/2011/04/28/27-stresa-nozze-principesche-per-matilde-borromeo-arese-taverna-e-antonius-von-fuerstenberg-allisola-bella-.html |title=Stresa: nozze principesche per Matilde Borromeo Arese Taverna e Antonius von Fürstenberg all'Isola Bella |publisher=Stresaluxury.com |date=28 April 2011 |accessdate=27 March 2014 |archive-date=14 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914043202/http://stresaluxury.com/it/component/lyftenbloggie/2011/04/28/27-stresa-nozze-principesche-per-matilde-borromeo-arese-taverna-e-antonius-von-fuerstenberg-allisola-bella-.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Borromeo's maternal grandmother was the fashion designer [[Marta Marzotto]] (née Vacondio),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/reggio-emilia/cronaca/marta-marzotto-vacondio-1.2388103|title=Morta Marta Marzotto, "Il nome? Lo devo alla suora che mi allevò" - il Resto del Carlino|first=BENEDETTA|last=SALSI|date=30 July 2016|publisher=|accessdate=12 July 2018|archive-date=5 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105111024/https://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/reggio-emilia/cronaca/marta-marzotto-vacondio-1.2388103|url-status=live}}</ref> ex-wife of Count [[Umberto Marzotto]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.graphicforge.it/stampa/lib/nada_%20vol_marzotto.pdf|title=La saga dei Marzotto|accessdate=12 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305054517/http://www.graphicforge.it/stampa/lib/nada_%20vol_marzotto.pdf|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lill-online.net/3.0/D/frauen/biografien/Jh20/marzottait.htm |title=Margherita Lampertico |access-date=2017-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302114120/http://www.lill-online.net/3.0/D/frauen/biografien/Jh20/marzottait.htm |archive-date=2017-03-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Her uncle, Count [[Matteo Marzotto]], is the former president and director of the [[Valentino Garavani|Valentino]] fashion house at the time the label belonged to the Marzotto Group.


== Education ==
== Education ==
She finished secondary education, in 2004, at Milan's Liceo Classico Giovanni Berchet.<ref name="cocoebook" /> Borromeo received a bachelor of laws from [[Bocconi University]], [[Milan]] in 2010, under supervision of prof. Lorenzo Cuocolo. She received a Masters in Journalism from the [[Columbia University Journalism School]] in May 2012.<ref name="hello">{{cite web|title=Hello! Magazine|url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/2015081326723/pierre-casiraghi-beatrice-borromeo-honeymoon/|website=hellomagazine.com|date=13 August 2015|publisher=Hello! Magazine|accessdate=13 June 2016|ref=hello|archive-date=5 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105111028/https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/2015081326723/pierre-casiraghi-beatrice-borromeo-honeymoon/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Borromeo attended the ''Liceo Ginnasio Giovanni Berchet'', in [[Milan]], for her secondary education. She then chose to study [[jurisprudence]] at [[Bocconi University]].<ref name="hello">[http://www.hellomagazine.ca/royalty/2008/07/09/casiraghi-beatrice/ ''Hello!'' magazine, 7 September 2008]</ref>,<ref name="corriere"/>


