1. Michelle Hunziker's mother Ineke is Dutch, with distant Indonesian ancestry, and her father Rudolf, who died of a heart attack in 2001, was a German-speaking Swiss painter who worked as a hotel manager.
13 Facts About Michelle Hunziker
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In 1983, the family moved to Ostermundigen, a suburb of Bern in the German-speaking part of Switzerland, where Michelle Hunziker attended elementary school.
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Michelle Hunziker was in the documentary The Protagonist and in another film, Alex l'Ariete, where she acted with ex-skiing star Alberto Tomba.
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In 1999, TV3, the first Swiss private television station, was founded in Zurich, and Michelle Hunziker hosted a show called Cinderella, where a hair and make-up artist, as well as a styling adviser, helped both a celebrity and a viewer have a makeover.
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Later, Michelle Hunziker was interviewed by the Swiss-German magazine Schweizer Illustrierte and said that she could not speak German anymore after having lived in Italy for many years.
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Michelle Hunziker co-hosted the show with Thomas Elstner and interviewed celebrities about their first love.
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Michelle Hunziker co-hosted the Italian comedy shows Zelig and Scherzi a parte in 2001.
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Michelle Hunziker co-hosted the Italian open-air music show Festivalbar with Daniele Bossari and Alessia Marcuzzi.
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Michelle Hunziker has starred in the musicals directed by Saverio Marconi The Sound of Music and Cabaret ; both had huge success in Italy.
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Michelle Hunziker was married to Italian singer Eros Ramazzotti from 1998.
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Michelle Hunziker announced her engagement to the Trussardi-heir Tomaso Trussardi in 2013.
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In 2017, Michelle Hunziker announced that she blamed a cult for her divorce from Ramazzotti.
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Michelle Hunziker said that the cult tried to persuade her that he was a bad influence on her and to isolate her from her family.