A glamorous couple, followed by several million people on social networks. Iris Mittenaere and Diego El Glaoui answered our questions regarding their meeting and their life together, in the format Big A, as you can see in the video at the top of this article. If destiny made their paths cross in 2018, it was only during their second meeting, a year later, that love at first sight really struck. The former Miss France who became an influencer remembers it as if it were yesterday. “My first impression is his doe eyes. He has eyelashes, it’s not normal to have eyelashes that long! He has eyelashes that every woman would dream of having, I was shocked by his sweet and cute look”, confides the beauty queen. Diego El Glaoui, who went to the premiere of his show that day Latin Paradiseremembers an impression “pretty crazy”. “I was very moved and impressed to see a young woman with so much courage and so much confidence, capable of monopolizing attention in front of a room of 1,000 people”.
“We were each in our professional role”
A meeting that deeply touched him: “I said to myself, who is this girl, wow, it’s impressive”. A mutual admiration that laid the foundations for an unexpected connection… However, this promising meeting initially remained anchored in the sphere of work. “It took us several weeks of discussion through messages that didn’t stop, to understand that, ultimately, We still had a lot in common! It was obviously, but we didn’t see it, we were each in our professional role”, explains Iris Mittenaere. Neither dared to take the first step to move the relationship from professional to personal. Today, the two lovebirds spend their days together, since the 31-year-old from Lille, ex-Miss Universe, works with the We Are Influence agency, of which her fiancé is the boss.
And working as a couple can sometimes have some disadvantages… “Many have the image of a perfect mother, of a perfect couple” on Instagram, notes the Miss, “but it doesn’t exist.” “We have moments of tension, overload, stress, we can argue with each other!” A story that becomes more and more solid as the days, months and years pass. The couple is thus in the process of organizing their wedding… With the greatest discretion.