Afef Jnifen

Jnifen was born in 1963 in Ben Gardane, Tunisia and naturalized Italian citizen. She is the daughter of the former Tunisian ambassador Mohamed Jnifen, who also was ambassador in Libya,{{Cite web |last=Ascione |first=Arianna |date=11 March 2022 |title=Afef Jnifen compie 59 anni: i quattro matrimoni, il passato come modella, 7 segreti |url=https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/cards/afef-jnifen-compie-59-anni-quattro-matrimoni-passato-come-modella-7-segreti/quarta-sei-figli_principale.shtml |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=Corriere della Sera |language=it-IT |archive-date=2023-01-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115173919/https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/cards/afef-jnifen-compie-59-anni-quattro-matrimoni-passato-come-modella-7-segreti/quarta-sei-figli_principale.shtml |url-status=live}} Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and Bahrain. Her mother, Saida Benina, is of Turkish origin.{{cite web|last=Sanna|first=Cristiano|year=2019|url=https://spettacoli.tiscali.it/gossip/articoli/afef-il-potere-sa-negarsi-quarto-matrimonio/|title=[Il ritratto] Afef, le quarte nozze, i milioni e quei veleni da scansare. Il potere riservato di una ribelle|publisher=Tiscali Spettacoli|accessdate=26 September 2019|archive-date=5 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305162550/https://spettacoli.tiscali.it/gossip/articoli/afef-il-potere-sa-negarsi-quarto-matrimonio/|url-status=live}}

Her modeling career began when she was discovered by photographer Jean-Paul Goude, who spotted her walking on the beach while he was shooting a Club Med ad with Carla Bruni in the Bahamas. Goude put Jnifen in the ad and suggested her to go to Paris and meet the designer Azzedine Alaïa. She quickly became a favorite model of many of Europe's top designers, travelling between Milan and Paris while working for Armani, Fendi, Jean Paul Gaultier, Roberto Cavalli, and others.{{Cite web|title = Tunisian-born beauty Afef Jnifen|url = http://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/2012/03/afef-jnifen-tunisian-born-model-actress/|website = W Magazine|date = 1 March 2012|accessdate = 16 December 2015|language = en-US|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151222121133/http://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/2012/03/afef-jnifen-tunisian-born-model-actress/|archive-date = 22 December 2015|url-status = live}} Jnifen's career in fashion has since spanned three decades representing top international brands such as L'Oréal, Paris.{{Cite news|url=http://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/the-late-franca-sozzani-to-be-honored-by-fashion-4-development-10968491/|title=The Late Franca Sozzani to Be Honored by Fashion 4 Development|last=Lockwood|first=Lisa|date=30 August 2017|work=WWD|access-date=2017-11-21|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171119100450/http://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/the-late-franca-sozzani-to-be-honored-by-fashion-4-development-10968491/|archive-date=2017-11-19|url-status=live}}

Jnifen became known to the Italian public as an hostess of the television program Maurizio Costanzo Show in 1982 on Canale 5.{{IMDb title|id=tt4723216|title=Maurizio Costanzo Show}} She hosted the television programs Quelli che... il calcio in 1993 on Rai 3,{{IMDb title|id=tt0445135|title=Quelli che... il calcio}} Scommettiamo che.... in 1999 with Fabrizio Frizzi on Rai 1, and La grande notte in 2006 with Gene Gnocchi on Rai 2.{{IMDb title|id=tt0815593 |title=La grande notte}} In 2006, she decided to take a step back from the public eye.

In 1999, she appeared in an episode of the series Il commissario Montalbano.

In 2016 and 2017, Jnifen starred in Project Runway Middle East on MBC as a jury member along with Lebanese designer Elie Saab and Egyptian actress Yousra.{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpostmaghreb.com/2018/02/21/project-runway-abdelhanine-raouh-etoile-montante-de-la-couture-au-maroc_n_19279376.html|title=Project Runway: Abdelhanine Raouh, étoile montante de la couture au Maroc|date=21 February 2018|website=Al HuffPost Maghreb|language=fr|access-date=2019-04-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418160736/https://www.huffpostmaghreb.com/2018/02/21/project-runway-abdelhanine-raouh-etoile-montante-de-la-couture-au-maroc_n_19279376.html|archive-date=2019-04-18|url-status=usurped}} In 2017, she was named ambassador of "Fashion 4 Development".{{Cite news|url=http://www.harpersbazaararabia.com/people/the-a-list/former-bazaar-cover-star-afef-jnifen-named-ambassador-of-fashion-4-development|title=Former Bazaar Cover Star Afef Jnifen Named Ambassador Of Fashion 4 Development|work=Harper's BAZAAR Arabia|access-date=2017-11-21|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201082242/https://www.harpersbazaararabia.com/people/the-a-list/former-bazaar-cover-star-afef-jnifen-named-ambassador-of-fashion-4-development|archive-date=2017-12-01|url-status=live}} In 2018, she made a comeback in modeling.{{Cite web |last=Feitelberg |first=Rosemary |date=5 February 2018 |title=Afef Jnifen Returns to Modeling Roots for Spring Campaigner Linda Farrow |url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/afef-jnifen-returbs-to-her-modeling-roots-for-new-spring-campaigner-linda-farrow-11137259/ |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=WWD |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-01-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115171950/https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/afef-jnifen-returbs-to-her-modeling-roots-for-new-spring-campaigner-linda-farrow-11137259/ |url-status=live }}

Jnifen have been married four times, the first one was when she was young in Tunisia; the second from 1990 to 2001 with the lawyer Marco Squatri (one son together); The third from 2001 to 2018 with the businessman Marco Tronchetti Provera, chairman and CEO of Pirelli & C. S.p.A. and Telecom Italia;{{cite web |title=Afef Jnifen, une Success Story à la tunisienne – WEPOST |url=http://www.wepostmag.com/2016/06/18/afef-jnifen-une-success-story-a-la-tunisienne/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171127052446/http://www.wepostmag.com/2016/06/18/afef-jnifen-une-success-story-a-la-tunisienne |archive-date=2017-11-27 |website=www.wepostmag.com}} and the fourth since October 2021 with the businessman Alessandro del Bono.{{Cite web |title=Chi è Alessandro Del Bono, il marito di Afef Jnifen vittima di una rapina a Milano |url=https://www.fanpage.it/spettacolo/gossip/chi-e-alessandro-del-bono-il-marito-di-afef-jnifen-vittima-di-una-rapina-a-milano/ |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=Spettacolo Fanpage |date=11 January 2023 |language=it |archive-date=2023-01-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113040804/https://www.fanpage.it/spettacolo/gossip/chi-e-alessandro-del-bono-il-marito-di-afef-jnifen-vittima-di-una-rapina-a-milano/ |url-status=live }}

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