“This is the Jesus I like, the one that moved me during the Holy Week procession,” says Spanish-Argentine model and influencer Georgina Rodriguez, long-term partner of footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, while filming a solo trip to an otherwise deserted Santa Cruz Church in central Madrid for the Netflix Spanish reality show I Am Georgina. “Ever since I was little,” she continues, “I’ve gone to church to light candles for God. It’s a tradition and something I need.”
Many mysteries abound in the typical narrative of 30-year-old Rodriguez’s life. Particularly when it comes to love, family and the at once fairytale-like, yet formidable, public persona she has cultivated – and protected – since embarking on one of the most dramatic, and successful, lifestyle transformations imaginable upon meeting Ronaldo, one of the most famous footballers in the world, in 2016.
