Michelle Hunziker

Upon becoming a renowned model, she met the famous Italian singer, Eros Ramazzotti, and fell in love with him. In 1996, she gave birth to their daughter, Aurora Sophie. Two years later, the couple got married and she was granted an Italian citizenship. They separated in 2002 and later divorced each other.

After her separation from Ramazzotti, she was linked with the famous producer, Luigi De Laurentiis Jr. Later, she developed a relationship with Tomaso Trussardi, the current head and CEO of the renowned Italian fashion house, Trussardi. In 2013, the couple announced their engagement and was blessed with a daughter, Sole.

She was born on January 24, 1977, in Sorengo, in the canton of Ticino, the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland, to Rudolf Hunziker, a Swiss-German who worked as a hotel manager, and his wife, Ineke, a Dutch woman. She was the only child of her parents.

In 1983, when she was six, the family moved to Ostermundigen, a suburb of Bern in the German-speaking part of Switzerland, where she received her elementary education. Later, her parents got divorced and she went with her mother to Solothurn.

In her teenage years, she decided to become a model and moved with her mother to Milan, to pursue a career in the fashion world. There, she was hired by Riccardo Gay, a renowned agent and at the age of 17, she modeled for a number of famous brands such as, ‘Armani’, ‘Rocco Barocco’, ‘La Perla’, ‘Colmar’, ‘Fuerte Ventura’, ‘Lovable and Swish’.

After being spotted by an Italian TV producer, she went on to become an actress and TV personality. In 1990, she hosted a TV series ‘Paperissima Sprint’ and served as a co-host for TV serial ‘Scherzi a parte’ in 1992.

In 1996, she hosted the TV show ‘Rai Uno’ and also featured in an episode of another TV series ‘I misteri di CascinaVianello’.

During the late 1990s she also received the offer to host another TV show ‘Cinderella’. After the success of this show, she received several more offers from show producers.

In 1998, she was offered her first ever lead role in the TV series titled ‘La Forza dell’Amore’. The next year, she starred in ‘The Protagonist’, a documentary film.

In 2007, she co-hosted the worldwide popular Italian song contest, the ‘Festival di Sanremo’ on Rai Uno. Later, she co-hosted TV programs such as ‘Striscia la Notizia’ and ‘Paperissima’.