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Adriana Sklenaříková (formerly Karembeu; born 17 September 1971)[1] is a Slovak fashion model and actress who lives and works in France.[1] She is a former Guinness record holder for the longest legs among female models (at almost 1.24 m).[1]
Early life and education
Sklenaříková was born in Brezno to parents Miroslav Sklenařík and Zlatica Gazdiková.[2] Her mother was a Slovak doctor, while her father was a Czech engineer originally from Vsetín, where her Czech surname originates.[3] She also has a younger sister named Natalia, who works as a lawyer in Paris. At the time of Sklenaříková's birth, her parents were both students, and she was thus raised by her grandparents until she was six years old.[4] Sklenaříková has gone on to comment that her father was cold and distant with her throughout her upbringing, and that he preferred her sister.[5]
After completing her secondary education, Sklenaříková enrolled in Charles University in Prague to study medicine. In 1994, her third year of studies, Sklenaříková was discovered by a French modeling agency after competing in a beauty pageant.[1]
Career
In 1998, she was hired as one of the models for the Wonderbra campaign.[6] In the United States, she modeled for Victoria's Secret.[1] In 2005 she featured in the Channel 5 TV documentary Bra Wars: Boom or Bust[7] In 2007 she was the host of Top Model on Métropole 6.
Sklenarikova met French football player Christian Karembeu on a flight from Paris to Milan in 1998, and they were married in December that year.[1] On 9 March 2011, in an interview to French magazine Paris Match, Adriana revealed that she was separating from her husband.[9] She stated that the causes for the separation were the couple's constant exposure in the media and their "hectic lifestyle" as well as him being "upset to see photographs of [her] with other men appearing in the press and speculation that [she] had a lover".[10] Christian refused questions from the media about the divorce, stating that he would not comment in public about his private life.[11]
In June 2014, she married Armenian businessman Aram Ohanian, her boyfriend of three years. Their wedding was held in Monaco, and was attended by numerous film and show business stars;[12] in August 2018 Adriana became the mother of a daughter named Nina.[13] In December 2022, Adriana announced her second divorce from Ohanian.[14]
^Adriana Karembeu, interviewée par Caroline Rochmann, « Adrian Karembeu, Marrakech, sa nouvelle oasis », Paris Match, semaine du 13 au 19 avril 2017, pages 80-85.
