Princess Nina was born Nina Nastassja Flohr[1] on 22 January 1987 in St. Moritz, Switzerland, to Thomas Flohr, a Swiss billionaire and founder of VistaJet, and Katharina Konečný, the creative director of the House of Fabergé and a founding editor of Vogue Russia and Vogue Greece.[2][3][4] She has a half sister named Sophia, on her mothers side.[3] Flohr was educated in the United Kingdom and the United States.[2][5]
Her parents divorced when she was five years old and,[6] in 2001, she moved to London, where her mother accepted a position as the jewelry editor at Tatler.[7]
Career
Flohr worked as the creative director of VistaJet, a private jet company founded by her father, until 2016.[8][9][10] She collaborated with Moncler on cabin crew uniforms and worked with Nobu Matsuhisa to create deluxe menus for airplanes.[8][5][7] Flohr also introduced an organic skincare and cosmetics line, toiletries from California, bespoke Italian linens, and duck-down duvets for the airline.[5] She also partnered with Heywood Hill to provide books for the airline.[7] As a branding concept, Flohr had $45 million Bombardier jets' tail fins painted with graffiti.[8][6]
In 2012, Flohr was featured in a Fabergé advertisement campaign.[3]
She is the founder and creative director of the Kisawa Sanctuary, a luxury hotel, and the Bazaruto Center for Scientific Studies, an environmental conservation center, both located on Benguerra Island in Mozambique.[5][7] She founded the sanctuary and conservation center in 2017 as a way to combine tourism and environmental concerns in Mozambique, where most of the national economy is built on the oil and gas industries.[5][11][12] Kisawa is the world's first 3D-printed resort, having been created using a 3D printer with sand-and-sea-water mortar.[12] The sanctuary includes a standalone spa, called the Natural Wellness Center, which specializes in traditional Chinese medicine and ayurvedic offerings.[12] Flohr also had tennis courts, a gym, a yoga and meditation pavilion, four dining venues, twelve bungalows, a swimming pool, massage hut, and a water sports facility built on the property.[12] The conservation center has a field marine station and laboratory focused on maintenance of local wildlife, including birds, turtles, whales, and sharks.[12]
^"H.M. Dronning Anne-Marie 75 år". kongehuset. Danish Royal House. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021. Dronningen er dagen igennem blevet fejret af Kong Konstantin, H.K.H. Prinsesse Benedikte, D.K.H. Prins Nikolaos og Prinsesse Tatiana (ikke med på billedet), H.K.H. Prinsesse Theodora og Hr. Matthew Kumar og D.K.H. Højheder Prins Philippos og Prinsesse Nina.