Slavica Ecclestone
{{Short description|Croatian model and ex-wife of Bernie Ecclestone}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Slavica Ecclestone
| image = Slavica Ecclestone.jpeg
| caption = Ecclestone in 1991
| birth_name = Slavica Radić
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1958|06|2}}
| birth_place = Rijeka, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
| height = 185 cm
| spouse = {{marriage|Bernie Ecclestone|1985|2009|reason=div}}
| children = {{hlist|Tamara|Petra}}
}}
Slavica Ecclestone ({{nee}} Radić; born 2 June 1958) is a Croatian former model and the ex-wife of former Formula 1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone.Forster, John, Pope, Nigel, The Political Economy of Global Sports Organisations, (citing The Economist) p. 73Christopher McDougall, Stout, Glenn, The Best American Sports Writing 2014, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, p. 264
Early life
Ecclestone was born in Rijeka, where her Serb parents—Jovan "Jovo" Radić and Ljubica Malić from Maglajani and Riječani, respectively, both villages within the Laktaši municipality, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina—had settled shortly before her birth in search of expanded job opportunities.{{cite news| url=http://www.novine.ca/arhiva/2009/1211/naslovne.asp | work=Novine Toronto | first=M. | last=S. | title=Život kao bombona | date=14 August 2009 | language=sr}}{{cite news| url=http://dnevnik.hr/scena/zanimljivosti/video-odakle-je-zapravo-slavica-ecclestone.html | work=Dnevnik.hr | author=Red Carpet | title=Video: Odakle je zapravo Slavica Ecclestone? | date=10 March 2008 | language=hr}} The family soon moved back to northern Bosnia to her father's village, meaning Slavica would spend the majority of her childhood in Maglajani. After her parents divorced when she was seven years old, being raised by her mother Ljubica, Slavica was taught to "not do to someone else what you wouldn't want to be done to yourself."
Career
In her early career, Slavica worked as a fashion model, modelling for a number of clients, including the designer Armani. While working on a Formula One promotional event for Armani at the 1982 Italian Grand Prix in Monza, the twenty-four-year-old model met fifty-two-year-old Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone.{{cite web|url=http://www.nacional.hr/en/clanak/18262/goran-milic-trying-to-extort-money-from-bernie-ecclestone|title=Goran Milić trying to extort money from Bernie Ecclestone|publisher=Nacional (weekly)|author=Marko Ćustić|date=11 September 2003|access-date=25 July 2012|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626233716/http://www.nacional.hr/en/clanak/18262/goran-milic-trying-to-extort-money-from-bernie-ecclestone}}{{cite journal | url=http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/13574/goran-milic-ucjenjuje-bernieja-ecclestonea | title=Goran Milić ucjenjuje Bernieja Ecclestonea | trans-title=Goran Milić blackmails Bernie Ecclestone | journal=Nacional | issue=408 | date=11 September 2003 | language=hr | access-date=11 July 2011 | archive-date=9 June 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609121951/http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/13574/goran-milic-ucjenjuje-bernieja-ecclestonea }}{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2348986/My-Sport-Tamara-Ecclestone.html | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Sarah | last=Edworthy | title=My Sport: Tamara Ecclestone | date=27 October 2006 | location=London}}
Personal life
From her marriage, Slavica has two daughters, Tamara (born 1984) and Petra (born 1988).
In November 2008, Slavica filed for divorce after 23 years of marriage.John Forster and Nigel Pope, The Political Economy of Global Sports Organisations, (citing The Economist) p. 73{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-36891829|title=F1 Ecclestone's mother-in-law 'kidnapped'|work=BBC News|date=26 July 2016}}{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/sport/football/article/bernie-and-slavica-ecclestone-5c2plv3vj2k|title=Bernie and Slavica Ecclestone|date=27 April 2008|via=www.thetimes.co.uk}}{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/most-expensive-divorce-settlements-2018-1|title=The 10 most expensive divorce settlements in history total over $11 billion — here's who walked away with the most|website=Business Insider}} The divorce was granted on 11 March 2009.[https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090311/ap_on_sp_au_ra_ne/car_f1_ecclestone_divorce;_ylt=AtcxjMtEHaAe75XA2SXzRx8LMxIF F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone's Divorce Finalized] Yahoo Sports, 11 March 2009 She ranked 194 in The Sunday Times
In December 2019, she put her Chelsea mansion up for sale for more than £100m after daughter Tamara's home in Kensington Palace Gardens was raided and jewels worth £50m were stolen.{{Cite news|last=Times|first=The Sunday|title=Rich List 2020: profiles 101-199=, featuring Sir Paul McCartney and Joanne Rowling|newspaper=The Times|language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/rich-list-2020-profiles-101-199-featuring-paul-mccartney-and-jk-rowling-dvd9zt5p0|access-date=17 July 2020|issn=0140-0460}}
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