Verona Pooth

Verona Pooth
Pooth in 2013
Born
Verona Feldbusch

(1968-04-30) 30 April 1968 (age 56)
La Paz, Bolivia
NationalityGerman
Occupation(s)Television personality, model, actress
Spouses
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    (m. 1996; div. 1997)​
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    (m. 2004)​
Children2

Verona Pooth (née Feldbusch; born 30 April 1968) is a German actress, television host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Germany 1993 and Miss Intercontinental 1993 and represented Germany at the Miss Universe 1993.[1]

Early life

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Pooth was born Verona Feldbusch in La Paz, Bolivia, to German engineer Ernst Feldbusch and Bolivian hairdresser Luisa Feldbusch (1935–2015).[2] Her parents were divorced in 1978. Pooth grew up with her mother in Hamburg, her father's hometown.

Career

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Beauty pageants

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Pooth took part in several beauty pageants in the 1990s. She won the finals of the following beauty contests: Miss Hamburg (1992), Miss Germany (1993), Miss Intercontinental (1993), and Miss American Dream (1995).

Film and television

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Pooth in 2004

Pooth hosted the erotic TV show Peep from 1996 to 1999[3] and her own late-night comedy talkshow Veronas Welt from 1998 to 2000.[4] In 1998, she appeared in one episode of the US series Conan the Adventurer. Pooth made her film debut in On the Wings of Love [de] in 1999 and acted in several more movies in the 1990s and 2000s. She has dubbed certain cartoon characters since 2005, first time in the film Chicken Little.[5]

Pooth presented the scripted reality TV shows The Swan – endlich schön! (2004)[6] and Engel im Einsatz – Mit Verona Pooth (2008).[7] She was part of the jury in the TV show Pool Champions – Promis unter Wasser (2013)[8] and offered private insights into her family's life and education in the show 6 Mütter (2017).[9]

Pooth received the German Bambi Award in 2004 and 2006.[10]

Other ventures

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In 1990, Pooth was asked to join the music group Chocolate, and performed the single "Ritmo de la noche".[citation needed]

She served as the spokesperson for several advertising campaigns on TV, such as for Telegate,[11] Iglo,[12] for the Expo 2000,[13] and for KiK.[14]

Pooth created her own fashion collections in Hamburg 1990 under the label Immerschön. From 2002 to 2004, she merchandised jewelry and lingerie under the label Veronas Dreams.[15] Since 2007, she owns the cosmetic brand So ... perfect.[16]

Personal life

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In August 1996, Pooth married German entertainer and musician Dieter Bohlen. The marriage was dissolved in May 1997.[17] In 2004,[18] she married Franjo Pooth, a German entrepreneur. They have two sons, San Diego and Rocco Ernesto.[19]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Director
1999 On the Wings of Love [de] Ricarda Gabriel Barylli
1999 Heirate mir! [de] Malgorzata Kawalerowicz Douglas Wolfsperger
2000 2001: A Space Travesty Yetta Pussel Allan A. Goldstein
2001 Driven Nina Renny Harlin
2002 666 – Traue keinem, mit dem du schläfst! as herself Rainer Matsutani
2005 Chicken Little Abigail "Abby" Mallard (voice) (German version) Mark Dindal

References

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  1. ^ Fraser, Catherine C.; Hoffmann, Dierk O. (2006). Pop Culture Germany!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle. ABC-CLIO. pp. 238–. ISBN 9781851097388. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Star Datenbank - Verona Pooth". 11 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Peep!". fernsehserien.de (in German). Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Veronas Welt".
  5. ^ "Himmel und Huhn (2005)". synchronkartei.de (in German). Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  6. ^ Lückerath, Thomas (30 March 2007). "Verona Pooth klagt gegen "The Swan"-Produzent" [Verona Pooth sues producer of "The Swan"]. DWDL (in German). Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  7. ^ "ENGEL IM EINSATZ - MIT VERONA POOTH". RTL2 (in German). Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Die Pool Champions". RTL (in German). Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  9. ^ "Große Liebe, kleine Frotzeleien".
  10. ^ "» Preisträger Suche - BAMBI". bambi.de.
  11. ^ Bieker, Christian; Masur, Jens (26 October 2005). "Ciao, Verona!" [Bye, Verona!]. FOCUS ONLINE (in German). Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  12. ^ Albrecht, Jörg (21 June 2001). "Rettet den Blubb!" [Save the Blubb]. ZEIT ONLINE (in German). Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  13. ^ "Verona Feldbusch wirbt für die Expo" [Verona Feldbusch promotes the Expo]. SPIEGEL ONLINE (in German). 13 July 2000. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  14. ^ "KiK sagt nach fünf Jahren "Danke, Verona!"" [Kik says thanks to Verona]. kik-blog.de (in German). 26 December 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  15. ^ WELT (23 January 2008). "VERONA POOTH". Die Welt – via welt.de.
  16. ^ Huber, Joachim (9 April 2008). "RTL 2 trennt sich von Verona Pooth" [RTL 2 splits with Verona Pooth]. TAGESSPIEGEL (in German). Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  17. ^ "Verona Pooth und Dieter Bohlen: Erste Begegnung nach zehn Jahren" [Verona Pooth and Dieter Bohlen: First meet after ten years]. T-ONLINE (in German). 21 June 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  18. ^ "Verona". Discogs.
  19. ^ ""Wie bei der Bundeswehr": So hart erzieht die Werbe-Ikone Sohn San Diego" [Like in the German military: Verona Pooths strict education of her son San Diego]. T-ONLINE (in German). 21 June 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
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