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Christina Oxenberg was born on 27 December, 1962 in New York City, U.S., is a Serbian-American writer, humorist, and fashion designer. Discover Christina Oxenberg's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 61 years old?
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Writer,Fashion designer |
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61 years old |
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Capricorn |
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27 December 1962 |
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27 December |
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New York City, U.S. |
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United States
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Christina Oxenberg Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Christina Oxenberg's Husband?
Her husband is Damian Elwes (m. 1986-1996)
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Christina Oxenberg Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Christina Oxenberg worth at the age of 61 years old? Christina Oxenberg’s income source is mostly from being a successful Writer. She is from United States. We have estimated Christina Oxenberg's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Through her maternal grandfather Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, of the House of Karađorđević, Christina Oxenberg is also a great-great-great-granddaughter of Karageorge, who started the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire in 1804.
Oxenberg's maternal grandmother, Princess Olga, was the daughter of Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia and Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, himself the son of another Romanov grand duchess, Queen Olga Konstantinovna of the Hellenes and her Danish-born husband King George of Greece, brother of Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom and the Empress Maria Fyodorovna.
Princess Olga was the sister of Princess Marina, who married Prince George, Duke of Kent (an uncle of Queen Elizabeth II); and Olga/Marina were also paternal first cousins of the Duke of Edinburgh (husband of Queen Elizabeth II) through their respective fathers Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark and Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, who were brothers.
After high school, Oxenberg worked various jobs in New York ranging from a secretary to a roller-rink attendant.
She would then go on a backpacking trip around the world before returning to New York City.
Upon her return, Oxenberg secured a job at Studio 54.
Christina Oxenberg (born December 27, 1962) is an American writer, humorist, and fashion designer.
She has written seven books, and her writing has been featured in magazines and publications like Allure, The Sunday Times, Huffington Post, and others.
Her two knitwear clothing lines, Christina Oxenberg and Ox, have appeared in Barneys, Bloomingdale's, and luxury boutiques throughout the world.
Christina Oxenberg was born in New York City.
She has a full sister, Catherine Oxenberg, and a half-brother on her mother’s side, Neil Balfour (born 1970).
On her father’s side she has two half-brothers, Starr and Robert Oxenberg, and a half-sister, Ashley Harcourt.
She attended 14 different schools in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Spain, including the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle in Kensington, and graduated from the Colorado Rocky Mountain School in Carbondale, Colorado, in 1981.
Oxenberg's mother, Princess Elizabeth, is a descendant of William the Conqueror, through Frederick of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, a maternal first cousin of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, and also a maternal second cousin of Queen Sofía of Spain, making Christina a second cousin once removed of King Charles III.
Between 1984 and 1985, she worked as a research assistant for historian, Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, on his book Blenheim Revisited.
In 1986, she published her first book, Taxi, a collection of celebrity anecdotes and personal observations revolving around experiences in taxicabs.
Christina Oxenberg married painter Damian Elwes near Amman, Jordan, in May 1986.
In 1994, Simon & Schuster commissioned Oxenberg to write a semi-autobiographical novel that would eventually be published as Royal Blue.
The novel was released in 1997 in the United States and was published by Quartet in the United Kingdom in 1998.
The book is fictional but contains true elements.
The book received generally favorable reviews from publications like The Independent The Guardian, and The Times.
As a result of the book, Oxenberg appeared on the cover of New York Magazine and was profiled in People.
It was called "darkly funny" by the Chicago Tribune.
In 2000, Oxenberg went on hiatus from writing and took a job at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Waterkeeper Alliance.
Through that job she met Fernando Alvarez, a Peruvian businessman living in Banff, Alberta, Canada.
The two discussed the possibility of a clothing line using Oxenberg's name.
They designed, produced and wholesaled a collection of knitwear.
The pair used fibers such as the guanaco from Patagonia, the suri-alpaca from the high Andes and the muskox from the indigenous population in the North West Territories of Canada.
From 2002 to 2010, Oxenberg produced two clothing lines (Christina Oxenberg and Ox).
Christina Oxenberg would go on to self-publish several collections of short stories between 2010 and 2014, including Do These Gloves Make My Ass Look Fat?, Life is Short: Read Short Stories, and When in Doubt...Double the Dosage.
Additionally, her writing has appeared in publications like Allure, Penthouse, The Sunday Times, Takimag (where she published a weekly column), HuffPost (where she currently publishes weekly columns), and others.
In 2011, she moved from the Northeastern United States to Key West, Florida.
Many of the stories in her short story collections like Will Write for Compliments and Life is Short: Read Short Stories are about or set in Key West.
Since 2012 Oxenberg has contributed articles to Key West weekly magazine Konk Life.