== Career ==
== Career ==
=== Journalism ===
She began working as a [[fashion model]] at the age of sixteen, parading in the [[Spanish_Steps#Piazza_di_Spagna|Piazza di Spagna]], in [[Rome]], for a [[Chanel]] exhibition and participating in the [[Elite Model Look]] event for 2001.<ref name="modeldirectory">[http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/Beatrice_Borromeo/ Beatrice Borromeo in the Fashion Model Directory]</ref> She modeled for Blumarine, the brand of Anna Molinari's [[Blufin]] fashion house.<ref name="modeldirectory"/> She also modeled for [[Fiorucci]], Ettore Biolotta, [[Rocco Barocco]], Ermanno Scervino, Gilli, and various other designers and brands.<ref name="modeldirectory"/> She also modeled for the big names in fashion, i.e. [[Chanel]], [[Valentino]], [[Roberto Cavalli]], [[Paul Smith (fashion designer)|Paul Smith]], and [[John Richmond]].<ref name="modeldirectory"/>
Beatrice was a contributor to ''[[Newsweek]]'' and the ''[[Daily Beast]]'' in 2013. Prior to that, and from the newspaper's beginning in 2009, she worked as a full-time reporter for ''[[Il Fatto Quotidiano]]''. She continued in that position through the year 2016.<ref name="cocoebook" /> She has appeared on many television shows in Italy, beginning with ''[[AnnoZero|Anno Zero]]'' on [[Rai 2]] where she worked for two years, from 2006 to 2008.<ref name="cocoebook" /> Every week she interviewed an average three guests on political development and social evils. In 2009, she even hosted a weekly show on the [[Radio 105 Network]].<ref name="cocoebook" /> She interviewed [[Roberto Saviano]], the famous author of [[Gomorrah (book)|''Gomorrah'']], for [[Above (magazine)|''Above'' magazine]]'s June 2009 issue.<ref name="cocoebook" /> She also interviewed American author of ''[[LA Confidential]]'' [[James Ellroy]]<ref name="beatriceborromeoarticle2010">{{cite web |last1=Borromeo |first1=Beatrice |title=Ellroy. Autobiografia di me stesso |url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2010/02/02/ellroy-autobiografia-di-me-ste/12998/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607190825/https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2010/02/02/ellroy-autobiografia-di-me-ste/12998/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 June 2015 |website=Il Fatto Quotidiano |publisher=Editoriale Il Fatto S.p.A |accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref> and former candidate for Colombia's presidency [[Ingrid Betancourt]] both for ''Il Fatto Quotidiano''. For the same newspaper, she interviewed [[Marcello Dell'Utri]],<ref name="beatriceborromeoarticle2013">{{cite web |last1=Borromeo |first1=Beatrice |title=Elezioni, Dell'Utri rinuncia a candidarsi: "L'immunità? Ormai non mi serve più" |url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2013/01/20/elezioni-dellutri-rinuncia-a-candidarsi-limmunita-ormai-non-mi-serve-piu/475077/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123055146/https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2013/01/20/elezioni-dellutri-rinuncia-a-candidarsi-limmunita-ormai-non-mi-serve-piu/475077/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 January 2013 |website=Il Fatto Quotidiano |publisher=Editoriale Il Fatto S.p.A |accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref> Italian Senator and co-founder of [[Forza Italia]]. In the interview, Dell'Utri admitted to have entered politics to get immunity in order to escape his arrest. Her first article for [[Il Fatto Quotidiano]], published on 14 September 2009, was about [[Vito De Filippo]], then-president of the Italian region of [[Basilicata]], allocating European funds for the [[Miss Italia]] contest.<ref name="beatriceborromeo2009article">{{cite web |last1=Borromeo |first1=Beatrice |title=Basilicata, i fondi per sponsorizzare la Miss |url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2009/09/14/basilicata-i-fondi-europei-per/12054/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509211511/https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2009/09/14/basilicata-i-fondi-europei-per/12054/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 May 2015 |website=Il Fatto Quotidiano |publisher=Editoriale Il Fatto S.p.A |accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref> She also wrote an article for [[The Daily Beast]] published in June 2012 about Italian prosecutor [[Nicola Gratteri]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-mafias-public-enemy-number-one-italian-prosecutor-nicola-gratteri|title=The Mafia's Public Enemy Number One: Italian Prosecutor Nicola Gratteri |first=Beatrice |last=Borromeo| date=14 June 2012|access-date=26 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726134303/https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-mafias-public-enemy-number-one-italian-prosecutor-nicola-gratteri|archive-date=26 July 2022|url-status=live|website=The Daily Beast}}</ref>


Borromeo directed ''Mamma Mafia'', a documentary about mafia women: its preview was released by the [[Newsweek Daily Beast Company]] on 31 January 2013. That was her sole film in the English language. She has directed several documentaries in the Italian language, ranging from topics such as the women of [['Ndrangheta]], ''selfie surgery'', and the children of [[Caivano]].<ref name="cocoebook" />
Borromeo worked as a [[presenter]] and joint host with [[Michele Santoro]] on the [[AnnoZero]] (English: "Generation Zero") television program on the [[Rai Due]].<ref name="modeldirectory"/> She worked on that show from 2006 through the spring of 2008.


