Natalia Estrada, one of the great figures and stars of television in the nineties, had an idyllic romance with Paolo Berlusconi, brother of the late Silvio.
She was the star presenter of Telecinco. He was the younger brother of the all-powerful owner of Media Set, the group to which the chain belonged, and the Prime Minister of Italy. Natalia Estrada, who began a successful career on Italian television, and the financier Paolo Berlusconi, owner of "The Newspaper" and brother of the late Silvio Berlusconi, lived their love story in the early 2000s and made front pages and headlines.
They sailed through the Mediterranean, landed on the island of Ponza, or walked through the streets of Rome. Paolo had been married twice, the first to Mariella Bocciardo, with whom he had two children, and the second to Antonia Rosa, with whom he had two more.
Natalia Estrada was one of the great television figures of the nineties and she was among the most desired women in Spain, according to a 1998 survey, along with Penélope Cruz and Maribel Verdú and the model Inés Sastre. She had been married since 1992 to the Italian presenter Giorgio Mastrota, with whom she had a daughter, Natalia, in 1995, and from whom she separated in the late 1990s.
She then maintained a relationship with the businessman Valeriano Longoni. After these relationships, she began an affair with Paolo Berlusconi, the brother of Silvio Berlusconi, with whom she seemed to find stability. She talked about marriage, but the couple finally separated in 2006. They lasted together for six years. After her, Natalia, she began dating Andrea Mischianti, a riding teacher, one of her favorite sports, to whom she is still married.
The life of Natalia Estrada
Natalia, born in Gijon, Asturias, in 1972, moved to Madrid at the age of 16 to study classical ballet and began her career two years later in the popular program "the fifth gear", a musical program on Telecinco. From then on she continued in the Mediaset chain and developed a brilliant career.
She went through the "water beauties" contest, a classic of the contests that were popular at the time on Telecinco, and the space for couples "Long live the boyfriends." She also shot the film "Here, the one who does not Run... flies", together with Arturo Fernández, María Barranco, and José Coronado. She then moved to Milan, after marrying the Italian businessman Giorgio Mastrota and began an equally successful career on Italian television.
In 2002, Natalia returned to Spain to present a contest in the autonomic ones. In 2006 she presented the contest "Flo's Club" on The sixth. Shortly after, she retired from television. Since then, she has dedicated herself to breeding horses in Italy with Andrew Mischianti, her partner since 2005. Based in the town of Cortazzone, near Turin, they run "Ranch Academy", a riding school and horse training and breeding center. , the old-fashioned way, as explained on its website. Natalia fell in love with this world when she met her current husband.
Paolo, Berlusconi, like his brother Silvio, and always in his shadow, was involved in various legal proceedings. In 2002, he was accused of fraud and corruption in the "Cerro Maggiore" scandal and sentenced to nine months in prison and a fine of 49 million euros. In 2010, he was sentenced to four months for falsifying invoices. But he never had his brother's talent for business and he advanced in his career thanks to Berlusconi's favors, both from the government and from the opposition.
Today Natalia is already the grandmother of two grandchildren, born to her daughter Natalia, who is 28 years old today and is dedicated to mountaineering and skiing. She doesn't miss television. "Both in Spain and Italy, television has become a bit cruel," she commented to the newspaper The New Spain, a few years ago. «All the channels offer the same programs, such as «Big Brother» or «Survivors». I don't like those formats. I have some principles that do not allow me to continue in that world as it is now.
