Ariadna Romero

Ariadna Romero (born 19 September 1986 in Fomento) is a Cuban model and actress.

Ariadna Romero
Ariadna Romero in December 2011
Born	Ariadna Romero (1986-09-19) September 19, 1986 (age 39) Fomento, Cuba
Occupations	Model, showgirl, actress, television personality[1][2]
Years active	2009 - present
Spouse	Lorenzo Gergati ​ ​ (m. 2012; div. 2015)​
Partner	Pierpaolo Pretelli (2015–2018)
Children	1
Modeling information
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)[2][3]
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Green
Website	http://www.ariadnaromero.it/

Biography

Romero started her career as model in 2009^[4] when a talent scout,^[5] during her first photoshoot in Cuba with an Italian troupe, asked her to move to Italy, where she lives between Milan and Turin; in 2011 she debuted as actress becoming the female lead in Leonardo Pieraccioni's feature film Finalmente la felicità.^[6][7] Romero in the winter of 2012 took part^[8][9] (with Bobo Vieri, Alex Belli, Andrés Gil, Anna Tatangelo, Ria Antoniou and other contestant) in the 8th season of the Italian talent show Ballando con le Stelle hosted on Rai 1 by Milly Carlucci with Paolo Belli and his Big Band. Romero in the autumn of 2013 took part,^[5] with Francesca Fioretti, in the second season^[5] of Pechino Express, the Italian version^[5] (aired on Rai 2 and hosted by Costantino della Gherardesca) of the international reality show Peking Express, and in that reality-game^[10] the couple Romero-Fioretti obtained good reviews and the second place.^[11]

Romero in the autumn of 2014 participated as showgirl, with others, in La papera non fa l'eco,^[12] a variety show hosted on Rai 2 by Max Giusti. Romero in 2015 took part, with Fabio Tavelli, Studio EuroBasket, a program aired by Sky Sport Italia, channel of Rupert Murdoch's Sky Italia.^[13][14] During her career over the years,^[2] Romero participated as model in many advertising campaigns. Romero won^[15] the Italian prize Premio Eilat Diamonds^[15] (Eilat Diamonds Award) in July 2016^[15] «per i suoi successi professionali^[15] e per il perfetto connubio tra bellezza e talento»^[15] («for her professional achievements and the perfect combination of beauty and talent»).^[15]

In the same year (2016) Romero was the female lead^[15] in the Roberto Capucci's feature film Ovunque tu sarai.^[15] Romero in 2017 obtained the role^[16][17] of Nora Segni in The Broken Key,^[18][19] an English-language Italian independent film written and directed by Louis Nero. Romero in the winter of 2019 took part^[20] (with Youma Diakite, Jeremias Rodríguez, Riccardo Fogli, Abdelkader Ghezzal, Marco Maddaloni and other contestant) in the 14th season of L'isola dei famosi,^[3] the Italian version (aired by Canale 5 and hosted by Alessia Marcuzzi with Alvin) of Celebrity Survivor, an international reality show. Romero took part as showgirl in the 1st season (June 2019)^[21][22] and in the 2nd season (January 2020)^[23][24] of All Together Now, a reality television music competition aired by Canale 5 and hosted by Michelle Hunziker as presenter with J-Ax as captain. Romero in 2019 was also a guest star in two comedy programs of Rai 2, precisely Made in Sud,^[25] hosted by Fatima Trotta, and Stasera tutto è possibile,^[26] hosted by Stefano De Martino.

Ariadna Romero (December 2011)

Personal life

Romero married the Italian basketball player Lorenzo Gergati in a civil ceremony in Varese on 20 December 2012;^[27] the Catholic ceremony was celebrated on 7 July 2013 in Cuba.^[28] Their marriage ended in 2015,^[29] when Romero met the model Pierpaolo Petrelli:^[29] they have a son together named Leonardo Petrelli^[30] who was born on 18 July 2017,^[31] but the relationship of Leonardo's parents ended in April 2018.^[32] In August 2023, it was revealed that Romero is in a relationship with Julio Iglesias Jr.^[33]

Career

Filmography

Thyago Alves, Leonardo Pieraccioni and Ariadna Romero at the preview of the film Finalmente la felicità in Cologno Monzese (Milan, Lombardy, Italy) at Radio Italia in 2011

• Finalmente la felicità, directed by Leonardo Pieraccioni (2011)
• Ovunque tu sarai, directed by Roberto Capucci (2016)^[15]
• The Broken Key, directed by Louis Nero (2017)

Television

• Quelli che il calcio (Rai 2, 2009–2010)
• Jukebox (Milan Channel, 2009–2013)
• Ballando con le stelle 8 (it) (Rai 1, 2012)
• Pechino Express - Obiettivo Bangkok (it) (Rai 2, 2013)
• Studio EuroBasket (Sky Sport, 2015)
• L'isola dei famosi (Canale 5, 2019)
• Made in Sud (Rai 2, 2019)
• All Together Now (Canale 5, 2019–2020)
• Stasera tutto è possibile (Rai 2, 2019)

Ariadna Romero (December 2011)

Videoclip

• 2010 - Boom Boom of Mitch e Squalo (it)

Advertising campaigns

• Vecchia Romagna (2010-today)
• Sammontana (2010)
• Locman donna (2010)
• Cotril (2011-today)
• Pin Up Stars (2011-2012)
• Testimonial of the charity campaigns of AIL (2013)
• Jeep Compass (2013)
• White le Spose (2014-today)
• TIM (2015)
• Pomodoro Petti (2016-today)