Chiara Ferragni (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkjaːra ferˈraɲɲi]) (born May 7, 1987) is an Italian blogger, businesswoman, fashion designer and model who has collaborated with fashion and beauty brands through her blog The Blonde Salad.
Ferragni was born in Cremona in 1987. Ferragni is the oldest daughter of three girls, daughter of a dentist from the northern city of Cremona. Her mother Marina Di Guardo is an Italian writer from Sicily who also worked as deputy director of the Blumarine fashion house.
At the age of 16, she was hired by the Beatrice model agency in Milan, Italy. She modeled for the agency for a couple of years and then stopped, due to "other goals to reach in my life". She started her fashion blog "The Blonde Salad" in October 2009 with an ex-boyfriend, Riccardo Pozzoli. In December 2011, she was profiled as the Blogger of the Moment in Teen Vogue, while still a law student at Bocconi University. She has not obtained her University degree.

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