Allegra Versace Heiress Of Empire Daughter Of Donatella Versace

Shy, anorexic and heiress of one half of the Versace empire, 21-year-old Allegra Versace Beck, daughter of Italian fashion designer Donatella Versace and US supermodel Paul Beck, was at the front row of the Milan Mens Fashion Week on Monday with her brother Daniel, 18, and R&B stars Jay Z, Kelly Rowland and Beyonce.

Born in Milan on June 30, 1986, Allegra Versace has been educated in a British school in the same city and has attended Brown University in Rhode Island, the USA. She had expressed a strong affinity for museums and fine arts since an early age and was particulary close to her uncle, fashion mogul Gianni Versace.

In 1998, Gianni Versace was shot down on the doorstep of his Miami Beach retreat by Andrew Cunanan, a 27-year-old homosexual prostitute. He had been suffering from cancer for the past two years at the time of his death. He left 20 per cent of his fashion empire, founded in 1978, to his younger sister Donatella, 30 per cent to his older brother, Santo, and 50 per cent to Allegra Versace in his will. Allegras brother Daniel inherited Giannis huge art collection that has since been sold. Allegra was only 11. Donatella and Santo Versace took over the reins of the empire.

Only you understand how I express what I feel Gianni had once said to Allegra Versace.
In 2004, the 18-year-old Allegra Versace inherited nearly 700 million dollars (50 per cent of the firm) from her uncle. She now has the last word on the sales and important issues may be referred to her in case of controversy. She also got her uncles villa on Lake Como, Italy, and a large townhouse in one of Manhattans richest localities.

In 2007, the then 20-year-old fashion princess was hospitalised in a medical and psychiatric unit for anorexia. Weighing only 70 lb (32 kg), Allegra Versace had to be administered intravenous nutrition and was kept under the round-the-clock supervision much to the shock and consternation of her friends and immediate family. It was the most sad and traumatic experience of my life, said a Versace family employee. Her arms are like candlesticks. Her skin is this unnatural color Ive never seen before.

In March, 2007, parents Donatella and Beck released a joint statement stating her condition after rumours about Allegras eating disorder spun out of control and requesting protection of her privacy. Allegra Versace has visited the University of California, Los Angeles, for medical care and is reportedly a friend of programme director Michael Strober.

At the fashion show on Monday, Allegra Versace seemed to have had successful treatment for her anorexia though she was seen to have been wearing a very loose-fitting black jacket and a matching skirt, observers said. Once an anorexic, always an anorexic, said another observer. For all her improvement, Allegra Versace will always be seen as battling anorexia because it is a medically incurable disease.Allegra Versace