Former model Adriana Karembeu is now an accomplished animator. Back on his career, from his beginnings to today.
A well-known French personality, Adriana Karembeu has a very diversified career to her credit. Of Slovak origin, she studied medicine in Prague when she was noticed by an agency and became a model in France.
Without speaking the language and without money, she had a difficult start before finding success on the Paris catwalks. She then parades for big brands like Lanvin, Thierry Mugler, Karl Lagerfeld or Givenchy. In the 90s, she was one of the most requested models of her generation. The couple she forms with the just world champion Christian Karembeu is very popular.
Adriana Karembeu: the singular destiny of the ex-model
Known for her long legs, listed in the Guinness World Records, Adriana Karembeu became the face of Wonderbra in the 2000s, then the face of many brands such as Škoda.
Little by little, the model tries out other professions, including comedy, whether in films like “Prêt-à-porter” by Robert Altman or “Asterix at the Olympic Games”, or even in series like “ A guy, a girl” alongside Jean Dujardin and Alexandra Lamy.
A committed woman, Adriana Karembeu participated in the Red Cross campaign to encourage the French to train in first aid, then she became an ambassador for the humanitarian association.
She multiplies the participations in TV shows: “Dancing with the stars”, Miss France, “Pekin Express”… Godmother of the show “Generation mannequin”, she then hosts with Michel Cymes “The extraordinary powers of the human body” , in which she uses her knowledge of medicine.
Although she keeps the name of her ex-husband for her career, Adriana Ohanian Sklenarikova is now married to businessman André Ohanian. At 50, the former model is the mother of a little girl, Nia, born in 2018. A fulfilled woman with a unique destiny.