Bettina Santo Domingo is an American filmmaker, businesswoman, and former

media manager Media management is a business administration discipline that identifies and describes strategic and operational phenomena and problems in the leadership of media enterprises. Media management contains the functions strategic management, procurement ...

Moda Operandi Founded in 2010 by Lauren Santo Domingo and Áslaug Magnúsdóttir, Moda Operandi is an online luxury fashion retailer that allows customers to preorder looks directly from designers, immediately after their runway show. The concept, which was con ...

, a fashion discovery platform.

Career

Santo Domingo worked as the media manager of

, a fashion discovery platform founded by

Lauren Santo Domingo Lauren Santo Domingo (née Davis; born February 28, 1976) is an American entrepreneur, magazine editor, and socialite. She is the co-founder and Chief Brand Officer of online fashion retailer Moda Operandi. Early life Santo Domingo, the daught ...

in 2011. In 2012 she filmed the company's Swim Week trunshows. In 2015 Santo Domingo filmed Moda Operandi's ''Fahsion Firsts'' series featuring

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Naomi Campbell Naomi Elaine Campbell (born 22 May 1970) is an English model, actress, singer, and businesswoman. She began her career at the age of 15, and established herself amongst the most recognisable and in-demand models of the past four decades. Cam ...

, Andre Leon Talley, Zac Posen, and Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele. Santo Domingo also works as an independent documentary filmmaker. While working for Moda Operandi she directed a short film titled ''MOVE'', featuring

Isabella Boylston Hildur Isabella Boylston (born October 13, 1986) is an American ballet dancer who is currently a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre (ABT). Early life Boylston was born Hildur Isabella Boylston, named for an Icelandic great-grand ...

and Leiomy Maldonado. She has also worked on the documentaries ''Child of Cambodia'', documenting

Sophia Lim Sophia means "wisdom" in Greek. It may refer to: *Sophia (wisdom) *Sophia (Gnosticism) * Sophia (given name) Places * Niulakita or Sophia, an island of Tuvalu * Sophia, Georgetown, a ward of Georgetown, Guyana * Sophia, North Carolina, an uninco ...

Battambang Battambang ( km, បាត់ដំបង, UNGEGN: ) is the capital of Battambang Province and the third largest city in Cambodia. Founded in the 11th century by the Khmer Empire, Battambang is the leading rice-producing province of the coun ...

as she worked to create mobile library programs for children in remote Cambodian villages, and directed the documentary ''In this climate'', which covered women at Standing Rock Indian Reservation. Santo Domingo produced the first season of the podcast ''Sex Ed''.

Personal life

Santo Domingo was raised in

Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...

, California. A member of the

Santo Domingo family The Santo Domingo family is a Colombian family whose collective fortune makes them among the richest families in the Americas. They have also been known to dominate the beer market. Santo Domingo family fortune The Santo Domingo family fortune : ...

, a prominent

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

n family, she is the daughter of Luis Felipe Santo Domingo and Karen Hinds. Her father, who died in 1997, was a nephew of

Julio Mario Santo Domingo Julio Mario Santo Domingo Pumarejo (October 16, 1923 – October 7, 2011) was a Colombian-American billionaire businessman, diplomat and patriarch of the Santo Domingo family who lived in New York City. He controlled more than 100 companies in ...

. Santo Domingo is the sister of handbag designer

Carolina Santo Domingo Carolina Santo Domingo is an American handbag designer. Biography Santo Domingo is a member of the Santo Domingo family, a prominent family of Colombian origin. She is the daughter of Luis Felipe Santo Domingo, a nephew of Julio Mario Santo Do ...

. She attended

Northeastern University Northeastern University (NU) is a private university, private research university with its main campus in Boston. Established in 1898, the university offers undergraduate and graduate programs on its main campus as well as satellite campuses in ...

in Boston, where she studied

sociology Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of Empirical ...

. In 2013 she attended the wedding of her cousin, Tatiana Santo Domingo, and

Andrea Casiraghi Andrea Albert Pierre Casiraghi (born 8 June 1984) is the elder son of Caroline, Princess of Hanover, and her second husband Stefano Casiraghi. He is the eldest grandchild of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and American actress Grace Kelly. Casir ...

, a son of Caroline, Princess of Hanover, at the

Prince's Palace of Monaco The Prince's Palace of Monaco ( French: ''Palais princier de Monaco'') is the official residence of the Sovereign Prince of Monaco. Built in 1191 as a Genoese fortress, during its long and often dramatic history it has been bombarded and besi ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Santo Domingo, Bettina Living people American documentary filmmakers American fashion businesspeople American businesspeople in mass media American people of Colombian descent American film directors of Italian descent California people in fashion Film directors from Los Angeles Filmmakers from California Hispanic and Latino American film directors Hispanic and Latino American women in the arts Northeastern University alumni Santo Domingo family American women documentary filmmakers Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women