Michaele Salahi

Michaele Salahi (née Michaele Holt) (born October 1, 1965) is a former model known for crashing, along with her husband Tareq, the November 24, 2009 White House state dinner in honor of visiting Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
She is the daughter of Howard & Rosemary Holt of Fairfax, Virginia and is a graduate of Kings College.
Michaele Salahi married Tareq in 2003 in a lavish ceremony at St. Matthews Cathedral in Washington DC with 28 bridesmaids, 28 groomsmen, and, according to a video posted on YouTube and her Facebook page, enjoyed a reception at the Tareq family winery prepared by 46 chefs hosted in a 36,000 square-foot tent, capped off with a 30-minute fireworks display and an eight-foot wedding cake. The guest list included 1,836 guests featuring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, Sen. Mark Warner, and former U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Margaret Heckler. The wedding originally scheduled for October 2002 was postponed numerous times prompting Kennedy to quip that he needed to issue "subpoenas" to the bride and groom.
Michaele Salahi is a former model and Washington Redskins cheerleader who has been featured in numerous television spots, was the face of Virginia.org's Wine Getaways ad campaign, and has been featured in O, Gourmet, Conde Nast Traveller, Home & Garden, The New Yorker, Vogue, Elle, Victoria's Secret amongst others. The Salahis are the co-chairs of America's Polo Cup and been involved in numerous controversies over the years including running a bogus charity, numerous fights with their neighbors, a bitter and protracted legal battle for control of the family winery, and failure to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in bills for the America's Polo Cup.
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