Maria Montazami
Swedish television personality
Maria Brigitte Anita Montazami (née Westphal; born 13 November 1965) is a Swedish–American housewife and television personality in the series Svenska Hollywoodfruar. Montazami has also appeared in commercials for Max Hamburgers and the travel agency Vings commercial. In November 2010 Montazami appeared in the TV3 show 24 timmar, alongside singer Anna Book.
Biography
Montazami was born in Västerås. In 1965, she travelled to Los Angeles, United States, to visit her sister. She stayed in Los Angeles and worked as an au pair and later as a waitress at a restaurant. She met the restaurant owner Kamran Montazami, an American originally from Iran. Maria and Kamran married in 1990.
Within the next few years, Kamran Montazami became a successful real-estate agent and the couple moved to Laguna Niguel, California where they raised four children. Since the mid-1990s, Maria Montazami has been a housewife.
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