Fani Stipković
Stipković speaking at the CEO Conference in Zagreb, Croatia, 2015
BornAugust 20, 1981
Korčula, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
(now Korčula, Croatia)
EducationMaster's degree, television production & management
Occupation(s)TV host, reporter, producer and journalist
Years active2008–present
OrganizationFani TV
TelevisionNova TV, RTL Televizija, HRT, Mediaset, AMC
Parent(s)Tina Stipković, Jerko Stipković
RelativesHrvoje Stipković
Websitefanitv.com

Fani Stipković (born August 20, 1981) is a Croatian television reporter, host and journalist.

Early life

Stipković was born and raised in Korčula on the eponymous island in Croatia,[1][2][3] and attended Maršala Tito elementary school until the age of 14. In 1996, she moved to Croatia's capital city, Zagreb, and attended XV Gymnasium MIOC ("Education Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science"). In 2005, she graduated from the Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb with a bachelor's degree in Television and Press Journalism.[2] In 2014, Stipković received her Master's in Television Production and Management from the Mediaset and European University of Madrid.[1][4]

Career

In 1996, Stipković joined the jazz dance group Tihana Škrinjarić and met Sandra Vranješ,[5] who became her agent. She began modeling in Croatia, London, Milan, and Spain for various commercials, editorials, fashion shows, and music videos. During this time, she continued her political science studies at the University of Zagreb.

In 2001, Stipković was an intern at the Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT), Croatia's national television network, and was an editor for the Jutarnji List (literally "Morning Paper") and Vecernji List ("Evening Paper"), Croatia's main newspapers.

In 2005, Stipković worked at Nova TV,[2] part of Central European Media Enterprises. She hosted the television show "Red Carpet",[1][6][7] conducting celebrity interviews with the football player Cristiano Ronaldo, basketball player Kobe Bryant, Formula One Lewis Hamilton and tennis players Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer.[2][8][9][10][11][12] During this time she worked on Nova TV's "In Magazine"[13][1] hosting the show "Cool Tour", a summer show visiting luxury villas and resorts with various celebrities. Stipković also was involved in interviewing at numerous events, including, Miss Universe Croatia, Nad Lipom, US Open and ATP tennis tournaments, UEFA Champions League football games and Ballon d'Or FIFA World Player awards.[2]

In 2014, after graduating her Masters degree at Universidad Europea de Madrid, Stipković started for Mediaset sport at Mediaset Spain.[14][15][16] Stipković worked at RTL Hrvatska[1][2] as a TV correspondent reporting from Madrid, Spain. During this time, Stipković created her own channel, Fani TV,[17] hosting exclusive interviews with various athletes, celebrities and entrepreneurs as well as showcasing travel and lifestyle hot spots around the world.[1][18]

In 2015, Stipković worked with FACE TV,[1] hosting exclusive interviews and events in Spain and Monaco, airing on regional television in former-Yugoslavian regions.

In 2013 and 2014, Stipković launched a swimwear collection in collaboration with Pletix, Pletix by Fani Stipković.[19] In 2015, she partnered with Khongboon Swimwear launching the collections.[20][21][22][23]

Stipković has authored articles for The Huffington Post including "What actually is success?"[24] and "How to Drop Your Ego with Five Techniques".[25][26]

In July 2016 Stipković was official TV host for Umag, doing interviews with Andre Agassi and many others athletes and celebrities.[27][28][29] In August she started collaborating with a Spanish production company, filming a TV story about Melania Trump and exclusive interview with Natascha Kampusch, which were broadcast at Mediaset Spain. In 2017, Stipković was guest in a special TV show on Antena 3 television in Spain about the presidency of Donald Trump. The same year Stipkovic worked as a correspondent from Spain for a sports channel from Croatia doing interviews with celebrities such as the Spain national basketball team coach Sergio Scariolo.[30][31]

As a fitness and sports enthusiast, Stipković was hired to do a TV story about CrossFit.[32][33] In May and June 2018 she worked as a daily live TV host for a Croatian soccer reality show.[34][35][27] The ambassadors of the show were soccer stars such as captain of Croatian national team Luka Modrić and FC Barcelona's Ivan Rakitić, broadcast live on Croatian football television HNTV prior to the 2018 FIFA World Cup. In September and October 2018, Stipković was hosting Spanish TV programs working for AMC networks. These TV shows were broadcast in Spain and Latin America.[36][37] Stipkovic continued doing exclusive interviews for Nova TV, interviewing tennis player Novak Đokovic and football player Luís Figo.[38][39][40][41]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Luda kuca[42] Nurse episode 1.2 – credited as Fani Stipković
2007 Zabranjena ljubav[43] Mia Marovic episode 1.529 – credited as Fani Stipković
2007 Zabranjena ljubav[44] Mia Marovic episode 1.530 – credited as Fani Stipković
2007 Zabranjena ljubav[43] Mia Marovic episode 1.538 – credited as Fani Stipković
2007 Ne daj se, Nina![45] Tea episode 1.3 – credited as Fani Stipković
2011 Inside the NFL[2] herself interview with sport director, Pete Radovich

Awards

Stipković was ranked No. 1 as the Sexiest Journalist in Europe[46] in 2014 and 2015.[47]

In 2015, Stipković was a speaker at the C.E.O. Conference[48] at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb.[3]