Speaking of the children who live in the slums of Caivano, Borromeo said: "These children never get to be children. They live in horror and daily terror and that seems to be normal."<ref name="cocoebook" /><ref name="rbcasting">{{cite web |title="Bambini Mai", il documentario di Mia Benedetta e Beatrice Borromeo in onda il 1° ottobre su Sky Atlantic |url=https://www.rbcasting.com/altri-articoli/2017/09/28/bambini-mai-il-documentario-di-mia-benedetta-e-beatrice-borromeo-in-onda-il-1-ottobre-su-sky-atlantic/ |website=RBCasting.com |date=28 September 2017 |publisher=RB Casting |access-date=22 July 2019 |archive-date=31 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831120647/https://www.rbcasting.com/altri-articoli/2017/09/28/bambini-mai-il-documentario-di-mia-benedetta-e-beatrice-borromeo-in-onda-il-1-ottobre-su-sky-atlantic/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Currently, Borromeo works for the [[Radio 105 Network]], voicing her strongly held [[center-left]] political opinions on the show ''105 Friends with Tony and Ross''.<ref>[http://www.105.net/sezioni/mondo105/beatrice_borromeo/index.php Beatrice Borromeo's page on the Radio 105 website]</ref> She is also a contributor for [[Above (magazine)|''Above'' Magazine]], as well as the Italian daily ''[[Il Fatto Quotidiano]]''.<ref>[http://www.libero-news.it/articles/view/575976 Giordano, Mario: "La Borromeo piange i clandestini dallo yacht," Libero, 25 September 2009.]</ref>


Borromeo is coauthor of a book about ''Anno Zero'' with [[Marco Travaglio]] and [[Vauro Senesi]].
Borromeo collaborated with [[Marco Travaglio]] and [[Vauro Senesi]] on the book ''Italia Annozero'' (Chiarelettere, 2009).


She also wrote the preface for [[:de:Birgit Hamer|Birgit Hamer]]'s ''Delitto senza castigo: La Vera Storia di [[Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples|Vittorio Emanuele]] di Savoia''. (Aliberti, 2011).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcQZYHPPWu0& |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/UcQZYHPPWu0 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=DELITTO SENZA CASTIGO. LA VERA STORIA DI VITTORIO EMANUELE - Trailer (Aliberti editore)|last=AlibertiEditore|date=24 February 2011|publisher=|accessdate=12 July 2018|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Birgit is a very old family friend whose mother was dear friends with Borromeo's mother, and Borromeo has admitted to having grown up hearing about the murder of [[Dirk Hamer]] from his sisters, including Birgit.<ref name="cocoebook">{{cite book|title=Princely Monaco: The House of Grimaldi in the 21st Century|last1=Knightley|first1=Emma|year=2019|isbn=9780359058945|edition=eBook|location=USA|url=https://books.mondadoristore.it/Princely-Monaco-XXI-The-Emma-Knightley/eae978035905894/|accessdate=2017-11-11|archive-date=2019-03-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328021938/https://books.mondadoristore.it/Princely-Monaco-XXI-The-Emma-Knightley/eae978035905894/|url-status=live}}</ref> Borromeo broke the story of the video confession of Vittorio Emanuele,<ref>Borromeo, Beatrice ''Il video che incastra Savoia'', Il Fatto Quotidiano, 24 February 2011; http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2011/02/24/il-video-che-incastra-savoia/93668/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304223855/http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2011/02/24/il-video-che-incastra-savoia/93668/ |date=2016-03-04 }}</ref> who subsequently sued the newspaper for defamation. In 2015 a court ruled in favour of the newspaper.<ref name="auto">''Beatrice Borromeo, el azote de los Saboya'', Hola, 10 March 2015; http://www.hola.com/realeza/casa_monaco/2015031077373/beatrice-borromeo-saboya/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160726105802/http://www.hola.com/realeza/casa_monaco/2015031077373/beatrice-borromeo-saboya/ |date=2016-07-26 }}</ref> Borromeo then posted on Twitter: "Vincere una causa è sempre piacevole, ma contro Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia la goduria è doppia!" ("Winning a case is always nice, but against Victor Emmanuel of Savoy the pleasure is double"),<ref>{{cite web |title = Twitter |url = https://mobile.twitter.com/BorromeoBea/status/574587535025967105 |date = 2019-09-19 |archiveurl = https://archive.today/20190919041758/https://mobile.twitter.com/BorromeoBea/status/574587535025967105 |archivedate = 2019-09-19 |access-date = 2019-09-19 |url-status = live}}</ref> which resulted in spat on social media with his son [[Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, Prince of Venice|Emanuele Filiberto]].<ref name="auto"/> Borromeo directed an Italian-language documentary on the incident which released on [[Netflix]] in July 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.netflix.com/it/title/81495974|title=Il principe |date=4 July 2023|website=netflix}}</ref>
Borromeo is well-known in Italy for her strongly expressed political opinions. In May 2009, she appeared on the Italian TV show ''L'Era glaciale''. She was interviewed by the presenter Daria Bignardi, yet the interview was cut from the actual transmission.<ref name="rudy">[http://www.rudybandiera.com/lo-sfogo-di-beatrice-borromeo-censurata-a-lera-glaciale-0525.html Bandiera, Rudy: "Lo sfogo di Beatrice Borromeo censurata a “L’Era Glaciale”", 25 May 2009]</ref> The [[Rai Due]] executive Antonio Marano explained that he made the decision to scrap the interview from real time transmission because he felt there was too much bias in the opinions that were expressed.<ref name="rudy"/> The interview, however, is available on [[Youtube]].<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKPVCatNPgo</ref>

