CHRISTINA ONASSIS

'Christina Onassis' (Greek: Χριστίνα Ωνάση) (December 11, 1950 – November 19, 1988) was the daughter of the billionaire Aristotle Onassis and Athina Livanos.
Born in New York City, she was an awkward-looking child. At the age of seventeen, she had plastic surgery to shrink her nose and remove the dark rings under her eyes.
Christina had a stormy relationship with her stepmother, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and the two never really got along. She was starved for attention from her father , who chose to spend much of his time with Jackie.
Christina was married four times, all ending in bitter divorces. Her first three husbands were Joseph Bolker, Alexandros Andreadis and Sergei Kauzov. Her final marriage to Thierry Roussel was the only one which actually produced a child, her only daughter Athina Roussel. This marriage ended in divorce as well. Christina always knew that Thierry had been having an affair with Swedish model Marianne "Gaby" Landhage and even paid to maintain Landhage in a house with her two children , both of whom were conceived during Christina's marriage. Roussel, for his part, insisted that Christina stay slim to be with him, subjecting her to regular weighing and forced exercise regimes and eventually left her to be permanently with Landhage.
Christina lost her entire immediate family within a period of 24 months. Her father's health had started to deteriorate after her brother, Alexandros (1948–1973), lost his life in a plane crash in Athens. Her mother committed suicide, something which Christina herself had attempted.
She died at the age 37 of pulmonary edema at a country club near Buenos Aires, Argentina. Christina was just coming out of depression when she died. She had developed into a successful businesswoman and chaired meetings having to do with Onassis' business interests. She acquired ships and brokered deals. She also doted on her daughter, Athina. At the time of her death, Christina was in a serious relationship with the older brother of one of her Greek childhood friends, who had never been married himself and insisted that they take it slowly given her history but intended to eventually marry her. Experts say that her premature death was caused by constant prescription drug abuse and dramatic changes in weight. Some say that she died from taking dangerous slimming drugs, others suggest it was too many sleeping pills.

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★ The Onassis Women. Phyllis Karas with Kiki Moutsos, Aristotle Onassis' longtime family secretary and confidante.

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★ Christina O - the Onassis family yacht, named after Christina by her father

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★ A Biography of Christina Onassis

★ Christina O Yacht Photo

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