At just 13 years old, Alessandro Egger became the face of Kinder internationally and today he is a well-known model and actor in Italy
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If you search for Alessandro Egger (34) on Google, the profile of one of the best-known models in Italy appears, who has been working with brands such as Versace, Dolce & Gabbana and Calvin Klein since he was 21 years old. In turn, he is also remembered for his role as Nick in the children's series The Band. However, his most iconic work dates back to the 2000s, when he became the worldwide face of the famous Kinder chocolate bars
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Son of Cristina Egger, a well-known former model in the 90s and a member of the Royal House of Savoy, Alessandro grew up without the presence of his biological father. That absence was only the beginning of a complex childhood that, over time, the protagonist himself was encouraged to tell publicly
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During his participation in the Italian show Dancing with the Stars, the young man was surprised to reveal the most painful side of his personal history. “It wasn't nice, I missed the love. I think my mother chose to live a life without me, and I accepted that. My biggest pain is that I feel like I was never accepted by those who gave me life,” he said, moving the entire audience
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However, his mother came out to respond to those statements and offered a completely different version than her own. According to Cristina Egger, her son had access to a privileged upbringing, with education in some of the best schools in Como, and she assured that it was he who decided to leave the family home at the age of 19, breaking with ties. These contradictions revealed a complex family relationship between the two
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Alessandro Egger the best-known face of Kinder chocolates
Alessandro Egger was chosen at the age of 13 as the “Kinder boy”, becoming the face of the most famous chocolate in the world. His smiling image went all over the world and was associated with the brand, positioning him as one of the most recognized children's faces of
his generation.
Over the years, she managed to consolidate herself as an international model and walked for luxury brands such as Dolce & Gabbana, Ferragamo, Zegna and Calvin Klein. In 2019, the magazine Men's Health recognized him as “Model of the Year”. He currently has more than 159,000 followers on Instagram, where he shares his work on international catwalks
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However, Egger decided not to limit himself to modeling and decided to expand his acting career. He took his first steps in youth productions such as Alex & Co. of Disney, and on Italian television with Un Medico in Famiglia. Later, she managed to make an international breakthrough by participating in the film House of Gucci, starring Lady Gaga in the role of
Patrizia Reggiani.
In 2024, the Italian-Serbian performer reached a new milestone with his first leading role in Majoneze, the film by Italian director Giulia Grandinetti, which came to be considered for the Best Real-Action Short Film category at the Oscars. “It's my dream since childhood and to think that I'm really closer to achieving it, that it's within my reach, makes all my efforts, all the difficult roads I traveled, all the sleepless nights and the moments I sacrificed, really worth it,” he said with emotion in an interview with Buro magazine
