Jennifer Flavin
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Jennifer Flavin Stallone (born August 14, 1968) is a former model
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....

 who is the wife of actor Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone
Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone , commonly known as Sylvester Stallone, and nicknamed Sly Stallone, is an American actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, film director and occasional painter. Stallone is known for his machismo and Hollywood action roles. Two of the notable characters he has portrayed...

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Early life

Flavin was born in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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, California
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 and grew up in West Hills, Los Angeles, California
West Hills, Los Angeles, California
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, a district of Los Angeles, and currently resides in Beverly Crest neighborhood of Los Angeles. She has six siblings, two sisters Tricia and Julie, and four brothers Tom, Pat, Shannon and Mitch. She attended El Camino Real High School
El Camino Real High School
El Camino Real Charter High School is a public secondary school located in the Woodland Hills district of the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles, California...

 in Woodland Hills
Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California
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, California
California
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. Jennifer's father died when she was 12 years old leaving her mother to care for 7 children. She started modeling at the age of 19 at the Elite Modeling Agency as a way to earn a good living.

Career

Flavin has appeared as herself in multiple interview and documentary-style programs, including Hollywood Women, Good Day Live, American Gladiator, and The Contender – a boxing
Boxing
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 reality television
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 series that also features Stallone
Sylvester Stallone
Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone , commonly known as Sylvester Stallone, and nicknamed Sly Stallone, is an American actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, film director and occasional painter. Stallone is known for his machismo and Hollywood action roles. Two of the notable characters he has portrayed...

. She also made a brief appearance in Rocky V
Rocky V
Rocky V is an American film released as the fifth film in the Rocky series in 1990. It stars Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Stallone's real life son Sage, and real life boxer Tommy Morrison as boxer Tommy Gunn, a talented yet raw boxer...

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Flavin is also the co-founder of Serious Skin Care, a company which sells beauty treatments and cosmetics via the Home Shopping Network
Home Shopping Network
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Personal life

Flavin met Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone
Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone , commonly known as Sylvester Stallone, and nicknamed Sly Stallone, is an American actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, film director and occasional painter. Stallone is known for his machismo and Hollywood action roles. Two of the notable characters he has portrayed...

 at a restaurant in Beverly Hills when she was 20 (in 1988). They were married on May 17, 1997 in a civil ceremony
Civil ceremony
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 at The Dorchester Hotel in London
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, England
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 followed by a chapel ceremony at Blenheim Palace
Blenheim Palace
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 in Oxford
Oxford
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. Together they have had three daughters, Sophia Rose (b. August 27, 1996), Sistine Rose (b. June 27, 1998) and Scarlet Rose (b. May 25, 2002)

External links

  • Jennifer Flavin at Fashion Model Directory
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