Spanish model, Georgina Rodriguez has popped up on social media trends after she announced her engagement to Cristiano Ronaldo, the father of her children to her over 60 million followers on Instagram on Monday, August 11, 2025.
Georgina Rodriguez and Cristiano Ronaldo have been together since 2016 and have 5 children (2 together) but they have constantly been bombarded with questions about when they were going to tie the knot after being together for close to a decade.
She posted her engagement on Instagram, sharing a photo of her hand adorned with a sparkling diamond ring alongside another hand believed to be Ronaldo’s and captioned it: “Yes, I do. In this and in all my lives.”
Today we delve into Georgina Rodriguez’s story and her rise to fame.
From a girl who wanted to be a professional dancer as a child but had to give up that dream because her family was too poor to enroll her into a dance school, Georgina Rodriguez has now risen to the very top of the fashion industry because of a single encounter with a stranger in a Gucci shop where she used to work as an assistant in 2016.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodríguez announce engagement
From her own Netflix series titled “I am Georgina”, she revealed that life was very difficult financially until she met the love of her life, Cristiano Ronaldo.
She revealed in her Netflix series that she was so broke that she ended up living in a flat that used to be a storage room because she couldn’t afford the rent in Madrid.
This according to her was around the time she was working as a Gucci shop assistant in Serrano, a street in Madrid famous for its handbag shops until the day the football icon walked into her shop.
She told Grazia that she was very “shy” around him but explained it was love at first sight for the both of them. A few days later they met again at a Dolce & Gabbana event where they could be more relaxed and started chatting.
She was later fired from her job after her relationship with Ronaldo became public. According to The Sun, Georgina’s bosses fired her because they thought the attention of fans would put off paying customers from entering the store.
From a girl who was unknown to the media and social media, Georgina instantly became famous after her relationship became public and fashion brands started chasing her for modelling gigs.
She started working with brands like Yamamay and Sheglam as a model and with a 29.3 million followers in 2021, she launched her own clothing line, OM by G.
On January 27, 2022, the fame of Georgina Rodriguez went to a different level after her debut series on Netflix titled “I Am Georgina” was released.
The series gave deeper insight into how she captured Ronaldo’s heart, and how she has made her own way in life, carving out a career for herself, despite her poor background.
Georgina Rodriguez now has an estimated net worth of $15 million, thanks to her successful modeling career, business ventures, and social media influence while her fiancée Ronaldo is worth $1.2 billion.
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