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Bianca Balti (; born 19 March 1984) is an Italian model. She is known for her
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campaigns, after being the face of the brand for 10 years.


Early and personal life

Balti was born in Lodi. She is the second child and the only daughter of Bruno Balti and Mariabice Marzani. Balti was married to Italian photographer Christian Lucidi, with whom she had a daughter, Matilde, in 2007. They divorced in 2010. On 14 April 2015, she gave birth to her second daughter Mia McRae with her American boyfriend Matthew McRae, whom she had met while vacationing in
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, Spain. They got married at the Fullerton courthouse on 1 August 2016. A year later, she and Matthew McRae renewed their vows in front of family and friends on 1 August 2017. In 2022, she underwent a preventive double
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surgery after discovering that she carried a variant of the BRCA1 gene. In September 2024, she revealed that she had started chemotherapy for
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Career

Bianca Balti was scouted while she was working as a Promo girl for a shampoo company, and began her career at the age of 20. Her career took off when she was part of the S/S 05
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campaign and went on to work 10 more years with the brand. Balti was first booked for the cover of ''
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'', shot by
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. Her first notable advertisement campaign came for
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. She has appeared on the covers of many fashion magazines, including ''
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''. Her campaigns include
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such as
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. Balti was cast in
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'' (2008) as one of the erotic dancers. After the movie and her pregnancy, she returned to the catwalk, became the new face of the
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international campaign, and replaced
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as one of the faces of the fall St. John campaign, with models
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photographed by
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. In 2011 she features in
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Spring/Summer 2011 campaign art directed by Akmal Shaukat photographed by Giampaolo Sgura. In 2012 she was chosen as the new face for Dolce & Gabbana together with actress
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fragrance in 2013. She also worked as a TV presenter, hosting ''BeastMasters'' for Italy in 2018. She co-hosted the second night of the
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alongside
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