Beatrice Borromeo
Beatrice Borromeo was born in Innichen on 18 August 1985.[1] She is the daughter of Count Carlo Borromeo and Paola Marzotto, and the maternal granddaughter of Countess Marta Marzotto. Borromeo has stated that her parents never married.[2] Her father has three daughters from a former marriage, Borromeo's half-sisters: Isabella, Lavinia (married to Fiat executive John Elkann) and Mathilde.[2] Borromeo also has a full brother, young Carlo, who was 23 in 2005.[2] She is a descendant of the 16th century Roman Catholic cardinal and saint Charles Borromeo.[2][1]
Education
Borromeo attended the Liceo Ginnasio Giovanni Berchet, in Milan, for her secondary education. She then chose to study jurisprudence at Bocconi University.[3],[2]
Career
She began working as a fashion model at the age of sixteen, parading in the Piazza di Spagna, in Rome, for a Chanel exhibition and participating in the Elite Model Look event for 2001.[1] She modeled for Blumarine, the brand of Anna Molinari's Blufin fashion house.[1] She also modeled for Fiorucci, Ettore Biolotta, Rocco Barocco, Ermanno Scervino, Gilli, and various other designers and brands.[1] She also modeled for the big names in fashion, i.e. Chanel, Valentino, Roberto Cavalli, Paul Smith, and John Richmond.[1]
Borromeo worked as a presenter and joint host with Michele Santoro on the AnnoZero television program.[1] She worked on that show from 2006 through the spring of 2008.
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.[4] She also writes for Above Magazine, of which Charlotte Casiraghi and Stella McCartney are among the contributing editors.
Borromeo is coauthor of a book about Anno Zero with Marco Travaglio and Vauro Senesi.
Personal life
Borromeo is the longtime girlfriend of Charlotte Casiraghi's brother, Pierre Casiraghi.[3]
Agencies
- Colors Management - Spain[1]
- Louisa Models - Munich[1]
- Storm Model Management - London[1]
- Women Management - Milan[1]
Publications
- Vauro Senesi, Travaglio Marco, Borromeo Beatrice, Italia Anno Zero, Chiarelettere, 2009, ISBN 9788861900516