Princess Paola of Brazil

Princess Paola of Brazil (born 23 April 1983) is the youngest daughter of Prince Jan Pavel Sapieha-Rozanski and Princess Cristina Maria of Brazil, being on her mother's side a member of the House of Orleans and Bragança (from the Petrópolis Branch), and on the paternal side of the House of Sapieha. Paola married the nobleman Constantin Swiatopolk-Czetwertynski, and thus being a member of the Czetwertynski family by marriage. Furthermore, the princess is an industrial designer, television presenter, DJ, jeweler and model.

Daughter of the Polish Prince Jan Pavel Sapieha-Rozanski and Cristina Maria of Brazil. Maternal granddaughter of Infanta Maria da Esperança de Bourbon, Princess of the Two Sicilies, and of Pedro Gastão, Prince of Brazil, Prince of Orléans and Bragança, and great-granddaughter of Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará, belonging to, thus, to the Petrópolis branch. Paola is the great-great-granddaughter of Isabel I of Brazil, de facto last imperial princess of Brazil, and ofPrince Imperial Consort, Gastão de Orléans, Conde d'Eu, and great-great-granddaughter of the last Emperor of Brazil, Pedro II. Her maternal grandmother happens to be Paola's great-aunt and second cousin of the current King of Spain, Filipe VI. Paola also happens to be the great-niece of Isabel, Countess of Paris.

Birth and childhood
Born in the United Kingdom, she moved to Brazil at just one and a half years old, after her parents divorced. As soon as she arrived in the country she moved to Petrópolis, in the state of Rio de Janeiro; since 2004 she has been based in São Paulo, in Higienópolis, an upscale neighborhood of the city of São Paulo.

In February 2006, he obtained Spanish citizenship, as well as his four cousins ​​born in Brazil, also grandchildren of the Spanish D. Maria da Esperança of Bourbon and Orléans, princess of the Two Sicilies. Her sister, D. Ana Teresa de Bourbon Orléans and Bragança Sapieha (Petrópolis, May 25, 1981), is also Princess of Sapieha-Rozanski.

Education
Paola has always studied in a private school and, in high school, she repeated once a year, to reconcile her studies with her work as a model, she finished high school with a supplementary course. She began her modeling career when a friend of her mother's, jeweler Tereza Xavier, invited her to photograph a jewelry catalogue. From her first catalog until today, the model and designer has accumulated important works, including campaigns for renowned Brazilian brands and popular covers of fashion magazines, such as Vogue, Elle; she was photographed through the lens of photographers such as Mario Testino ,Bob Wolfenson and Murillo Meirelles, among others. At the age of 22, Paola debuted as a presenter on Blog 21, on Rede 21. Because of the program, she dropped out of the industrial design college she was studying at UniverCidade, in Rio de Janeiro, and went to São Paulo, transferring to the same course at Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado.

Training
In 2008, he graduated as an industrial designer from FAAP. In her 10 years working as a designer, Paola has developed collections of jewelry, fashion, furniture, objects for the home, among other incursions.

Career
In constant collaboration with magazines, national and international brands, she creates content, in partnership with her husband, the photographer Tinko Czetwertynski. Together, they develop special projects, where the image is the common thread.

In a movement to rescue her creative process, Paola found in ceramics the material to reconnect and give vent to her artistic vein. She currently lives in São Paulo, and creates objects in the material, one of the main activities of the designer, who develops collections of Jewelry in Porcelain, gold-plated silver and natural stones. She is also a partner at Glambox Brasil. In 2021, in an interview with the newspaper O Globo, she stated that“I was a DJ and left the activity behind to dedicate myself to the universe of jewelry. I bought a kiln and started to make ceramic pieces, enhanced with incredible stones, such as emeralds, diamonds, rubies and topaz. At the beginning, she sold earrings and rings to her friends, but the business grew, gaining another proportion. Today, I share a studio with stylist Marcelo Von Trapp, who has already presented a collection in the New Talents project at Veste Rio."

In 2016, he created Estelar, a kind of exchange of female knowledge. A channel for interviews and testimonials, where women share their life stories, always bringing a feminine perspective that proposes a genuinely positive and constructive change. Estelar's objective is to provide all women with a transformation tool, so that they can rediscover their strength and create new formulas for living.

Marriage
Paola is married to Prince Constantin Swiatopolk-Czetwertynski, a professional photographer whose stage name is Tinko Czetwertynski; The two are distant cousins ​​(on their father's side), but they met through a mutual friend, who introduced them through Facebook. Tinko is the son of Prince Michael Swiatopolk-Czetwertynski, a Belgian diplomat who was Belgium 's ambassador to Brazil in the early 1990s. They were married in January 2012 in Brussels, in a ceremony for family and friends. The ceremonies, public and religious, will take place in 2013, in Petrópolis or Paraty, according to the princes, who said they wanted to celebrate with a big party. Paola became, after her marriage, also Princess of Swiatopolk-Czetwertynski, in addition to being, by birth, Princess of Sapieha-Rozanski.

The House of Swiatopolk-Czetwertynski, owned by Paola's husband, makes up the high nobility of Poland and all of Eastern Europe, having its origins in the 9th century. Most of the Swiatopolk-Czetwertynski, however, ended up leaving Poland, mainly for Belgium and Canada, as a result of World War II (1939-1945), when Nazi and Soviet troops began to persecute noble families.

Achievements
In December 2014, he joined the FFW list of the 50 most "stylish" Brazilians in fashion.

Controversies
About the government of Jair Bolsonaro, in 2021, Paola stated in an interview with Jornal O Globo that "Between what is there in the government and Pedro II, I am 100% the emperor, who fought for education and technology. I support leadership that sees our land as a place of the future. Unfortunately, what I currently see in politics is far too mediocre. We deserve more."

In August 2021 his father, Polish Prince Jan Pavel (John Paul) Sapieha-Rozanski, passed away from a brain tumor, John Paul was a pastor and a missionary.

TV shows

 * 2005 - Blog 21 (network 21)
 * 2008 - I Want It (Fashion TV)