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Afef Jnifen

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Afef Jnifen
Afef Jnifen in 2009
Born (1963-11-03) 3 November 1963 (age 61)
Ben Gardane, Tunisia
NationalityTunisian, Italian
OccupationFashion Model, actress, Television Presenter
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)

Afef Jnifen (Arabic: عفاف جنيفان; born 3 November 1963) is a Tunisian-born Italian fashion model, actress and television presenter.[1]

Biography

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Jnifen was born in 1963 in Ben Gardane, Tunisia and naturalized Italian citizen. She is the daughter of the former Tunisian ambassador Mohamed Jnifen, who also was ambassador in Libya,[2] Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and Bahrain. Her mother, Saida Benina, is of Turkish origin.[3]

Her modeling career began when she was discovered by photographer Jean-Paul Goude, who spotted her walking on the beach while he was shooting a Club Med ad with Carla Bruni in the Bahamas. Goude put Jnifen in the ad and suggested her to go to Paris and meet the designer Azzedine Alaïa. She quickly became a favorite model of many of Europe's top designers, travelling between Milan and Paris while working for Armani, Fendi, Jean Paul Gaultier, Roberto Cavalli, and others.[4] Jnifen's career in fashion has since spanned three decades representing top international brands such as L'Oréal, Paris.[5]

Jnifen became known to the Italian public as an hostess of the television program Maurizio Costanzo Show in 1982 on Canale 5.[2][6] She hosted the television programs Quelli che... il calcio in 1993 on Rai 3,[7] Scommettiamo che.... in 1999 with Fabrizio Frizzi on Rai 1, and La grande notte in 2006 with Gene Gnocchi on Rai 2.[8] In 2006, she decided to take a step back from the public eye.[2]

In 1999, she appeared in an episode of the series Il commissario Montalbano.[2]

In 2016 and 2017, Jnifen starred in Project Runway Middle East on MBC as a jury member along with Lebanese designer Elie Saab and Egyptian actress Yousra.[9] In 2017, she was named ambassador of "Fashion 4 Development".[10] In 2018, she made a comeback in modeling.[11]

Personal life

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Jnifen have been married four times, the first one was when she was young in Tunisia; the second from 1990 to 2001 with the lawyer Marco Squatri (one son together); The third from 2001 to 2018 with the businessman Marco Tronchetti Provera, chairman and CEO of Pirelli & C. S.p.A. and Telecom Italia;[2][12] and the fourth since October 2021 with the businessman Alessandro del Bono.[2][13]

References

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  1. ^ "Afef Jnifen – Dagospia". Dagospia. 31 March 2009. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Ascione, Arianna (11 March 2022). "Afef Jnifen compie 59 anni: i quattro matrimoni, il passato come modella, 7 segreti". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Archived from the original on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  3. ^ Sanna, Cristiano (2019). "[Il ritratto] Afef, le quarte nozze, i milioni e quei veleni da scansare. Il potere riservato di una ribelle". Tiscali Spettacoli. Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Tunisian-born beauty Afef Jnifen". W Magazine. 1 March 2012. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  5. ^ Lockwood, Lisa (30 August 2017). "The Late Franca Sozzani to Be Honored by Fashion 4 Development". WWD. Archived from the original on 19 November 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  6. ^ Maurizio Costanzo Show at IMDb
  7. ^ Quelli che... il calcio at IMDb
  8. ^ La grande notte at IMDb
  9. ^ "Project Runway: Abdelhanine Raouh, étoile montante de la couture au Maroc". Al HuffPost Maghreb (in French). 21 February 2018. Archived from the original on 18 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. ^ "Former Bazaar Cover Star Afef Jnifen Named Ambassador Of Fashion 4 Development". Harper's BAZAAR Arabia. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  11. ^ Feitelberg, Rosemary (5 February 2018). "Afef Jnifen Returns to Modeling Roots for Spring Campaigner Linda Farrow". WWD. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  12. ^ "Afef Jnifen, une Success Story à la tunisienne – WEPOST". www.wepostmag.com. Archived from the original on 27 November 2017.
  13. ^ "Chi è Alessandro Del Bono, il marito di Afef Jnifen vittima di una rapina a Milano". Spettacolo Fanpage (in Italian). 11 January 2023. Archived from the original on 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
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