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Yvette Prieto: Facts about Michael Jordan’s Current Wife.

Yvette Prieto, Michael Jordan's wife

Michael Jordan, a well-known former American professional basketball player who won the NBA Championships six times for Chicago Bulls. Jordan was born on February 17th, 1963.

He was unable to continue with his college due to his entrance in NBA. He was drafted in Chicago Bulls for which he was awarded the NBA Rookie of the Year award for his brilliant efforts and hard work for his team. Jordan was married to Juanita Vanoy in 1989 and had three children: Jeffry, Marcus, and Jasmine.

But due to some personal clashes, the couple took divorced after 17 long years in 2006 and got separated.

How Michael Jordan and Yvette Prieto Met.

Later on, on April 27th, 2013, Jordan married a Cuban-American model of 35 years of age named Yvette Prieto, one of the most famous models in the United States at that time. She was born in March 1979, 1.68m tall, and got the weight of 141lbs. She got brown colored eyes and light brown hairs.

According to some sources, Jordan and Yvette Prieto met each other for the very first time at a nightclub in Miami, Florida in 2008 where they were both involved in freak dancing.

Michael and Yvett are married since 2013.

They both loved each other incredibly and took two years until they decided to get engaged and then after five years of dating the couple made it official at Palm Beach, Florida where they both got married in 2013. About 500 guests witnessed the second marriage of a legendary basketball player Michael Jordan and Yvette Prieto

The bride wore a custom dress that totally looked fit for a princess. According to the Associated Press, J’Aton Couture created the sheath style gown featured a cathedral train made up of French silk voile and handmade silk lace while Swarovski crystals give the attraction to the dress.

The couple later invited about 1500 guests for a reception at the Bears Club – a golf course designed by Jack Nicklaus where a 38,000 sqft home has been built by Jordan.

Usher and Robin Thicke sang at her wedding reception where Prieto cut a seven-layer white rum cake with crystal broaches. The couple enjoyed their honeymoon in Greece. They both are living in Jordan’s house currently in Florida since 2009.

Her Past Relationship.

Yvette Prieto gained a lot of popularity after her marriage with a 50-year-old basketball player. Though before her marriage with Jordan, she was involved in a relationship with Julio Iglesias Jr, the son of Julio Iglesias, and the older brother of Enrique Iglesias in 2003.

Julio was himself the winner of Gone Country TV series while they both were together, Julio always used some beautiful words for Yvette Prieto such as a loving girl, a wonderful lady, and a very good person.

However, after they broke up and got separated, Julio too got involved in a relationship with a 34-year-old Belgian supermodel Charisse Verhaert in 2011, and then later they tied the knot in 2012 in Julia’s motherland Spain.

Michael Jordan happily married his wife Yvette Prieto in 2013

Caption: Yvette Prieto engaged with her husband Michael Jordan in 2013

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Yvette Prieto is a Mother of Twins: Victoria and Ysabel Jorda.

Yvette Prieto, after her marriage with Jordan, became the stepmother of Marcus, Jeffrey, and Jasmine – Jordan’s children with her ex-wife Juanita. Though after seven months of their marriage, the couple gave the good news that they were expecting a baby and soon Prieto gave birth to two adorable female twins – Victoria and Ysabel.

Michael Jordan seems happy with his son and daughter

Caption: Michael Jordan with his children

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Career and profession.

Yvette Prieto was basically a model in the United States. She was one of the most successful models at that time. She has posed for one of the most successful fashion designers at her time, Alexander Wang.

Due to her perfect body shape, she was a well-known actress but apart from acting and modeling, she got interested in photography, dancing, and traveling.

Prieto got a degree in Business Management but she never been involved in this field as she has been engaged in modeling due to which she came up with the net worth of around 1.5 million dollars.

In fact, she is quite fond of social networking websites and can be seen active on many of those like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.

Basically, Prieto was a Republican but many reported that she was Republican first but recently she has changed her affiliation and became independent now.

After Jordan and Yvette Prieto got married, they both announced that the separation between them would never take place and till now the couple along with their twins are enjoying a peaceful and prosperous life.

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