Beatrice Borromeo
Beatrice Borromeo | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 August 1985 |
| Known for | Political commentary in Italian media, granddaughter of Marta Marzotto |
| Parent(s) | Count Carlo Ferdinando Borromeo Paola Marzotto |
Beatrice Borromeo was born in Innichen on 18 August 1985.[1] 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.[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, three years her senior.[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, and the Italian daily Il Fatto Quotidiano.[5]
Borromeo is coauthor of a book about Anno Zero with Marco Travaglio and Vauro Senesi.
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 show's host, Daria Bignardi, yet the interview was cut from the actual transmission.[6] The director, 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 her opinions.[6] The interview, however, is available on Youtube.[7]
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
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Beatrice Borromeo in the Fashion Model Directory
- ^ a b c d e Giusi, Fasano: "20 anni di Beatrice: 'Sono atea e di sinistra'", 8 October 2005, Corriere della Sera (online)
- ^ a b Hello! magazine, 7 September 2008
- ^ Beatrice Borromeo's page on the Radio 105 website
- ^ Giordano, Mario: "La Borromeo piange i clandestini dallo yacht," Libero, 25 September 2009.
- ^ a b Bandiera, Rudy: "Lo sfogo di Beatrice Borromeo censurata a “L’Era Glaciale”", 25 May 2009
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKPVCatNPgo