WHAT IS A MAN'S WORST fear when his granddaughter is the richest girl in the world?
Probably that some older lothario (married, with a child) will sweep her off her feet, whisk her off to the tropics and propose marriage once his divorce is final.
It might be just as well. Aristotle Onassis isn't around to know that granddaughter Athina Onassis Roussel has married her Brazilian love, Alvaro Alfonso de Miranda Neto from São Paulo. When the two met, 'Doda' was married to Brazilian model Sibele Dorsa, with whom he has a young child, Viviane. Athina inherited the Onassis fortune when she turned 18 and intends to inherit an extra $2 billion when she fulfills the request in her grandfather's will that she learn his native Greek. Even if the happy couple has to make do with the fortune she already has, her prenup could way out-shadow Mr. Trump's.
family of her father, Thierry Roussel.
Her stepmother, Marianne "Gaby"
Landhage Roussel, was the only
mother Athina had after losing her
biological mom, Christina Onassis,
at age three.
Athina's father is
a Roman Catholic,
her late mother was Greek Orthodox
and Gaby, Swedish Lutheran. She
attended school in Lausanne,
Switzerland, her family's home
touching the outskirts of the city in
the village of Lussy-sur-Morges and,
insisted always, on riding the bus
with the other kids despite concerns
of security - rollerblading to the bus
stop with bodyguards by her side.
Athina
studied for the French
Baccalaureate exam at a school in
Brussels in order to train in show
jumping under Nelson Pessoa whose
equestrian school is outside Brussels.
It
was during that time when Athina
met Alvaro Alfonso de Miranda Neto
(Doda}, the man she married in
December 2005.
Even-tempered
and peace loving,
Athina is not easily ruffled and is
rarely given to emotional displays.
She has a calming effect on more
high-strung or volatile people and an
emotional steadiness that others find
soothing.
Though
gentle and not easily
provoked, Athina is tremendously
stubborn and resists any change that
requires an emotional adjustment
such as changes in her home life or
marriage. Her sympathetic nature
instinctively reaches out to people
in need of help, with her soft heart
and sympathetic nature giving very
selflessly and devotedly to those
she loves - often allowing others to
become overly dependent upon her.
Understandably,
she is drawn to
sensitive, imaginative, gentle souls
- poets, musicians - or to those she
feels she can have a deep, spiritual
relationship with. Athina idealizes
love and has a very beautiful,
romantic vision of what love
relationships can be. Being at home
makes Athina happy and she invests
a lot of energy into beautifying,
decorating and creating beauty for
her family.
There's
been quite a bit of contention
over her ownership of the Onassis
Foundation and she was not
automatically named president when
she turned 21, as she had expected.
The Foundation has indicated that, as
she has shown no interest in Greece
or Greek affairs, she would be a poor
choice to lead an inherently Greek
organization and refused to name her
president, which, according to