=== Fashion and modelling ===
Beatrice began modelling in 2000, when she was 15 years old. Her mother entrusted her to her friend [[Piero Piazzi]], who worked at the Tomei modelling agency; he managed and launched her career as a model. She then walked for brands such as [[Chanel]], [[Valentino SpA|Valentino]], [[Trussardi]], as well as becoming the face of [[Blumarine]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.elle.com/it/magazine/a4870/beatrice-borromeo-curiosita/
|title=Beatrice Borromeo: 10 curiosità sulla signora Casiraghi che non avresti mai immaginato
|website=ELLE (In Italian)
|date=17 August 2017
|access-date=4 June 2021
|archive-date=5 November 2022
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105111029/https://www.elle.com/it/magazine/a4870/beatrice-borromeo-curiosita/
|url-status=live
}}</ref> In March 2021, Borromeo was announced as 2021 [[Dior]] ambassador.<ref>{{cite web
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|title=Face to Face with Dior Ambassador Beatrice Borromeo Casiraghi
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== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Since 2008, Borromeo became increasingly known in the [[tabloid journalism|tabloid]] press as the girlfriend of [[Pierre Casiraghi]], the younger son of [[Caroline, Princess of Hanover]]. The couple married in a [[civil ceremony]] on Saturday, 25 July 2015 in the gardens of the [[Prince's Palace of Monaco]]. The religious ceremony took place on 1 August 2015 on [[Isola Bella (Lago Maggiore)|Isola Bella]], one of the [[Borromean Islands]] on [[Lake Maggiore]], Italy.
Borromeo is the longtime girlfriend of Princess Caroline of Monaco's younger son, [[Pierre Casiraghi]].<ref name="hello"/> She lives in [[Milan]].


In November 2015 she was sanctioned Special Envoy for Human Rights for F4D.<ref name="cocoebook" />
== Agencies ==

* Colors Management - [[Spain]]<ref name="modeldirectory"/>
In 2005, she considered herself an "atheist and leftist".<ref>{{cite web
* Louisa Models - [[Munich]]<ref name="modeldirectory"/>
|title = Corriere della Sera - I 20 anni di Beatrice "atea e di sinistra"
* [[Storm Model Management]] - [[London]]<ref name="modeldirectory"/>
|url = https://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Spettacoli/2005/10_Ottobre/08/borromeo.shtml
* [[Women Management]] - [[Milan]]<ref name="modeldirectory"/>
|date = 2019-09-19
|archiveurl = https://archive.today/20190919044220/https://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Spettacoli/2005/10_Ottobre/08/borromeo.shtml
|archivedate = 2019-09-19
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Pierre and Beatrice's first son was born in February 2017. Their second son was born in May 2018.


