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Joanna Krupa: From Reality Star to Icon

Polish import Joanna Krupa was a top model in the early 2000s as she worked for Ed Hardy and landed the cover of Maxim.She then went on to pose for Hugh Hefner'...

Joanna Krupa: From Reality Star to Icon
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Polish import  was a top model in the early 2000s as she worked for Ed Hardy and landed the cover of Maxim.

She then went on to pose for Hugh Hefner's Playboy magazine in 2005 while she dated Jensen Ackles from Supernatural.

And she even competed on  with partner Derek Hough, which widened her fan base. 

Next it was with The . Her costars were , Lea Black, and .

Krupa then became the host and head judge on Top Model in as she had a child with , whom she divorced in 2023.

The 46-year-old beauty popped up this week on Instagram with her daughter Asha Leigh, see her now. 

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Joanna Krupa was a top model in the early 2000s before finding TV fame. Seen in 2008

She was a main player on The Real Housewives Of Miami. Seen with (l-r) Lisa Hochstein, Lea Black, Adriana De Moura and Alexia Echevarria


Krupa has also worked as an actress.

She was in the film Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon, and the television series Las Vegas and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

In June 2009, she participated in The Superstars while partnering with Terrell Owens.

She began hosting Top Model, the Polish spin-off of the reality television series America's Next Top Model, in 2010.

In 2012, she joined the cast of The Real Housewives of Miami in its second season.

In March 2017, she starred in the film You Can't Have It alongside Rob Gronkowski. 

Later that year, she published a book, was a contestant on Battle of the Network Stars, and was featured on the cover of Viva! in Poland before she hosted an episode of SNL Polska in 2018.

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Krupa on the cover of Hugh Hefner's Playboy magazine in July 2005

Krupa also posed nude for Peta

Seen in 2007 at the first annual Spike television's Guys Choice awards show in Los Angeles

With her ex-husband and their only child together, daughter Asha, in 2019 

Her split from Nunes came as a surprise in 2023. 

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Nunes filed for divorce from Krupa in March 2023, citing irreconcilable differences and listing the date of separation as January 2, 2023.

In documents filed in Los Angeles County in March 2023, Krupa requested to block the court's ability to award Nunes any spousal support. 

But upon completion of the divorce, both parties opted to waive spousal support, according to TMZ.

It's unknown if a prenuptial agreement was set in place at the time of their wedding. 

She and Nunes now share joint legal custody of their only child, Asha Leigh. 

The 46-year-old beauty popped up this week on Instagram with her daughter Asha Leigh

Krupa and Nunes got

Three weeks prior to that, they held a low-key wedding in Los Angeles.

Afterward, Krupa took to social media to announce the news, writing: 'We did it! It was a very private and small family gathering.. wish I could have shared it with all the people that I love.'

The couple

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