Lisa Gastineau
{{Short description|American socialite and TV personality}}
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| name = Lisa Gastineau
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| birth_name = Lisa D'Amico
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|12|11}}
| birth_place = Rockland County, New York
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| nationality = American
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| spouse = {{marriage|Mark Gastineau|1979|1991|end=div}}
| children = Brittny Gastineau
| known_for = The Gastineau Girls
| height_m = 1.71
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Lisa D'Amico Gastineau (born December 11, 1959) is the co-star of the E! reality show The Gastineau Girls, which ran from 2005 to 2006. She is the mother of model and socialite Brittny Gastineau (her co-star on Gastineau Girls) and the ex-wife of NFL player Mark Gastineau.{{cite news | url= http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/gossip/2005/09/22/2005-09-22_pooling_allies_in_teen_queen.html | title= Fear and Self Loathing? | author= Lloyd Grove with Hudson Morgan | newspaper= Daily News (New York) | date= September 22, 2005 | accessdate= January 30, 2010 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ("Lisa Gastineau isn't such a fan of her E! reality show, "Gastineau Girls," now filming its second season... And what of critics who say that she and her daughter Brittny don't even deserve their own TV show? ... 'The show wasn't about being Mark Gastineau's ex-wife.')
Biography
Gastineau is a third-generation New York native. In her earlier years, she was discovered as a teen model. She attended the University of Alabama as a broadcast/communications major.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}
At age 19,[http://www.gastineaugirls.com/ Gastineaugirls.com], Lisa Gastineau Bio, Retrieved February 1, 2010 she met Mark Gastineau (who played for the New York Jets from 1979 to 1988), and they married in 1979.{{cite news|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/classic/bio/news/story?page=Gastineau_Mark |title=Gastineau, King of Sack |author=Mike Puma |publisher=ESPN |date=April 21, 2005 |accessdate=January 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090621122146/http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/classic/bio/news/story?page=Gastineau_Mark |archivedate=June 21, 2009 }}("In 1988, while still married to his first wife Lisa, Gastineau announced his engagement to actress Brigitte Nielsen, with whom he later fathered a son. But the couple split amongst hushed talk that Gastineau physically abused her that she has yet to confirm. Gastineau later attributed his problems with women to his abuse of steroids. 'He had self-destructive tendencies,' said Lisa Gastineau, who married Mark in 1979. .. Six weeks after the Jets' (87-88) season concluded, Gastineau announced his engagement to Nielsen. He and his first wife Lisa had been separated since 1986, but their divorce wouldn't become final until 1991...) They separated in 1986 when she became aware that Mark was having an affair with actress Brigitte Nielsen.{{cite news | url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vPEaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xkcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3967,238864 | title= Gastineau sacked in divorce settlement | author= Associated Press | newspaper=The Daily News (Kentucky) | date= July 3, 1991 | accessdate=January 30, 2010}} Mark announced he was engaged to Nielsen in 1988 (they never married). The divorce was finalized in 1991.
Gastineau has worked for Fox's Good Day New York morning program as an entertainment correspondent.{{cite news | title= Former UA broadcast major star of reality TV show | author= Renee Busby | publisher=Associated Press | date= March 21, 2005 }}
She has been a buyer and proprietor of high end designer fashion, accessories and jewelry throughout New York. These boutiques included Avalon, Tres Glam, Lisa Pieces, and Trends.
In February 2005, E! Entertainment Channel debuted The Gastineau Girls starring Gastineau and her daughter Brittny. The interest in glamour reality and lifestyle sparked a generation of reality shows to come. Gastineau is a familiar face and expert on reality TV and fashion. Appearances include EXTRA, The View, Entertainment Tonight, Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Oprah, E!, The Insider, and Showbiz Tonight.
Currently Gastineau designs and appears on HSN for Gastineau Glamour, and is the president/designer of Tres Glam fine jewelry. She resides in Los Angeles, California.