== Publications ==
== Publications ==
* Vauro Senesi, Travaglio Marco, Borromeo Beatrice, ''Italia Anno Zero'', Chiarelettere, 2009, ISBN 9788861900516
* {{cite book |last1=Senesi |first1=Vauro |last2=Travaglio |first2=Marco |last3=Borromeo |first3=Beatrice |year=2009 |title=Italia Anno Zero |trans-title=Italy, Year Zero |language=Italian |location=Milan |publisher=Chiarelettere |isbn=978-88-619-0051-6}}
*{{cite book |last=Hamer |first=Birgit |year=2011 |editor1-last=Borromeo |editor1-first=Beatrice |title=Delitto senza castigo: la vera storia di Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia |trans-title=Crime without Punishment: the True Story of Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia |language=Italian |location=Reggio Emilia |publisher=Aliberti |isbn=978-88-7424-735-6}}


== See also ==
*[[House of Borromeo]]
*[[Federico Borromeo]]
*[[Borromean islands]]
*[[Borromean rings]]


== External links ==
== External links ==
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*{{fashionmodel|id=Beatrice_Borromeo|name=Beatrice Borromeo}}
*[https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/blog/bborromeo/ Beatrice Borromeo Blog]
*{{Twitter|BorromeoBea}}
*{{FMD|/Beatrice_Borromeo}}
*[https://www.scribd.com/document/403227557/The-Journalism-of-Beatrice-Borromeo The Journalism of Beatrice Borromeo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328022333/https://www.scribd.com/document/403227557/The-Journalism-of-Beatrice-Borromeo |date=28 March 2019 }}


== References ==
== References ==
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== See also ==
* [[House of Borromeo]]
* [[Federico Borromeo]]
* [[Borromean islands]]
* [[Borromean rings]]


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Beatrice Borromeo
Borromeo in 2017
Born
Beatrice dei Principi Borromeo Arese Taverna[1][2][3][4]

(1985-08-18) 18 August 1985 (age 39)
Innichen, South Tyrol, Italy[5]
Other namesBeatrice Casiraghi
Alma materBocconi University
Columbia University
Occupation(s)Journalist, documentarian, special envoy for human rights
Spouse
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(m. 2015)​
Children2
Parents
FamilyHouse of Borromeo (by birth)
House of Grimaldi (by marriage)

Beatrice dei Principi Borromeo Arese Taverna (born 18 August 1985) is an Italian journalist and model. Born in South Tyrol into an aristocratic family, she studied law at Bocconi University in 2010 before earning a master's degree in journalism at Columbia University in 2012. Borromeo subsequently worked for il Fatto Quotidiano before becoming a columnist for Newsweek and Daily Beast in 2013. She also worked as a broadcast journalist for Anno Zero on Rai 2 and hosted a weekly show on the Radio 105 Network. Borromeo married Pierre Casiraghi, in 2015; they have two children. She became an ambassador for the fashion brand Dior in 2021.

Background

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Borromeo is the daughter of Don Carlo Ferdinando Borromeo, Count of Arona (born in 1935), the son of Vitaliano Borromeo, 2nd Prince of Angera, and his long-time companion, Countess Donna Paola Marzotto (born in 1955). Through her father she is related to Carlo Borromeo (1538–1584), who became a cardinal of the Catholic Church, Archbishop of Milan, and a canonized saint. The family currently owns most of the Borromean Islands in the Lago Maggiore, Milan city, and many other estates in the Lombardy and Piedmont countrysides.

Borromeo has an older brother, Carlo Ludovico Borromeo, who is married to Marta Ferri.[6][7][8] She has three older half-sisters from her father's marriage to German model Marion Sybil Zota:[9] Isabella, married to Count Ugo Brachetti Peretti;[10] Lavinia, married to John Elkann;[11] and Matilde, married to Prince Antonius zu Fürstenberg.[12][13]

Borromeo's maternal grandmother was the fashion designer Marta Marzotto (née Vacondio),[14] ex-wife of Count Umberto Marzotto.[15][16] Her uncle, Count Matteo Marzotto, is the former president and director of the Valentino fashion house at the time the label belonged to the Marzotto Group.

Education

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She finished secondary education, in 2004, at Milan's Liceo Classico Giovanni Berchet.[3] Borromeo received a bachelor of laws from Bocconi University, Milan in 2010, under supervision of prof. Lorenzo Cuocolo. She received a Masters in Journalism from the Columbia University Journalism School in May 2012.[17]

