• Daniela Rajic is an American entrepreneur, model, former stripper and exotic dancer, and the wife of NBA player Paul George.
• She co-founded the swimwear line NudeSwim with her friend Sarah Nasser Patterson.
• She and Paul George have two daughters, Olivia and Natasha.
• She enjoys swimming, eating Kinder Chocolate bars and Disney cartoons, and reading to her daughters.
• Her net worth is estimated to be around $500,000, while Paul George's is estimated to be over $60 million.
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Daniela Rajić is mostly famous for being the wife of the basketball player Paul George, who plays for Los Angeles Clippers. A former stripper and exotic dancer, Daniela is now also a successful entrepreneur and model.
Early life and family
Daniela A. Rajić was born on 12 November 1990, in Queens, New York City USA, so holds American nationality, and her zodiac sign is Scorpio. Her parents are both Serbian, and she has a younger sister named Kristina Rajić, who has recently graduated from the University of Miami and is going to be a doctor.
Daniela spent her childhood in New York, and matriculated from a local high school in 2008. She didn’t enroll at any college, starting work as a dancer in nightclubs. However, Daniela is actually a religious person; she baptized her daughters according to the canons of the Orthodox Church, and shared some photos from the ceremony on her Instagram account. The ceremony took place in Belgrade, in Crkva Svete Petke; Milovan Vasiljevic, an old friend of Daniela, became the godfather to her daughters.
Career
Dancing career
When she turned 18, Daniela started working as an exotic dancer and a stripper in the night clubs of Florida, to where she moved after her high school matriculation. She met her future husband, Paul George when she was working at the nightclub called “Tootsies”. After she started her relationship with Paul, she quit dancing in 2013.
NUDESWIM swimwear
Along with her friend Sarah Nasser Patterson, Daniela founded a swimwear line called “NudeSwim”.
The business is developing quite successfully, and the brand is advertised by such models as Summer CJ, Sophia Payán and Cheyenne Rowan. Daniela and Sarah met thanks to their husbands, who are both NBA players – Sarah is married to Patrick Patterson, a noted American basketball player with the Los Angeles Clippers. The idea of the swimwear line came to them while they were chilling at the beach, drinking wine and dreaming. Their dream of ‘perfect’ swimwear which would complement curvy bodies came true, and the two women started their brand soon after the idea popped into their minds.
Personal life, husband Paul George
Daniela met her future husband Paul while he was officially dating Callie Rivers. When the media found out about the affair between Paul and Daniela, Callie instantly broke-up with him, not wanting to participate in any scandal. The controversial beginning of their romance caused a tense relationship between the lovers, and when Daniela revealed she was expecting a baby from Paul, he was rumored to have offered her $1 million to abort the child. However, when the noise around the couple calmed down, Paul denied that, and officially announced they were in a relationship.
Before Daniela. Paul dated the model Jessica Burciaga, and the singer Destiny Marie.
Two daughters, Olivia and Natasha
Daniela gave birth to their first daughter, Olivia, on 1 May 2014. She shared a lot of her newborn’s pictures on her Instagram account, enjoying her motherhood. She even posted rare private moments of Paul George feeding Olivia from the bottle, holding her on his knees. Within a couple of years she became pregnant for the second time, and gave birth to their younger daughter, Natasha, on 1 November 2017.
Daniela lives an active life with her daughters, taking them to various sports events. For example, she is planning for Olivia to start taking tennis classes, as Daniela likes tennis herself and is a big fan of the famous Serbian tennis player and fellow countryman, Novak Djokovic. Paul George is also trying hard to find some spare time to spend it with his children, though his training schedule is very tight. Daniela shared some photos of him teaching Olivia how to fish – the father and daughter held the fishing rod together, catching some small fish and then returning them to the water.
@paulgeorgerp all yours baby pic.twitter.com/n7br6Z1pcy
— Daniela Rajic (@DanielaRajic21) January 12, 2019
Who is Paul George?
Daniela’s husband, Paul Cliftonantho George was born on 2 May 1990 in Los Angeles County, California USA. His sisters Teiosha and Portala are also playing sports professionally: Teiosha plays basketball for the Pepperdine Waves team, while Portala is a professional volleyball player for the Cal State San Bernardino Coyotes team. After matriculating from Knight High School, Paul enrolled into California State University, Fresno. In 2007 he was noticed by sports recruiters while he was playing in AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) tournaments. His career developed quickly, as he was invited to join the Fresno State Bulldogs team.
He was drafted 10th in the National Basketball Association (NBA) by the Indiana Pacers in 2010, missing 2013-2014 seasons due to his injury. However, in 2015 he was selected to join the US national team for the 2016 Rio Olympics, where they defeated Serbia in the final to win the Olympic gold medal. In 2017 Paul signed a four-year $137 million contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder, however, in 2019 he joined the Los Angeles Clippers, when the Thunder traded him for Danilo Gallinari and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
Hobbies, favorite things and interesting facts
- Daniela likes spending her spare time swimming in the pool or relaxing at the beach.
- One of her favorite desserts is Kinder Chocolate bars.
- She is also a big fan of Disney cartoons and enjoys visiting Disneyland; her favorite cartoon character is Cinderella.
- Her favorite actor is Tom Cruise; her favorite actresses are Angelina Jolie and Megan Fox.
- She likes Italian cuisine, and her favorite food is pizza; she also enjoys ice-cream and French fries from time to time, as she follows a healthy diet to keep fit.
- Daniela also enjoys spending time with her family.
- She likes reading books to her daughters not only at bedtime, but in any spare minute she finds in her tight working schedule.
- She likes traveling and always takes her kids with her; they recently visited Lanikai Beach, in Kailua.
Appearance, clothing style
Daniela has long dark brown hair and hazel eyes. She is 5ft 7ins (1.70m) tall and weighs around 147lbs (67kgs); her vital statistics are 40-27-38. Her followers notice that she underwent several plastic surgeries, as the changes in her hips and breast are obvious, if one compares her early photos and latest shots. However, Daniela keeps that information low-key. As to her clothing style, she likes explicit looks, and is not afraid to wear the shortest mini-skirts she can find. She also likes dressing her daughters in designers’ clothes, preferring Burberry, Versace and Prada for Olivia and Natasha’s outfits.
Net worth and salary
As of 2019, Daniela’s net worth is estimated to be around $500,000. She benefits from her commercial contracts as a model, and her swimwear line “NudeSwim” is also a stable source of income. As to her husband, Paul George has a wealth estimated at over $60 million, while his annual salary is $20 million as of 2019. Paul has recently gifted his wife a Land Rover for Mother’s Day, and she showed the photo of the car on her Instagram account, thanking her husband for the present.
