Name : Adriana Karembeu
Birth Name : Adriana Sklenarikova
Profession : Model
Date of Birth : 17 September 1971
Place of Birth : Brezno, Slovak Republic
Height : : 5' 10".
Adriana Karembeu - Detailed Biography
Adriana
Sklenarikova was born in Slovakia in 1971. She was born in a financially
strapped country, and coming to a new world of fashion was a big change for her.
As she says: "I've changed my life from black to white. There was nothing like
fashion in Slovakia. I would like to keep working in this amazing world after
the ending of my modeling career. I appreciate the proposal of the Italian movie
director Carlo Vanzina for making a movie, but I think that was too involving
for me, I'm too busy now. I also think that a model should not diversify too
much her objectives."
With her incredible beauty and 6'0" frame, she was instantly snatched up by Next
modeling agency in New York, and Elite Modeling in Milan. Though her big break
came after being chosen as the new Wonder Bra girl (a highly visible contract
that will add incredible exposure for her, in more ways than one), Adriana has
been in plenty of advertisement campaigns.
The companies she has represented include Argentovivo, Byron Lars, Laura
Biagiotti, Levante Hosiery, List, Love Sex Money, Onyx Jeans, Peroni Beer, Red
Point, and Roberto Cavalli. It was her campaign for Peroni Beer that really
launched her career, and helped pave the road for her current success, by
highlighting her as the ultimate beer woman.
Adriana has just signed a two-year contract with Wonder Bra, and is now part of
the exclusive Victoria's Secret modeling team, a move that has spelled
considerable success for other major super models such as Tyra Banks, and
Daniela Pestova.
Adriana is now happily living in Madrid, with her soccer player husband
Christian Karembeu. The marriage was a major event in Spain in December of 1998,
since Adriana is one of the best known models in Europe, and her husband is the
star of one of the country's leading soccer teams.