Adriana Karembeu, the 51-year-old Slovak ex-model is no longer to be presented in the French media landscape. While she has just announced her divorce with Aram Ohanian, Adriana still remains Karembeu. But why does she still keep her ex-husband’s name?
Discovered at the end of the 90s on the catwalks, Adriana Karembeu quickly became famous. His career exploded 1998 with the Wonderbra ad and his famous “Look Me in the Eyes”. Her endless legs seduce the great couturiers. Thierry Mugler, Karl Lagerfeld, Valentino parade it. By marrying ex-footballer Christian Karembeu, 98 world champion, she became a media personality. After the divorce in 2011, Adriana kept her married name. In 2014, she married Aram Ohanian, a businessman, with whom she will have a little girl, Nina, in 2018.
Why does Adriana still bear the name “Karembeu”?
The question that burns the lips is: why Adriana Karembeu kept the name of her first husband? It is true that her notoriety exploded when she married Christian Karembeu. But after more than 10 years of divorce and a remarriage, she still goes by the surname of the ex-footballer. Few years ago, she had entrusted to Closer that ” in her home country, Slovakia, it was customary to keep her husband’s surname after a divorce, until the next marriage”. In addition, according to our sources, Christian Karembeu would have signed a paper during their marriage which would allow the ex-model to keep his surname as an artist name. However the former world champion said in an interview with Morningthat it bothered him.
Adriana Karembeu had indeed taken the name of her ex-husband Aram Ohanian on official papers but had kept the surname Karembeu for her public name. Adriana Karembeu, whose real name is Adriana Sklenarikova, has chosen to recharge her batteries with her 4-year-old daughter Nina. Since the announcement of her separation, the beautiful Slovak has posted on her Instagram, several messages and symbolic photos with her daughter.