Career

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Journalism

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Beatrice was a contributor to Newsweek and the Daily Beast in 2013. Prior to that, and from the newspaper's beginning in 2009, she worked as a full-time reporter for Il Fatto Quotidiano. She continued in that position through the year 2016.[3] She has appeared on many television shows in Italy, beginning with Anno Zero on Rai 2 where she worked for two years, from 2006 to 2008.[3] Every week she interviewed an average three guests on political development and social evils. In 2009, she even hosted a weekly show on the Radio 105 Network.[3] She interviewed Roberto Saviano, the famous author of Gomorrah, for Above magazine's June 2009 issue.[3] She also interviewed American author of LA Confidential James Ellroy[18] and former candidate for Colombia's presidency Ingrid Betancourt both for Il Fatto Quotidiano. For the same newspaper, she interviewed Marcello Dell'Utri,[19] Italian Senator and co-founder of Forza Italia. In the interview, Dell'Utri admitted to have entered politics to get immunity in order to escape his arrest. Her first article for Il Fatto Quotidiano, published on 14 September 2009, was about Vito De Filippo, then-president of the Italian region of Basilicata, allocating European funds for the Miss Italia contest.[20] She also wrote an article for The Daily Beast published in June 2012 about Italian prosecutor Nicola Gratteri.[21]

Borromeo directed Mamma Mafia, a documentary about mafia women: its preview was released by the Newsweek Daily Beast Company on 31 January 2013. That was her sole film in the English language. She has directed several documentaries in the Italian language, ranging from topics such as the women of 'Ndrangheta, selfie surgery, and the children of Caivano.[3]

Speaking of the children who live in the slums of Caivano, Borromeo said: "These children never get to be children. They live in horror and daily terror and that seems to be normal."[3][22]

Borromeo collaborated with Marco Travaglio and Vauro Senesi on the book Italia Annozero (Chiarelettere, 2009).

She also wrote the preface for Birgit Hamer's Delitto senza castigo: La Vera Storia di Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia. (Aliberti, 2011).[23] Birgit is a very old family friend whose mother was dear friends with Borromeo's mother, and Borromeo has admitted to having grown up hearing about the murder of Dirk Hamer from his sisters, including Birgit.[3] Borromeo broke the story of the video confession of Vittorio Emanuele,[24] who subsequently sued the newspaper for defamation. In 2015 a court ruled in favour of the newspaper.[25] Borromeo then posted on Twitter: "Vincere una causa è sempre piacevole, ma contro Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia la goduria è doppia!" ("Winning a case is always nice, but against Victor Emmanuel of Savoy the pleasure is double"),[26] which resulted in spat on social media with his son Emanuele Filiberto.[25] Borromeo directed an Italian-language documentary on the incident which released on Netflix in July 2023.[27]

Fashion and modelling

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Beatrice began modelling in 2000, when she was 15 years old. Her mother entrusted her to her friend Piero Piazzi, who worked at the Tomei modelling agency; he managed and launched her career as a model. She then walked for brands such as Chanel, Valentino, Trussardi, as well as becoming the face of Blumarine.[28] In March 2021, Borromeo was announced as 2021 Dior ambassador.[29]

Personal life

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Since 2008, Borromeo became increasingly known in the tabloid press as the girlfriend of Pierre Casiraghi, the younger son of Caroline, Princess of Hanover. The couple married in a civil ceremony on Saturday, 25 July 2015 in the gardens of the Prince's Palace of Monaco. The religious ceremony took place on 1 August 2015 on Isola Bella, one of the Borromean Islands on Lake Maggiore, Italy.

In November 2015 she was sanctioned Special Envoy for Human Rights for F4D.[3]

In 2005, she considered herself an "atheist and leftist".[30]

Pierre and Beatrice's first son was born in February 2017. Their second son was born in May 2018.

Publications

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  • Senesi, Vauro; Travaglio, Marco; Borromeo, Beatrice (2009). Italia Anno Zero [Italy, Year Zero] (in Italian). Milan: Chiarelettere. ISBN 978-88-619-0051-6.
  • Hamer, Birgit (2011). Borromeo, Beatrice (ed.). Delitto senza castigo: la vera storia di Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia [Crime without Punishment: the True Story of Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia] (in Italian). Reggio Emilia: Aliberti. ISBN 978-88-7424-735-6.

See also

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Beatrice Borromeo.

