Olga Karina Jelinek (born 22 March 1981) is an Argentine model, actress and television personality.

Biography

Jelinek was born on 22 March 1981 in

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, Córdoba. She began to work as model at the age of 16, and became the Miss Córdoba Province and the Miss Villa Carlos Paz. At the age of 19, she moved to Buenos Aires, and began participating in fashion shows, advertising campaigns and television shows. She has appeared for magazines ''

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'' and ''

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'' and other media. In 2004, she participated in the entertainment TV program ''No hay 2 sin 3''. In 2005, she took part in the dance competition ''

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'', a segment of the television program '' Showmatch'' in the Argentina broadcast

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. After a courtship of three months she married

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on 28 April 2011 in the Tattersall hotel in the

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district of Buenos Aires. In 2012, she again took part in the ''Bailando por un sueño'' competition.Karina went, came back, and went again
Clarín, 13 November 2012. In 2013, the name of her husband Fariña appeared in the media in relation to a clandestine recording of him reportedly speaking of

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.A Uruguayan estate agent, mentioned by the "messenger" Fariña, is brought to justice
Clarín, 1 May 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2013. In May of that year they stopped living together. In 2020, Jelinek became a contestant in the renewed version of ''

Cantando por un sueño ''Cantando por un Sueño'' (Singing for a Dream) is a television contest produced by the Mexican television network Canal de las Estrellas which also aired on Univision in the United States. As with its twin show ''Bailando por un sueño'' (Dan ...

''. In August 2020, Jelinek revealed she is in a relationship with model Florencia Parise, and stated she feels attraction for both men and women, saying "I can't choose with whom I fall in love".

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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Karina Jelinek
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