Paula Ciccone Biography, Family, All About Madonnas Sister

Posted by Zora Stowers on Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Madonna has become too big of a star that many of us think she is literally space and might as well be her own parents and siblings. Nevertheless, she is also human with her parents and many siblings, including Paula Ciccone.

Paula is the younger sister of the Queen of Pop with whom she started her journey to fame since childhood. Both sisters wanted to be in the spotlight, but while Madonna took the path of music and showbiz and was lucky that her stars shined, Paula went the path of modeling and painting, but unfortunately things didn’t work. didn’t go well. her.

Due to an interview she gave many years ago, there has always been speculation that Ciccone was jealous of her older sister’s success. In fact, it’s one of the few things she’s associated with now. More than that, there is so much about Paula that still remains hidden.

Paula Ciccone – Biography

Paula Ciccone was born on August 22, 1959 in Bay.City, Michigan, USA, the fourth child of Madonna Louise Ciccone and Silvio Anthony Ciccone. Of Italian, French and Canadian descent, she was raised in Michigan with her three older and two younger siblings.

When she was still a young girl of just four years old, her mother died of breast cancer in 1963. Her father had six children and the youngest, Melanie Ciccone, was just a year old at the time. He later married the family governess Joan Gustafson.

While her father worked as an engineer at Chrysler and General Motors, her mother was pretty much a housewife.

Paula was also raised like her older sister in a strict Catholic family, but it is unknown if she attended the same schools, St. Frederic and St. Andrew Catholic Elementary Schools, as her star sister.

When she was young, Paula was interested inbecoming a model, she moved to New York where she is roommates with actress and producer Jorja Fox. At the time, Fox was also an up-and-coming model. Paula would continue to model, but she didn’t make the name she hoped for. Apart from that, the beauty was also a painter and a graphic designer.

Paula also had aspirations of becoming an actress and singer, but not all of them came to fruition. As a model, she appeared in Rollingstone magazine and took part in some advertising campaigns.

Family

Paula Ciccone was brought up in a fairly large family with five siblings and two paternal half-siblings. Anthony Ciccone Jr., born in 1956, is the first and oldest of the siblings. He then fell out with family and was left homeless for seven years. His second brother, Martin Ciccone, was born in 1957 and had also struggled with alcoholism along with his older brother. He had also spent some time behind bars.

The next sibling is the Queen of Pop who was born a year before Paula, and then there is a younger brother, Christopher Ciccone, who was born a year after her. Chris is a dancer, interior decorator and designer. The youngest in her family is Melanie Ciccone who was born in 1962. Since 1987, Melanie has been married to songwriter Joe Henry.

From her father’s marriage to Joan Gustafson, Paula has two half-siblings, Jennifer Ciccone, born in 1968, and Mario Ciccone, born in 1969.

Other Facts About Madonna’s Sister

1. She’s not her superstar sister’s biggest fan. Paula’s family is not very tight-knit. A lot of family members don’t get along much as siblings and it’s the same with Paula and her older sister Madonna.

2. In a very old Oprah Winfrey interview, PaulaCiccone reveals that a part of herself is suffering from a certain emotional trauma related to her sister’s success and absence, and the fact that she has a little envied his sister.

3. Paula and her siblings disliked their housekeeper who later became their mother-in-law after their mother passed away. As a result, relations between Madonna and her father remained strained for many years.

4. His family owns a winery known as CicconeVineyard and Winery, owned by Silvio Tony and Joan. The winery is said to be among the 10 winemakers on the Leelanau Peninsula. It is run by the youngest child in the family, Mario Ciccone, and is where Paula currently works.

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