References

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  1. ^ "Beatrice Borromeo e Pierre Casiraghi, ecco le foto "private" - Affari…". 23 July 2018. Archived from the original on 23 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  2. ^ "An Italian Wedding Fit For A Princess HuffPost". HuffPost. 23 July 2018. Archived from the original on 23 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Knightley, Emma (2019). Princely Monaco: The House of Grimaldi in the 21st Century (eBook ed.). USA. ISBN 9780359058945. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2017.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ "Otto cose da sapere su Beatrice Borromeo - Grazia.it". 23 July 2018. Archived from the original on 23 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Beatrice Borromeo in the Fashion Model Directory". Fashionmodeldirectory.com. 18 August 1985. Archived from the original on 21 June 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  6. ^ Franca Sozzani (7 June 2012). "The Borromeo-Ferri wedding". Vogue Italia. Archived from the original on 23 April 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  7. ^ "Carlo Borromeo e Marta Ferri, nozze principesche e alternative | AttualitÃ". Oggi.it. 5 July 2012. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  8. ^ Priya Rao (30 June 2012). "Marta Ferri and Carlo Borrmoeo Wedding - Pantelleria Italy Wedding - Town & Country Magazine". Townandcountrymag.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  9. ^ "Carlo Borromeo, conte di Arona". GeneAll.net. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  10. ^ Gianluca Mattei (25 September 2005). "Cinquecento invitati alla Rocca Borromeo per Isabella e Ugo". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). p. 23. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  11. ^ "Jaki e Lavinia sposi "La famiglia Agnelli è unita"". La Repubblica (in Italian). 4 September 2004. Archived from the original on 5 November 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  12. ^ Cesare Cunaccia (28 September 2011). "Prince and Princess Antonius Zu Furstenberg" (in Italian). Vogue Unique. pp. 108–121. Archived from the original on 5 November 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  13. ^ "Stresa: nozze principesche per Matilde Borromeo Arese Taverna e Antonius von Fürstenberg all'Isola Bella". Stresaluxury.com. 28 April 2011. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  14. ^ SALSI, BENEDETTA (30 July 2016). "Morta Marta Marzotto, "Il nome? Lo devo alla suora che mi allevò" - il Resto del Carlino". Archived from the original on 5 November 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  15. ^ "La saga dei Marzotto" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  16. ^ "Margherita Lampertico". Archived from the original on 2 March 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  17. ^ "Hello! Magazine". hellomagazine.com. Hello! Magazine. 13 August 2015. Archived from the original on 5 November 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  18. ^ Borromeo, Beatrice. "Ellroy. Autobiografia di me stesso". Il Fatto Quotidiano. Editoriale Il Fatto S.p.A. Archived from the original on 7 June 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  19. ^ Borromeo, Beatrice. "Elezioni, Dell'Utri rinuncia a candidarsi: "L'immunità? Ormai non mi serve più"". Il Fatto Quotidiano. Editoriale Il Fatto S.p.A. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  20. ^ Borromeo, Beatrice. "Basilicata, i fondi per sponsorizzare la Miss". Il Fatto Quotidiano. Editoriale Il Fatto S.p.A. Archived from the original on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  21. ^ Borromeo, Beatrice (14 June 2012). "The Mafia's Public Enemy Number One: Italian Prosecutor Nicola Gratteri". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on 26 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  22. ^ ""Bambini Mai", il documentario di Mia Benedetta e Beatrice Borromeo in onda il 1° ottobre su Sky Atlantic". RBCasting.com. RB Casting. 28 September 2017. Archived from the original on 31 August 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  23. ^ AlibertiEditore (24 February 2011). "DELITTO SENZA CASTIGO. LA VERA STORIA DI VITTORIO EMANUELE - Trailer (Aliberti editore)". Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2018 – via YouTube.
  24. ^ Borromeo, Beatrice Il video che incastra Savoia, Il Fatto Quotidiano, 24 February 2011; http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2011/02/24/il-video-che-incastra-savoia/93668/ Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  25. ^ a b Beatrice Borromeo, el azote de los Saboya, Hola, 10 March 2015; http://www.hola.com/realeza/casa_monaco/2015031077373/beatrice-borromeo-saboya/ Archived 2016-07-26 at the Wayback Machine
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  27. ^ "Il principe". netflix. 4 July 2023.
  28. ^ "Beatrice Borromeo: 10 curiosità sulla signora Casiraghi che non avresti mai immaginato". ELLE (In Italian). 17 August 2017. Archived from the original on 5 November 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  29. ^ "Face to Face with Dior Ambassador Beatrice Borromeo Casiraghi". prestigeonline.com. 8 March 2021. Archived from the original on 5 November 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  30. ^ "Corriere della Sera - I 20 anni di Beatrice "atea e di sinistra"". 19 September 2019. Archived from the original on 19 September 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
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