Amalia Granata | |
|---|---|
 Granata in 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 February 1981 Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina |
| Political party | Republican Proposal Juntos por el Cambio (2021) |
| Spouse | Leonardo Squarzon |
| Children | 2 |
| Occupation | model, politician |
Amalia Granata (born 26 February 1981) is an Argentine model and politician. She became a congresswoman for Santa Fe Province in 2019.[1]
Early life
In mid-2007, she went to live in Romania with her then boyfriend, footballer Cristian Fabbiani. A few months later she returned to Argentina, separated from Fabbiani, while she was pregnant with daughter Uma, who was born in 2008 in Rosario, Argentina.[2][3]
In February 2016, she began a relationship with businessman Leonardo Squarzon. A month after the courtship, she revealed that she was pregnant and their son Roque was born in December. The couple was about to separate over Squarzon's infidelity, but stayed together.[4][5]
Career
She began her television career in when she confessed to having had sex with Robbie Williams on television when he was on tour with his 2003 Tour of Argentina in November 2004.
Granata worked during the Viña del Mar 2006 Festival as a TV host. She participated in a segment called MisionSex of the Chilean REC program and modeled clothes for Chilean magazines and portals.
In May 2007 she joined the reality show Hermano Famosos. She was the first expelled from the game with 54% of the votes.
Between 2009 and 2010 she was a panelist on A Perfect World and posed nude for the Argentine edition of Playboy magazine. She was in the sixth edition of the Argentine tournament called Bailando 2010.
During 2017 and she worked as a panelist on Pamela in the afternoon.In 2018 she was a panelist of Every Afternoon but was dismissed by a controversial tweet about the death of María Eugenia Laprida.[6][7][8]
Politics
In 2019, after an intense electoral campaign and anti-abortion activism, she ran as a candidate for Provincial Representative. Her participation in the political scene had begun before with a smaller party. After the campaign against the legalization of abortion in 2018, Ola Celeste (blue wave), Granata joined a group of politicians supporting these principles and against gender ideology. In addition to various proposals of liberal and humanist court, the Somos Vida party of the Unite for Life and Family electoral front was presented at the primary elections in Santa Fe with provincial representatives and senators and some mayors and councilors obtaining over 140 thousand votes. Granata became the third most voted candidate, after Socialist and Change.
Obtaining around 290 thousand votes, Granata, constitutional lawyer Nicolás Mayoraz and evangelist Walter Ghione along with 4 others became Representatives of the Province of Santa Fe taking office on 10 December 2019.[9]
References
- ↑ La Nación. "Amalia Granata comparó el video del cordero en la pileta con un aborto" (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ↑ "Amalia Granata". imdb (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ↑ "Amalia Granata, brutal: "Las van a violar y seguir matando, pero libres de culpa y cargo porque es legal"". laizquierdadiario (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ↑ "Las fotos de las vacaciones de Amalia Granata y Leo Squarzon en las playas de Punta del Este". infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2019.
- ↑ "Amalia Granata dejó su partido antes de asumir su banca". pagina12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ↑ ""Volvió el populismo", Amalia Granata furiosa con los festejos por la asunción presidencial". lanacion (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2019.
- ↑ "Amalia Granata le contestó a Jorge Rial: "No me podían ver feliz jurando"". lanacion (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2019.
- ↑ "Las fotos de las vacaciones de Amalia Granata y Leo Squarzon en las playas de Punta del Este". infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2019.
- ↑ "Amalia Granata abandonó el partido por el que fue elegida diputada en Santa Fe". lavoz (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 November 2019.