Following her involvement with football, in April 2019, Stipković was selected as an executive committee of International Federation of Football History & Statistics, hosting the annual ceremony and giving awards to Luka Modrić and Thibaut Courtois.[49][50]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Sinovčić, Dean. "Fani Stipković Ostvaruju se španjolski snovi televizijske ljepotice". www.nacional.hr. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Fani Stipković postaje dopisnica Exkluziv Tabloida!". RTL. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  3. 1 2 "Kako Fani Stipković ruši predrasude". Dnevnik.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  4. ↑ "Fani Stipković postala magistra!". m.tportal.hr. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  5. ↑ "Interview Sandra Vranješ". Archived from the original on 2016-09-11. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
  6. ↑ "Fani Stipković". Nova TV (in Croatian). Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  7. ↑ "Fani Stipković postala je novinarka "Red Carpeta"". www.24sata.hr. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  8. ↑ Mrvec, Damir (2016-05-09). "Cristiano Ronaldo nije dosadan, barem ne meni". Vecernji.hr. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  9. ↑ "Video – Kobe otvoreno o psovkama na hrvatskom te filmu o Draženu i Divcu". Gol.dnevnik.hr. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  10. ↑ Piše L. V. (2017-04-26). "Red Carpet donosi intervju s Lewisom Hamiltonom". Dnevnik.hr. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  11. ↑ "Intervju s Federerom u Red Carpetu". Dnevnik.hr. 2017-04-26. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  12. ↑ "Veliki povratak Fani Stipković". Tportal.hr. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  13. ↑ "In Magazin". Archived from the original on 2019-07-23. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
  14. ↑ "Fani Stipkovic, el nuevo fichaje sexy de deportes Tele 5". Semana.es. 2018-11-13. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  15. ↑ "Televisión: La becaria más sensual de J.J. Santos". Vanitatis.elconfidencial.com. 29 May 2014. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  16. ↑ "Así es la becaria 'sexy' de los deportes de Mediaset - Fani Stipkovic, becaria de Med..." Elmundo.es. 2014-05-29. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
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  19. ↑ "Pletix by Fani Stipković Popular Swimwear". August 15, 2013.
  20. ↑ "Fani Stipković Za Globus 'Postala sam gurman. I otkad mi je uspio biznis sa Fani TV najviše trošim na hranu'". www.jutarnji.hr. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  21. ↑ "Foto – Fani, gdje si skrivala te obline do sada?! Prava bomba!". Dnevnik.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  22. ↑ "Video, Foto: Može Li Biti Više Seksi? Fani se u oskudnom bikiniju valja po plaži". www.jutarnji.hr. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  23. ↑ "Ispovijest Najseksi Novinarke Europe – 'Već sad znam da ću plakati kada budem odlazila sa svoje Korčule...'". www.jutarnji.hr. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  24. ↑ "What Actually Is Success?". HuffPost. February 3, 2016.
  25. ↑ "How to Drop Your Ego With 5 Techniques". HuffPost. February 18, 2016.
  26. ↑ "Fani Stipkovic | HuffPost". Huffingtonpost.com. 2018-07-17. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  27. 1 2 "Samo Za Story – Fani Stipković: 'Raduju me uspjesi mog dečka'". Archived from the original on 2018-07-23. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  28. ↑ "Video – Andre Agassi atraktivnoj Fani Stipković otkrio svoj najveći životni izazov". Index.hr. 2016-07-18. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  29. ↑ "Agassi otvorio dušu zanosnoj Fani Stipković". Tportal.hr. 2016-07-18. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  30. ↑ "Video: Vrlo zanimljiv intervju sa Sergiom Scariolom". Archived from the original on 2018-07-24. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
  31. ↑ "Legendarni Talijan otkrio hrvatske korijene; dotakao se Dražena Petrovića te iznenadio priznanjem". Tportal.hr. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
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  35. ↑ "'Puno je informacija krivo napisano o mojoj bolesti': Fani Stipković nakon dužeg izbivanja posjetit će svoju 'oazu mira', a otkrila je i što ju vraća na otok > Slobodna Dalmacija". Slobodnadalmacija.hr. 2018-05-06. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
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  40. ↑ "Luis Figo ekskluzivno za IN magazin i GOL.hr o svojoj karijeri, djetinjstvu i igračkoj mirovini". Gol.dnevnik.hr. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
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  42. ↑ Bukvic, Aida; Roksandic, Igor (2005-10-05), Episode #1.2, retrieved 2016-02-22
  43. 1 2 Episode #1.538, 2007-03-21, retrieved 2016-02-22
  44. ↑ Paleka, Dinko (2007-03-09), Episode #1.530, retrieved 2016-02-22
  45. ↑ Milic, Kristijan; Pavlicic, Ivan (2000-01-01), Episode #1.3, retrieved 2016-02-22
  46. ↑ "Croatian Wins Europe's Sexiest Journalist Title". January 20, 2015.
  47. ↑ "Ugledna Korčulanka Oduševila Europu – Fani Stipković opet proglašena najseksi novinarkom". www.jutarnji.hr. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  48. ↑ "C.E.O. Conference". Archived from the original on 2019-07-23. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
  49. ↑ "Congratulations for the Re-Election of the President and the New Executive Committee of the IFFHS Up to May 1st 2024". Iffhs.de. 2019-04-30. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
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