Georgia Salpa Explained

Georgia Salpa Penna
Birth Date:1985 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Athens, Greece
Nationality:Irish
Known For:Celebrity Big Brother (2012)
Occupation:Model
Height:1.73m
Children:3

Georgia Salpa Penna (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Γεωργία Σάλπα; born 14 May 1985) is a Greek-Irish glamour model.[1] [2]

Personal life

Georgia Salpa was born in Athens to an Irish mother and Greek father.[3] When Salpa was five years old, her family moved to Dublin, where she was raised in the suburb of Killiney.[4] In March 2014, Salpa became engaged to millionaire British hedge-fund manager Joe Penna,[5] and was married in Portofino, Italy, in May 2015.[6] [7] They have three children.[8]

Career

Salpa began modelling before leaving secondary school,[9] and has undertaken modelling assignments for various publications.[10] She has made TV appearances on such programmes as The Podge and Rodge Show, Republic of Telly (as herself), Celebrity Salon, and Catwalk to Kilimanjaro. In August 2009, after posing in a bikini for a controversial photoshoot for Food & Wine magazine, the magazine apologised after complaints on Liveline.[10] [11] Salpa later moved to Great Britain, and participated in the 2012 season of Celebrity Big Brother[12] where she was the third housemate evicted.[13] Also in 2012, Salpa was listed 5th in FHM's "100 sexiest women" poll,[14] and increasingly featured in the magazine including on covers of the French, Czech and Indonesian editions,[15] and as "cover girl" for FHM's 2013 "100 sexiest women" publication.[16]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Is Georgia Salpa engaged to her millionaire businessman boyfriend?. Irish Independent. 5 September 2016.
  2. Web site: Cover Girls: Georgia Salpa. FHM. 5 September 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120112063115/http://www.fhm.com/girls/covergirls/georgia-salpa. 12 January 2012. dmy-all.
  3. Web site: Family comes first as Georgia Salpa unveils beauty range . 2023-02-21 . independent . June 2012 . en.
  4. News: Fennell. Hilary. This much I know: Georgia Salpa. 28 June 2012. Irish Examiner. 10 December 2011. 22 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120622133414/http://www.irishexaminer.com/weekend/features/this-much-i-know-georgia-salpa-176557.html. dead.
  5. News: Georgia Salpa wants a 'long engagement' to her millionaire businessman. Irish Independent. 23 March 2014.
  6. News: It was a fairytale' gushes Georgia Salpa as she reveals first pic of Italian wedding . evoke.ie . 1 June 2015 . 2 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171021221311/https://evoke.ie/showbiz/georgia-salpa-wedding-first-photos . 21 October 2017 . dead .
  7. News: The honeymoon is over! Georgia Salpa shows off snaps from paradise . evoke.ie . 18 June 2015 . 18 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160528192948/http://evoke.ie/showbiz/georgia-salpa-honeymoon-pics-joe-penna-beach . 28 May 2016 . dead .
  8. Web site: It's a girl! Georgia Penna welcomes third child. 15 April 2018.
  9. News: Georgia on my mind. Independent News & Media. Independent Woman. 1 December 2012.
  10. News: How a shy Greek girl became an Irish phenomenon. 8 August 2010. 8 January 2012. Sunday Independent. Independent News & Media.
  11. http://www.greekgateway.com/news/ad-campaign-with-georgia-salpa-misses-the-mark "Ad campaign with Georgia Salpa misses the mark"
  12. News: Celebrities go into Big Brother house. 6 January 2012. 9 January 2012. BBC News.
  13. News: Salpa evicted from 'Celebrity Big Brother'. 18 January 2012. Breakingnews.ie.
  14. News: In Pictures: Tulisa Contostavlos is FHM Sexiest Woman in the World 2012 . 6 June 2024 . Belfast Telegraph . 1 May 2012.
  15. Web site: Showbiz roundup. TV3. 23 March 2014.
  16. Web site: Georgia Salpa is the face of this year's FHM 100 Sexiest Women poll. Entertainment.ie. 7 February 2013.

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