Playboy model claims Diego Maradona paid her for her first-ever naked pictures
A stunning Playboy model and reality TV star has claimed that football legend Diego Maradona sponsored her first nude photo session.
Ex Big Brother contestant Antonela Avellaneda, 38, stunned her social media followers when she revealed that the star funded her first racy photos. Maradona died of a heart attack aged 60, at his home in Dique Luja, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, in 2020.
Despite being an inspirational player, the star was also a notorious cheat. When he scored a goal that put England out of the 1986 World Cup with his hand, he dubbed it the ‘Hand of God’.
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Antonela revealed: “It was my first work with nudity. At the time, as all this cell phone technology didn’t exist, the photos took place in a studio.
“He paid for the photos for me. We did it every week, always with me wearing a different costume. It was even before the ‘Concurso Felinas’ and the Big Brother Brazil [reality shows].”
Antonela who was born in Argentina, but is a naturalised Brazilian citizen made headlines when she posed for Playboy Portugal in 2019. She had previously been on the cover of men’s lifestyle and entertainment magazine two times more, in 2003 and 2004 respectively.
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The bombshell held a lot of adoration for the footballer, and she credited him with helping her achieve what she did in her career.
Antonela added: “He was the one who gave me the courage and strength to believe in myself, in my potential. He told me to always do my best in everything I did, regardless of other people’s opinions. We talked on the phone.
“But in recent years, when he got sick, I gave space for the family to take care of him. I cried a lot when he died. I was in Brazil.”
The 38-year-old model was the second non-Brazilian contestant to participate in the 4th edition of Big Brother Brasil in 2004.
She was reportedly kicked-out by public vote after spending 29 days in the house.
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