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Hunziker is the daughter of a Dutch woman and a Swiss painter. In 1980 the family moved to German-speaking Switzerland and lived, among other places, in the Bernese community of Ostermundigen and in Zuchwil near Solothurn. In 1993 Michelle moved to Bologna with her mother and worked as a catalog model. During this time, she traveled to Milan at the age of 17 to pursue a career as a model. In the Lombard metropolis she discovered Riccardo Gay, one of Italy's most renowned agents, who immediately signed her up. Since then, Hunziker has attracted a lot of attention, especially with erotic lingerie advertising. As an 18-year-old, Hunziker met Eros Ramazotti in a discotheque. In 1997 the couple had a child, daughter Aurora. The following year they married. In 1998, Hunziker accepted her first offer as a presenter on the Italian prime-time comedy show "Paperissima Sprint".

Soon afterwards she also hosted the shows "Zelig" and "Scherzi a parte" for Italian television, for which she was twice awarded the most coveted Italian TV award in April 2002. Michelle Hunziker later also took acting lessons with Belitta Moreno in Los Angeles, after which she also took on smaller roles in four films: "Voglio stare sotto al letto", "The Protagonist", "Ancient Warriors" and "Alex, the Aries". In Germany, Hunziker hosted the "Golden Camera" for the first time in 1998 with Thomas Gottschalk. She then appeared as a laudator at the Bambi Awards and as a guest on several shows. Together with Thomas Elstner, Frank Elstner's son, she also directed the ARD program "Erstes Glück", in which celebrities talked about their first love. In Italy, Michelle Hunziker recorded the show "Festival Bar", a superlative music show with 40 international artists, two episodes of which were broadcast in prime time in autumn 2002.

In 2002 she also toured theaters throughout Italy with the cult TV show "Zelig". After seven years of marriage to the Italian pop star Eros Ramazotti, Hunziker initiated the separation of the relationship in 2002. She retained custody of their daughter Aurora. In November 2002, Hunziker was seen as the presenter of the RTL show "Deutschland sucht den Superstar" together with Carsten Spengemann. In this role, she was able to take part in the election of the "Superstar" in the spring of 2003 - together with Dieter Bohlen, among others - which was chosen on March 9th by 19-year-old Alexander Klaws. In September 2003, the second season of "Deutschland sucht den Superstar" started on RTL, with Michelle Hunziker once again serving as presenter. After working in Germany, she returned to her native Italy in 2004. Here Michelle Hunziker moderates the show "Striscia La NOTEIA" (in German: "News Streiflichter") on the channel Canale 5. Her first album "Lole" and the single from it "From Noon Till Midnight" were released in December 2006.

In 2007, she hosted the 57th edition of the San Remo Music Festival alongside Pippo Baudo. From October 3, 2009, she hosted the German-language television show "Wetten,dass..?" alongside Thomas Gottschalk.

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