Georgia Salpa

Georgia Salpa
Born May 14, 1985
Athens, Greece
Nationality Irish
Occupation Model
Known for Modelling, Celebrity Big Brother
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)

Georgia Salpa (Greek: Γεωργία Σάλπα; born 14 May 1985) is a Greek-born Irish model.[1]

Personal life

Georgia Salpa was born in Athens to an Irish mother and Greek father. When Salpa was five years old, her family moved to Dublin, where she was raised in the suburb of Killiney.[2] Salpa is engaged to millionaire British hedge-fund manager Joe Penna,[3] with plans to marry in May 2015.[4][5][6]

Career

Salpa began modelling before leaving secondary-school,[7] and has undertaken modelling assignments for various publications.[8] 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.[8][9]

Salpa later moved to the United Kingdom, and participated in the Channel 5 show Celebrity Big Brother[10] where she was the third housemate evicted.[11] In 2012 Salpa was listed 5th in FHM's "100 sexiest women" poll,[12] and increasingly featured in the magazine including on covers of the French, Czech and Indonesian editions,[13] and as "cover girl" for FHM's 2013 "100 sexiest women" publication.[14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Cover Girls: Georgia Salpa". FHM.
  2. ↑ Fennell, Hilary (10 December 2011). "This much I know: Georgia Salpa". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "Georgia Salpa wants a 'long engagement' to her millionaire businessman". Irish Independent. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Get me to the CHURCH on time: Georgia Salpa’s wedding to Joe Penna will happen in MAY, and it’ll be in Ireland". evoke.ie. 15 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Georgia Salpa starts wedding shopping ahead of May nuptials". evoke.ie. 11 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "Italian job! Bride-to-be Georgia set to get hitched on May 30 in Italy". evoke.ie. 4 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Georgia on my mind". Independent Woman (Independent News & Media). 1 December 2012.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "How a shy Greek girl became an Irish phenomenon". Sunday Independent (Independent News & Media). 8 August 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  9. ↑ "Ad campaign with Georgia Salpa misses the mark", Greek Gateway. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  10. ↑ "Celebrities go into Big Brother house". BBC News. 6 January 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  11. ↑ "Salpa evicted from 'Celebrity Big Brother'". Breakingnews.ie. 18 January 2012.
  12. ↑ "Looking mean in aubergines! Georgia Salpa wears vegetable-print dress as she manages No. 5 in FHM's sexiest woman list". Daily Mail. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  13. ↑ "Showbiz roundup". TV3. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  14. ↑ "Georgia Salpa is the face of this year's FHM 100 Sexiest Women poll". Entertainment.ie. 7 February 2013.

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