Gabi Grecko

Gabi Grecko
Born Gabriella Rose Curtis
(1989-06-05) June 5, 1989
Miami, Florida, U.S.
Nationality American
Spouse(s) Geoffrey Edelsten (m. 2015)

Gabi Grecko[1] (born Gabriella Rose Curtis;[2] June 5, 1989) is an American fashion designer, model, DJ and reality television character.[3]

Early life

Grecko was born on June 5, 1989 in Miami, Florida.[4] In an interview with Penthouse magazine, she revealed that her celebrity hairdresser father Michael died from a cocaine overdose when she was 12. Grecko spent her early years being ferried between her unmarried parents. She has a younger step-brother and sister from her mother's subsequent marriage. She is estranged from her step-siblings but remains close to her mother, Kathy Deering. Grecko suffers from ADHD.[5]

Career

Grecko started as a teen model signed with The Diamond Agency in Florida in 1998. After finishing high school she moved to Harlem, New York, where she worked in the Garment District as an assistant designer for three years. After that, she moved to the West Village, where she started her own fashion line Avant Vamp in 2014. While creating her line, she attended 'DJ Scratch Academy' as a strictly-vinyl DJ. She also appeared on the Axis Networks reality show Club Kids (2013–2014).[6] Grecko is currently designing her Avant Vamp line, and undertakes vinyl DJ'ing as well as professional modeling. In 2014, she became Maxim magazine's August covergirl.[7] Maxim also did a special feature on Grecko in July 2014.[8] Gabi also revealed on the same evening that she had taken up the art of burlesque dancing.[9]

Grecko and her then husband Geoffrey Edelsten were both contestants on the 2015 season of The Celebrity Apprentice Australia.[10] Grecko was the first eliminated on the show.

Television
Year Title Type Role
2013 - 2014 Club Kids Reality Television Herself
Year Title Type Role
2015 The Celebrity Apprentice Australia Reality Television Herself / Contestant
Music video
Year Music Video Artist
2016 Frenchy Mafia Angelique Morgan

Personal life

Grecko met Australian entrepreneur Geoffrey Edelsten, who is 46 years her senior, in New York City and became engaged while in Australia with him.[11] Shortly before Edelsten proposed to Grecko, they had both appeared on KIIS 106.5 where they discussed their relationship.[12] She first appeared publicly at Edelsten's side at AFL legend Tom Hafey's funeral.[13]

Grecko and Edelsten married on 11 June 2015, hours before her Australian Visa was about to expire.[14][15]

Grecko and Edelsten however reportedly split after just four months, they are soon to be divorced.[16]

References

  1. ↑ https://Instagram.com/GabiGrecko
  2. ↑ Coster, Alice (17 April 2015). "Gabi Grecko has been charged with offensive behaviour after she went nude in Melbourne". heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Who is the real Gabi Grecko, Brynne Edelsten's doppelganger and Geoffrey's new girlfriend". News Australia. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Gabi Grecko is in Sydney turning heads with her revealing knockout black outfit". Daily Telegraph Australia. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  5. ↑ Gusmaroli, Danielle (8 March 2015). "Geoffrey Edelsten's fiancée Gabi Grecko reveals she lost her father to a cocaine overdose when she was 12 and today struggles daily with ADHD". Daily Mail. Associated Publishers.
  6. ↑ "Blast from the past: Images emerge of Gabi Grecko's teenage years with her family in suburban Florida before she was famous". Daily Mail. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  7. ↑ Van Boom, Daniel (13 July 2014). "Perfect time for a makeover? Gabi Grecko posts sultry shot revealing she's Maxim Australia's August covergirl amidst her week of chaos". Daily Mail. Associated Publishers.
  8. ↑ Grecko, Gabi (18 July 2014). "MAXIM Australia – Men's Magazine featuring Gabi Grecko". YouTube. YouTube.
  9. ↑ Croffey, Amy (20 January 2015). "'I'm using him for sex!' Gabi Grecko, 25, reveals why she's REALLY engaged to Geoffrey Edelsten, 71, and adds that he's 'just a piece of a**'". Daily Mail. Associated Publishers.
  10. ↑ Hoyer, Melissa (July 20, 2015). "Gabi Grecko, Geoffrey Edelsten, Mel Greig sign up for Celebrity Apprentice". News.com.au. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Geoffrey Edelsten's new squeeze Gabi Grecko ... model, DJ, partygirl and self-promoter". Daily Telegraph Australia. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  12. ↑ "Geoffrey Edelsten And Gabi Grecko Kiss; Talk About Sex Life". YouTube. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  13. ↑ Toohey, Paul (14 December 2014). "Inside the crazy world of Geoffrey Edelsten and Gabi Grecko". News.com.au. Associated Newspapers.
  14. ↑ "Gabi Grecko marries Geoffrey Edelsten in Vegas style wedding...in Melbourne". smh.com.au. 12 June 2015.
  15. ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3119858/Gabi-Grecko-Edelsten-26-wed-Geoffrey-71-street-register-office-TEN-hours-visa-expires-midnight.html
  16. ↑ Gabi Grecko insists she husband Geoffrey Edelsten are getting divorced | Daily Mail Online
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