Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece and Denmark was born on 25 July 1996 at
Weill Cornell Medical Center in
Lenox Hill, New York in
Manhattan to
Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, and his wife,
Marie-Chantal. She was baptized in the
Greek Orthodox Church by
Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople at the
Church of St. George in
Istanbul, Turkey, on 22 December 1996. Her godparents are her paternal aunt
Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark, her maternal aunt
Pia Getty, her grandfather's second cousin
Charles III, and
Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark. Her family relocated to London, where she spent most of her childhood. She is the older sister of
Prince Constantine-Alexios,
Prince Achileas-Andreas, Prince Odysseas Kimon, and Prince Aristidis-Stavros. She uses the name
Olympia in everyday life. Olympia attended her first couture show around the age of 11 in Rome together with her parents. She studied art history, theatre, photography, and graphic design while in boarding school in
Switzerland with hopes of pursuing a career in art or fashion. She interned in
Dior's couture department, at the age of 17. Maria-Olympia registered at college in
New York in the fall of 2015. In 2019, she completed her studies with a degree in Fashion Business and Marketing from New York University's
Gallatin School of Individualized Study. == Fashion career==