Georgia Salpa

Georgia Salpa Penna
Salpa in 2010
Born (1985-05-14) 14 May 1985 (age 39)
Athens, Greece
NationalityIrish
OccupationModel
Known forCelebrity Big Brother (2012)
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Spouse
Joe Penna
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(m. 2015)​
Children3

Georgia Salpa Penna (Greek: Γεωργία Σάλπα; born 14 May 1985)[citation needed] is a Greek-Irish glamour model.[1][2]

Personal life

Georgia Salpa was born in Athens to an Irish mother and Greek father.[3] When Salpa was five years old, her family moved to Dublin, where she was raised in the suburb of Killiney.[4] In March 2014, Salpa became engaged to millionaire British hedge-fund manager Joe Penna,[5] and was married in Portofino, Italy, in May 2015.[6][7] They have three children.[8]

Career

Salpa began modelling before leaving secondary school,[9] and has undertaken modelling assignments for various publications.[10] She has made TV appearances on such programmes as The Podge and Rodge Show, Republic of Telly (as herself), Celebrity Salon, and Catwalk to Kilimanjaro. In August 2009, after posing in a bikini for a controversial photoshoot for Food & Wine magazine, the magazine apologised after complaints on Liveline.[10][11]

Salpa later moved to Great Britain, and participated in the 2012 season of Celebrity Big Brother[12] where she was the third housemate evicted.[13] Also in 2012, Salpa was listed 5th in FHM's "100 sexiest women" poll,[14] and increasingly featured in the magazine including on covers of the French, Czech and Indonesian editions,[15] and as "cover girl" for FHM's 2013 "100 sexiest women" publication.[16]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Is Georgia Salpa engaged to her millionaire businessman boyfriend?". Irish Independent. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Cover Girls: Georgia Salpa". FHM. Archived from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Family comes first as Georgia Salpa unveils beauty range". independent. June 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  4. ^ Fennell, Hilary (10 December 2011). "This much I know: Georgia Salpa". Irish Examiner. Archived from the original on 22 June 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  5. ^ "Georgia Salpa wants a 'long engagement' to her millionaire businessman". Irish Independent. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  6. ^ "It was a fairytale' gushes Georgia Salpa as she reveals first pic of Italian wedding". evoke.ie. 1 June 2015. Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  7. ^ "The honeymoon is over! Georgia Salpa shows off snaps from paradise". evoke.ie. 18 June 2015. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  8. ^ "It's a girl! Georgia Penna welcomes third child". 15 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Georgia on my mind". Independent Woman. Independent News & Media. 1 December 2012.
  10. ^ a b "How a shy Greek girl became an Irish phenomenon". Sunday Independent. Independent News & Media. 8 August 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  11. ^ "Ad campaign with Georgia Salpa misses the mark" Archived 2 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Greek Gateway. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  12. ^ "Celebrities go into Big Brother house". BBC News. 6 January 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  13. ^ "Salpa evicted from 'Celebrity Big Brother'". Breakingnews.ie. 18 January 2012.
  14. ^ "In Pictures: Tulisa Contostavlos is FHM Sexiest Woman in the World 2012". Belfast Telegraph. 1 May 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  15. ^ "Showbiz roundup". TV3. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  16. ^ "Georgia Salpa is the face of this year's FHM 100 Sexiest Women poll". Entertainment.ie. 7 February 2013.
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