Leonardo Embiid and Anne de Paula tie the knot!
The pair tied the knot in a grandiose ceremony in Southampton, New York on July 22, 2023.
The model and the Philadelphia 76ers star met at a 2018 New York City dinner, introduced by a common acquaintance. Before getting romantically involved, they were just friends who FaceTimed every day.
Arthur Elijah, the couple’s first child, was born in September 2020.
“He just has this personality where he wants to motivate you,” de Paula said of Embiid in an interview with ESPN in 2021. He encourages everyone around him, including his loved ones and, most recently, Arthur, to reach our full potential. You’d be lucky to have someone like that in your life.
It would appear that de Paula has an identical impact on Embiid.
The NBA player took to Instagram to express his gratitude for everyone who had supported him despite his “African crаzy a–” and for letting him be himself. “I’ve trusted your process, you’ve trusted mine and it brought us to where we are.”
Who is the wife of Joel Embiid, then? For a complete biography of Anne de Paula, please continue reading.
Brazil is her homeland.
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De Paula came into this world in Rio de Janeiro on March 31, 1995.
She told Sports Illustrated in 2018 that she grew up on the beach, where it’s warm all the time and you don’t wear many garments due to the climate.
Her dad is a doctor, and her mom is an X-ray tech. It was her intention to pursue a profession in medicine after they did until her modeling career took off.
While playing soccer, De Paula spent around six years as a goalie. She told Sports Illustrated that the sport represented “everything I wаnted to do.” And her enthusiasm for the sport remаins “very passionate” to this day.
You have to maintain neat fingernails for this profession, so it’s been a while since I played. In 2018, she spoke to Fox News about her desire to return to Brazil for a game if she had the time.
One of her roles is as a swimsuit model for SI.
The 2018 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Casting Call took place in PARAISO during Miami Swim Week, and Anne De Paula was there.
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The Brazilian model first appeared on SI Swimsuit in 2017 as a contestant, then in 2018 she made her debut as a rookie after winning the public vote. With locations including the Dominican Republic, Anguilla, Nevis, and Kenya, she has made four appearances in the yearly issue.
She was seen in close proximity to a live lion during her 2019 shoot in Kenya. “What an incredible, terrifying, and bizarre ordeal,” she captioned her Instagram post. “I was freaking out inside, even tho it took @yutsai88 2min to make this picture happen.”
The self-proclaimed tomboy and soccer player’s mom was the one who suggested she try modeling. At twelve years old, De Paula had her first photo shoot. By fourteen years old, she had signed a modeling contract.
Sports were fun, but I also like being this frilly self. In school, I was not well-liked. “I failed miserably with the boys,” she said to Fox News. Being the playful girl that I was, they never treated me like a girl. When I was thirteen years old, my mother sent me to an agency, and from then on, I just kept taking pictures. It was her who drew me in, then!
She currently focuses on modeling as her career, but she aspires to build her own business and assist her family “lead a better life” in the future.
I left my nation not because I dislike it, but because of the chances here. “But the people I love are the reason I do everything,” she told SI in 2019. I wish to provide a home for my loved ones. Giving my all to the people I care about and seeing them smile is my number one priority. What I really want to do with my life after modeling is create my own business and invest. One possibility is to launch my own clothing line or brand; I’d love to let others in on my passions.
Her command of three languages is impressi
The more time de Paula and Embiid spent together, the more they discovered they shared. Embiid, who is originally from Cameroon but started his basketball career in the US as a Kansas Jayhawk, and the other is a French speaker who loves soccer both left their home countries as youngsters to follow their goals.
De Paula is fluent in French, English, and Portuguese.
She is a Muay Thai practitioner.
As part of Miami Swim Week 2019, Joel Embiid and Anne de Palma attend the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Runway Show.
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“I can kιck your a–, because I do Muay Thai,” de Paula stated with a laugh during her appearance with Fox News. I am surely not as delicate as I appear to be. She began training for the sport when she was a teenager and continued to do so three times weekly as of 2017.
Her sеcrеt love is in the kitchen, and her go-to dish is truffle pasta. “I prefer to keep to myself. She told SI in 2017 that she loves to stay home and sleep all day if she can. Staying home is my preference if given the option. The internet is a treasure trove of recipes, and I love to experiment in the kitchen.
Her body art features two ink-covered pieces.
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There are two tattoos on De Paula. In addition to a tattoo that says “endless,” the word “blessed” is inscribed on the inside of her left wrist.
When asked about the blessed one, she told SI in 2017 that she holds them in high regard.
