Elisabetta Gregoraci (born 8 February 1980) is an Italian

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and TV personality. She was born in

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, Calabria, in southern Italy. Gregoraci started her career on the Italian television show ''Libero'' as a dancer, before replacing model

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for the Wonderbra campaign. Gregoraci gained notoriety when it came to light that she had offered sexual favours in return for a job as a showgirl for the Italian national public television company

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. She was estranged from

and hired by the former Italian Prime Minister and owner of Mediaset

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, acting as a hostess in the show ''Buona Domenica''.

Personal life

On 14 June 2008, Gregoraci married Flavio Briatore, then

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manager, in the

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. The driver of the bridal car was Fernando Alonso, who after the ceremony drove the newlyweds to the reception at the castle of Torcrescenza. Gregoraci gave birth to a son in 2010. Briatore already has daughter Leni Klum with German model Heidi Klum, although he is not involved in her life.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gregoraci, Elisabetta 1980 births Living people People from the Province of Catanzaro Italian female models Italian showgirls