Pia Christina Miller Getty (born 1966) is a socialite and heiress.

Early life

She is the oldest daughter of

Robert Warren Miller Robert Warren Miller (born May 23, 1933) is an American billionaire, entrepreneur, co-founder of DFS (Duty Free Shops), and sailing champion. He is the father of Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece, Princess Alexandra von Fürstenberg, and ...

, an American-born British businessman, and wife María Clara "Chantal" Pesantes Becerra, an

Ecuadorian Ecuadorians ( es, ecuatorianos) are people identified with the South American country of Ecuador. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Ecuadorians, several (or all) of these connections exist and are colle ...

, and sister of Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alexandra von Fürstenberg, a trio famously dubbed "the Miller Sisters". Getty spent her childhood in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...

and attended Le Rosey School in Switzerland. She briefly attended

Barnard College Barnard College of Columbia University is a private women's liberal arts college in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded in 1889 by a group of women led by young student activist Annie Nathan Meyer, who petitioned Columbia ...

in New York and later studied

art history Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today ...

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...

Career

Getty is the American spokeswoman for the cosmetics company Sephora. She is frequently featured in ''

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'', '' Vanity Fair'', and other society magazines. Her first feature documentary film, ''China Power - Art Now After Mao'', released in 2008, focused on China's burgeoning art scene.

Personal life

In 1992, in Bali, she married

Getty Oil Getty Oil was an American oil marketing company with its origins as part of the large integrated oil company founded by J. Paul Getty. History J. Paul Getty incorporated Getty Oil in 1942. He had previously worked in the oil fields of Oklaho ...

heir Christopher Ronald Getty, son of Jean Ronald Getty and grandson of Jean Paul Getty. The couple have four children,

Isabel Isabel is a female name of Spanish origin. Isabelle is a name that is similar, but it is of French origin. It originates as the medieval Spanish form of '' Elisabeth'' (ultimately Hebrew ''Elisheva''), Arising in the 12th century, it became popul ...

(b. 11 November 1993), Robert Maximilian (b. 30 April 1996), Conrad (b. 17 March 1998), and Maximus Aurelius (b. 1 April 2002). They divorced in 2005. She is the godmother of her niece, Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece and Denmark.

Ancestry

References

External links

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Filmmaker profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:Getty, Pia 1966 births Living people Alumni of Institut Le Rosey Georgetown University alumni American socialites American expatriates in Switzerland American expatriates in Hong Kong Pia Miller family American documentary filmmakers American people of Canadian descent American people of Ecuadorian descent Film directors from New York City Hispanic and Latino American film directors American women documentary filmmakers