Catrinel Menghia

About Catrinel Menghia

Catrinel Menghia is a Adult Model from Romania. She was born in Iasi on October 1, 1985.
She is a Romanian actress, director and former model.

Her physique initially seems to lead her towards a career as an Olympic athlete, following in the footsteps of her father, the Romanian 400 meter hurdles champion. Catrinel soon became a youth champion in the same discipline, but at the age of sixteen she was discovered by a local agent during a school trip to Bucharest. Six months later, her parents allow her to move to the Romanian capital to start her modeling career.

As of August 2025, Catrinel has amassed 1.2 million followers on Instagram.

Catrinel Menghia, sometimes known as Catrinel Marlon, is a Romanian top fashion model who is best known for her 2006 and 2009 swimsuit appearances in the Sports Illustrated, and as the face of Giorgio Armani worldwide and French lingerie purveyor Lise Charmel. At the age of 16, Menghia finished third in Ford's "Supermodel of Romania" competition, and received the award Romania's Model of the Year in 2002 before signing with Major Model Management in Milano. She has also appeared in Maxim, FHM and Fitness and done advertisements for such notable clients as Fiat.

Her Fiat 500 Abarth racy commercial caused a lot of buzz at the Super Bowl XLVI where the Italian automobile manufacturer aired its new ad.

Since 2012, she has been in a relationship with film producer Massimiliano Di Lodovico. The two have a daughter together, Caroline, born in February 2019.