Pia Christina Miller Getty (born 1966) is a socialite and heiress.

Early life

She is the eldest daughter of

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, an American-born British businessman, and wife María Clara "Chantal" Pesantes Becerra, an

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, and sister of Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece and Princess Alexandra von Fürstenberg, a trio famously dubbed "the Miller Sisters". Getty spent her childhood in

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

and attended Le Rosey School in

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. She briefly attended

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in New York and later studied

art history Art history is the study of Work of art, artistic works made throughout human history. Among other topics, it studies art’s formal qualities, its impact on societies and cultures, and how artistic styles have changed throughout history. Tradit ...

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private Jesuit research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic higher education, Ca ...

Career

Getty is the American spokeswoman for the cosmetics company

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. She is frequently featured in ''

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'', '' Vanity Fair'', and other society magazines. Her first feature documentary film, ''China Power - Art Now After Mao'', released in 2008, focused on China's burgeoning art scene.

Personal life

In 1992, in

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, she married

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heir Christopher Ronald Getty, son of Jean Ronald Getty and grandson of

Jean Paul Getty Jean Paul Getty Sr. (; December 15, 1892 – June 6, 1976) was an American petroleum industrialist who founded the Getty Oil Company in 1942 and was the patriarch of the Getty family. A native of Minneapolis, Minnesota, he was the son of pion ...

. The couple have four children,

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(b. 11 November 1993), Robert Maximilian (b. 30 April 1996), Conrad (b. 17 March 1998), and Maximus Aurelius (b. 1 April 2002). They divorced in 2005. She is the godmother of her niece, Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece and Denmark.

References

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Filmmaker profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:Getty, Pia 1966 births Living people Alumni of Institut Le Rosey Georgetown University alumni American socialites American expatriates in Switzerland American expatriates in Hong Kong Pia Miller family American documentary filmmakers American people of Canadian descent American people of Ecuadorian descent Film directors from New York City Hispanic and Latino American film directors American women documentary filmmakers