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Mouna Ayoub

Lebanese businesswoman

Mouna Ayoub (Arabic: منى أيوب) (born 27 February in Kuwait)[2] is a French socialite and businesswoman of Lebanese origin. Frequently in the media, she is often a guest of the Cannes film festival and makes headlines in French gossip magazines.[3][unreliable source?]

Biography

She was born into a Maronite Christian family. At the age of 20 she converted to Islam to marry Nasser Al-Rashid, a year-old businessman and adviser to King Fahd. She has five children with Nasser Al-Rashid.[4] After eighteen years of marriage, and according to her divorce agreements, she left Saudi Arabia and built a fortune by investing in real estate and stocks.[5] She wrote about her marriage in her book La Vérité: autobiographie.[6][7][8]

Ayoub stated she wrote the book to explain her situation, and to address allegations published by a Lebanese magazine that she was a modern-day Madame Bovary.[8] As Scott MacLeod of Time wrote: "But if her tale provides a rare look at the extravagance often wrought by unimagined wealth, it also serves as a disturbing manifesto against the extreme restrictions imposed on women by some ultraconservative Arab societies."[8] Her former husband filed suit in an attempt to stop publication of the autobiography.[5] The book became a best seller in France.[8]

In , she bought a boat from Bernard Tapie, the Phocéa (the largest sailing yacht in the world before ), for €&#;million to which was added €&#;million worth of work.[9][10] To pay for the work she sold a number of her jewels including "The Mouna diamond", one of the largest yellow diamonds of the world ( carats (&#;g)) for a price of €&#;million (&#;million francs) a Bulgari necklace for &#;million francs, and a collection of jewels by Tabbah.[11][10][12] After getting rid of the yacht, she sold the contents in a well publicized auction.[9]

The Associated Press estimated her net worth at over $&#;million.[5][7] In , The New York Times offered a figure of about $&#;million.[13]

She has the largest private collection of haute couture in the world, encompassing more than 10, items.[3][7] She never wears the same item of couture twice, and all of the major couture houses maintain an Ayoub mannequin for a proper fit in her absence.[7][14] The Associated Press claimed: She's also a couture philanthropist. "One of the richest women in the world will this week disclose how a disastrous marriage to a Saudi Royal family adviser drove her to depression and attempted suicide."[5]

In late , she partnered with Maurice Auctions and Kerry Taylor to auction lots of Chanel haute couture, ranging from belts and bangles to full runway looks.[15] A coat embroidered by Lesage with chinoiserie-inspired motifs, identical to one featured in multiple Metropolitan Museum Costume Institute exhibits, held the highest estimate of €,,[16] It sold for €, before buyers premiums. [17]

Published works

  • Ayoub, Mouna (1 January ). La Vérité: autobiographie (French) (Paperback) (in French). Neuilly-sur-Seine: M. Lafon. ISBN&#;.

References

  1. ^Menkes, Suzy (27 July ). "Mouna Ayoub, Couture Client, Shares Treasures&#;: A Passion for the Finest". The New York Times.
  2. ^Staff writer (25 June ). "Le cri d'amour de Mouna Ayoub". La Dépêche du Midi (in French). Retrieved 13 August
  3. ^ ab"Mouna Ayoub – Couture is an art". Retrieved 13 August
  4. ^"Mouna Ayoub: 'la mode m'a permis de faire la paix avec moi-même' – Gala". 21 January
  5. ^ abcdComan, Julian (18 June ). "My marriage of misery to a billionaire". The Daily Telegraph. Paris. Retrieved 13 August
  6. ^Ayoub, Mouna (1 January ). La Vérité: autobiographie (French) (Paperback) (in French). Neuilly-sur-Seine: M. Lafon. ISBN&#;.
  7. ^ abcdAdamson, Thomas (20 February ). "Cinderella to Couture Queen: Meet Mouna Ayoub". Gennevilliers, France: Associated Press. Retrieved 13 August
  8. ^ abcdMacLeod, Scott (31 July ). "What Money Can't Buy". Time. Cairo. Retrieved 13 August
  9. ^ abSzmydke, Paulina (19 March ). "Mouna Ayoub's Moving Sale"(PDF). Women's Wear Daily. Retrieved 13 August
  10. ^ ab"The Long, Troubled, Glamorous Life Of Superyacht Phocea". Vanuatu Daily Post. 16 November Archived from the original on 14 August Retrieved 13 August
  11. ^Ghorra, Sara (8 September ). "House of Tabbah: The designer and manufacturer of bespoke jewelry". Executive Life. Retrieved 2 August
  12. ^"Record prices in auction houses". BBC News. 17 November Retrieved 14 August
  13. ^Reddy, Sameer (27 August ). "The Remix: Petro Dollies". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 August
  14. ^Adamson, Thomas (20 February ). "Meet Mouna Ayoub: the billionaire haute couture collector". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 14 August Retrieved 14 August
  15. ^Garcia-Furtado, Laia (15 November ). "Want to Own a Piece of Fashion History? An Auction of '90s Chanel Haute Couture From the Collection of Mouna Ayoub Will Give You the Chance". Vogue. Retrieved 15 November
  16. ^"CHANEL HAUTE COUTURE". Maurice Auction (in French). 15 November Retrieved 15 November
  17. ^Socha, Miles (21 November ). "This Chanel Coat Just Sold for , Euros". WWD. Retrieved 21 November

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