Adriana Sklenaříková (formerly Karembeu; born 17 September 1971)^[1] is a Slovak fashion model and actress who lives and works in France.^[1] She is a former Guinness record holder for the longest legs among female models (at almost 1.24 m).^[1]

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Adriana Sklenaříková
Sklenaříková at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival
Born	(1971-09-17) 17 September 1971 (age 52) Brezno, Czechoslovakia
Alma mater	Charles University
Spouses	Christian Karembeu ​ ​ (m. 1998; div. 2011)​ Aram Ohanian ​ ​ (m. 2014; div. 2022)​
Children	1
Modeling information
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Hair color	Blonde[1]
Eye color	Blue[1]

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Sklenaříková was born in Brezno to parents Miroslav Sklenařík and Zlatica Gazdiková.^[2] Her mother was a Slovak doctor, while her father was a Czech engineer originally from Vsetín, where her Czech surname originates.^[3] She also has a younger sister named Natalia, who works as a lawyer in Paris. At the time of Sklenaříková's birth, her parents were both students, and she was thus raised by her grandparents until she was six years old.^[4] Sklenaříková has gone on to comment that her father was cold and distant with her throughout her upbringing, and that he preferred her sister.^[5]

After completing her secondary education, Sklenaříková enrolled in Charles University in Prague to study medicine. In 1994, her third year of studies, Sklenaříková was discovered by a French modeling agency after competing in a beauty pageant.^[1]

In 1998, she was hired as one of the models for the Wonderbra campaign.^[6] In the United States, she modeled for Victoria's Secret.^[1] In 2005 she featured in the Channel 5 TV documentary Bra Wars: Boom or Bust^[7] In 2007 she was the host of Top Model on Métropole 6.

In 2008 she participated in Rendez-vous en terre inconnue on France 2. In 2011 she was a contestant in the first season of the French Dancing with the Stars.^[8]

Sklenarikova met French football player Christian Karembeu on a flight from Paris to Milan in 1998, and they were married in December that year.^[1] On 9 March 2011, in an interview to French magazine Paris Match, Adriana revealed that she was separating from her husband.^[9] She stated that the causes for the separation were the couple's constant exposure in the media and their "hectic lifestyle" as well as him being "upset to see photographs of [her] with other men appearing in the press and speculation that [she] had a lover".^[10] Christian refused questions from the media about the divorce, stating that he would not comment in public about his private life.^[11]

In June 2014, she married Armenian businessman Aram Ohanian, her boyfriend of three years. Their wedding was held in Monaco, and was attended by numerous film and show business stars;^[12] in August 2018 Adriana became the mother of a daughter named Nina.^[13] In December 2022, Adriana announced her second divorce from Ohanian.^[14]

• 2009 Vienna Fashion Award, category Style Icon