Laura Ponte y Martínez (born 9 June 1973 in
Vigo
Vigo (, ; ) is a city and Municipalities in Spain, municipality in the province of province of Pontevedra, Pontevedra, within the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain. Located in the northwest ...
) is a Spanish
model
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Models can be divided in ...
, daughter of José Manuel Ponte Mittelbrunn (born 1942) and wife Marcela Martínez Zapico (born ca. 1945). She entered the fashion industry in 1993, and has worked for
Valentino,
Lagerfeld, and
Ralph Lauren
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, among others.
She married Luis Beltrán Ataulfo Alfonso Gómez-Acebo y Borbón (b.
Madrid
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, 20 May 1973) on 18 September 2004, at
La Granja de San Ildefonso, in
Segovia
Segovia ( , , ) is a city in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the Province of Segovia. Segovia is located in the Meseta central, Inner Pl ...
. Her husband is the son of
Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz
Infanta Pilar of Spain, Duchess of Badajoz and Viscountess of La Torre (Spanish language, Spanish: ''María del Pilar Alfonsa Juana Victoria Luisa Ignacia y Todos los Santos de Borbón y Borbón''; 30 July 1936 – 8 January 2020), sometimes kn ...
, and the nephew of King
Juan Carlos I of Spain
Juan Carlos I (; Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, born 5 January 1938) is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain from 22 November 1975 until Abdication of Juan Carlos I, his abdic ...
. They have two children, Luis Felipe and Laura. The couple reportedly separated in May 2010.
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1973 births
Living people
People from Vigo
Spanish female models
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