Luciana Gimenez

Luciana Gimenez
Gimenez in 2015
Born
Luciana Gimenez Morad

(1969-11-03) November 3, 1969 (age 55)
OccupationTV host
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Spouse
Marcelo de Carvalho
(m. 2006; div. 2018)
Children2
Websitelucianagimenez.com.br

Luciana Gimenez Morad (born November 3, 1969) is a Brazilian television host and former model. She became pregnant with Mick Jagger's child while he was unofficially married to supermodel Jerry Hall. DNA tests confirmed Lucas Maurice Morad-Jagger was Jagger's son.

Early life

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Gimenez was born in São Paulo, daughter of businessman João Alberto Morad and actress Vera Gimenez. She is also the half sister of actor Marco Antonio Gimenez. Luciana spent part of her childhood at her maternal grandmother's house in São Paulo because of her parents' divorce proceedings. After the death of her grandmother, she moved to Rio de Janeiro, where she moved in with her mother and stepfather, actor Jece Valadão.

Career

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Gimenez started her modeling career at age 13. She was then recruited at 16 by John Casablancas,[2][3] founder of Elite Model Management and began modeling in many cities around the world, such as Paris, Hamburg, Milan, and New York. After retiring from modeling, Gimenez went on to become a TV hostess on Brazil's RedeTV!, and her show is the primetime show Superpop. She has already been endorsed by brands such as: Chanel, Osklen, Marks & Spencer, Azzedine Alaïa.

After research done by ABC, Luciana was invited to participate in the program The View on June 10, 2013.[4] One of the main issues addressed by the program was the campaign against the prevention of communicable disease by prostitutes.

Personal life

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Her son with musician Mick Jagger, Lucas Maurice Morad, also known as Lucas Jagger, was born on May 18, 1999 in New York City, U.S.[5] She was married to Marcelo de Carvalho, who owns RedeTV!, from August 19, 2006, to 2018.[6] Gimenez and Carvalho have one son.[7]

She speaks four languages fluently: her native Portuguese, English, French and Italian.

In a 2023 videocast to Universa, Luciana came out as demisexual.[8]

Filmography

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Television

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Year Program Channel
2001–present Superpop RedeTV!
2010 Mega Senha RedeTV!
2012–present Luciana by Night RedeTV!
2013 The View ABC

Film

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Year Film Role
2001 Xuxa e os Duendes Fada Morgana
2010 O Filme dos Espíritos Roseli

References

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  1. ^ "Luciana Gimenez poses for the magazine tpm". UOU. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "Casablancas: The Man Who Loved Women (2016) - Trivia". Imdb.
  3. ^ "Luciana Gimenez lamenta a morte do dono da Elite, Jonh Casablancas". Ofuxico. July 20, 2013.
  4. ^ "Get the Lowdown on Today's Co-Host Luciana Gimenez". ABC. Archived from the original on June 17, 2013. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  5. ^ "Mick Jagger: Singer, Songwriter (1943–)". Biography.com. A&E Networks. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  6. ^ "Luciana Gimenez Morad (The Best Woman on TV)". bestuff.com. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved October 14, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ^ "Nasce Lorenzo Gabriel, segundo filho de Luciana Gimenez". Gente – iG. February 24, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
  8. ^ "Luciana Gimenez revela ser demissexual; entenda as orientações sexuais dos artistas". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). December 2, 2023. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
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