Background
Awada was born in Buenos Aires on 3 April 1974, the daughter of Ibrahim Awada, a Lebanese Muslim immigrant native of Baalbek, and Elsa Esther "Pomi" Baker, of Syrian descent.
Awada was born in Buenos Aires on 3 April 1974, the daughter of Ibrahim Awada, a Lebanese Muslim immigrant native of Baalbek, and Elsa Esther "Pomi" Baker, of Syrian descent.
She is the current First Lady of Argentina, married to the 53rd President of Argentina, Mauricio Macri. She is the sister of entrepreneurs Zoraida and Daniel Awada, artist Leila Awada, and actor Alejandro Awada. During her childhood and adolescence, she repeatedly traveled with her mother to Europe and the United States, mainly to Paris, London and New York, looking for fashion collections.
After completing her secondary education at a bilingual English school in Belgrano, the now defunct Chester College, she honed her knowledge of that language in the city of Oxford, England.
As soon as she returned to Argentina, she was actively involved in the family business, a textile company set up by her father in the 1960s. Later, she would enter into a relationship with the Belgian Count Bruno Barbier Laurent, whom she had met on a flight of Air France.
Awada and Mauricio Macri began a relationship in 2009. They wed on 16 November 2010 and have one daughter, Antonia.
In 2016 she was named one of the "best dressed" women in the world according to Vogue magazine.
Comparing her current style with other famous First Ladies as Jacqueline Kennedy, Michelle Obama, or her compatriot Eva Peron. Vogue Spain prepares a special issue for April issue with a particular coverage on Argentine fashion, Awada which will be the main protagonist. The interview was conducted in the middle of what was BAFWEEK. Foreign the production was done in the Teatro Colón of Buenos Aires.
Awada chose to wear national and spanish designs.