Cristina Ferrare life and biography

Cristina Ferrare, born Cynthia Cristina Ferrare is a former fashion model, actress, author and television talk-show host.

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, she was 14 years old when her family moved to Los Angeles, California, where her beauty landed her a contract with a major modeling agency and then with 20th Century Fox film studios. Ferrare starred in the 1968 movie The Impossible Years and appeared opposite Cliff Robertson in J. W. Coop (1971). She was a top model and was featured as cover girl many times over on a variety of fashion magazines.

Ferrare was the spokesperson for Max Factor between the ages of 16 and 26 and a host/presenter on various television programs during the 1970s and 1980s including AM Los Angeles, Incredible Sunday and Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus. She has also written a number of books including Cristina Ferrare’s Family Entertaining, "Cristina Ferrare Style: How To Have It In Every Part of Your Life", Okay, So I Don't Have a Headache and Realistically Ever After.

Cristina was co-host of the popular local show A. M. Los Angeles for 4 years along side television host Steve Edwards.

Ferrare co-hosted The Home and Family Show with Chuck Woolery and Michael Burger, a unique two-hour show that was broadcast on the Family Channel from June 3, 1996 to August 14, 1998.

Ferrare has been featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show in her own cooking segments with Oprah. Winfrey is a fan of Ferrare's cooking and cookbook and frequently features her in her magazine "O" as well as on her website with great cooking recipes.

Cristina Ferrare started her new TV show Big Bowl Of Love on Oprah Winfrey's new television network (OWN) on January 3, 2011. The first episode featured Iron Chef Cat Cora and debuted to great reviews. Big Bowl of Love follows Cristina's big personality and great cooking recipes as she shares them with friends and family on the show.

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