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Bianca Balti
Bianca Balti in 2010
Born	(1984-03-19) March 19, 1984 (age 28) Lodi, Lombardy, Italy
Ethnicity	Italian
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)1
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Blue
Measurements	(US) 31.5-23-34; (EU) 80-58-86.51

Bianca Balti (born 19 March 1984) is an Italian model born in Lodi, Lombardy.

Career

Balti was first booked for the cover of L'Officiel, shot by Alexi Lubomirski. Her first notable advertisement campaign came for Dolce & Gabbana. She has appeared on the covers of many fashion magazines, including Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, W, Cosmopolitan, and Marie Claire, as well as men's magazine Playboy. Her campaigns include Roberto Cavalli, Donna Karan, Christian Dior, D&G, Valentino, Armani Jeans, Missoni, Rolex, Guess?, Paco Rabanne, Anna Molinari, Guerlain, Revlon, La Perla, Mango, and Thierry Mugler.¹

She also appeared in the 2005 Victoria's Secret fashion show and in their catalogs.

Since the spring/summer 2005 fashion shows, she has appeared shows for designers such as Karl Lagerfeld, Gianfranco Ferré, Marc Jacobs, Alexander McQueen, Givenchy, Zac Posen, Hermès, John Galliano, Gucci, Fendi, Prada, Valentino, Missoni, Chanel, Christian Dior, Versace, Oscar de la Renta, Narciso Rodriguez, Ralph Lauren, and Carolina Herrera, Victoria's Secret.

Balti was cast in Abel Ferrara's movie Go Go Tales (2008) as one of the erotic dancers. After the movie and her pregnancy, she returned to the catwalk, became the new face of the Cesare Paciotti international campaign, and replaced Angelina Jolie as one of the faces of the fall St. John campaign, with models Hilary Rhoda and Caroline Winberg

She appears in the 2011 Pirelli Calendar photographed by Karl Lagerfeld.

Personal life

Balti was married to an Italian photographer assistant, Christian Lucidi with whom she has a daughter called Matilde who was born in 2007. The couple broke up in 2009. Since June 2011, Balti has been dating Francesco Mele, a 26-year-old musician from Sardinia.^{2citation needed}

Agencies

• Brave Model Management
• FM Model Agency
• ICONIC Management
• IMG
• Profile Model Management

References

External links

• Bianca Balti at the Internet Movie Database
• Photos on Style.com
• IMG Models: Profile
• Runways
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