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Daily Mail
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Dua Lipa wows in sequined bikini and shares adorable childhood snap with sister Rina in gushing birthday post
Dua Lipa looked sensational as she wowed in a sequined silver bikini in snaps with her sister Rina on Wednesday. The Houdini hitmaker, 29, took to Instagram to pay a sweet tribute to her younger sister as she celebrated her 24th birthday. Posting a series of snaps with Rina the singer shared adorable pictures of the pair as children as she gushed: 'I got so lucky to have you in my life'. Alongside the post she wrote: 'Rinuuuuuuush ❤️❤️❤️❤️24!!! (n'kajmak) ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 'Happy Birthday to my built-in best friend, my beautiful baby sister. 'I honestly don't know how I got so lucky to have you in my life. Wherever you go, you light up the room and everyone in it. You wild, hilarious, smart, brilliant, kind, sweet, full of life little thing!!! 'It seems like a party follows wherever you are!!! Can't wait to celebrate you when i'm back home ❤️ Te dua shumë shpirtiiiiiiii jem!' which means 'I love you so much, my dear!'' in Albanian. Replying to the sweet post Rina, who is a dancer and model, commented: 'I love youuuu du'. Rina is Dua's younger sister. She also has a brother Gjin and her manager is her dad Dukagjin Lipa. In March Dua marked her father's birthday with a sweet birthday tribute for his 56th as she gushed: 'Happy Birthday Twinnnn @dukagjinlipa !! I love you so much ❤️❤️' Fans quickly rushed to the comments to wish Dukagjin happy birthday but many pointed out that the manager is 'aging backwards' and looking 'fine as hell'. They wrote: 'The hottest dad ever we love u; Her daddy fine as hell; Your Dad is unreal; The face card of this family is crazy 'There is no uglyness in this family; He's aging backwards'. Earlier this month Dua and her fiancé Callum Turner looked more loved-up than ever as they made their red carpet debut at the Met Gala. Another sweet snap saw the siblings on stage together at a festival as the crowds were seen behind them The singer and the actor, 35, who were first linked in January 2024, looked happier than ever as they hit the blue carpet at fashion's biggest night in New York. Dua flashed her dazzling engagement ring under a pair of sheer long gloves as she cosied up to Callum for a number of sweet photos together at the star-studded event. The One Kiss hitmaker commanded attention in an eye-catching black Chanel mini dress which boasted a feathered skirt and a sheer underlay. Flaunting every inch of her endless pins, Dua slipped into a plunging blazer number with beaded detailing. The beauty accessorised with a dazzling necklace and wore her long dark tresses in a sleek up do. Callum put on a sharp display in a black double-breasted suit as they made their red carper debut together. In December it emerged that Dua and Callum had got engaged after he 'got down in one knee in a romantic proposal'.
South China Morning Post
19-02-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Meet Dua Lipa's father, Dukagjin Lipa, the music industry's ‘best-looking dad'
Dua Lipa and her manager-father Dukagjin Lipa at the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Photo: @dukagjinlipa/Instagram Celebrity Families The 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cleveland last October honoured some of the biggest names in popular music, including Cher , Mary J. Blige, A Tribe Called Quest, Ozzy Osbourne, the Dave Matthews Band and more. Kicking off the show were Cher and Dua Lipa – pop icons of their respective generations – who captivated the audience with their joint rendition of the former's beloved track, 'Believe'. Cher, left and Dua Lipa perform at the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Photo: AP Before the performance, the 'Levitating' singer arrived on the red carpet with her 'dadager', father and manager Dukagjin Lipa, who was also her date at the 2024 Grammys. In Cleveland, while dashing dad donned a tuxedo, daughter Dua was a vision in black, with her toned abs on full display. The father-daughter pair's appearance was particularly pleasing for fans who have long swooned over the older Lipa's good looks. Bad Education actor Jack Whitehall even called him 'the best-looking dad in the music industry' at the 2019 Brit Awards. So, what else do we know about Dukagjin Lipa? What is Dukagjin Lipa's background? A young Dua Lipa with her father, Dukagjin Lipa. Photo: @dukagjinlipa/Instagram Dukagjin Lipa is ethnically Albanian, reports People. He became engaged to wife Anesa in Kosovo, moving to London in 1992 when the Bosnian War began. There, they married and welcomed their firstborn child, Dua. He studied in London Dua Lipa's father, Dukagjin Lipa, has been called 'the best-looking dad in the music industry'. Photo: @dukagjinlipa/Instagram Dukagjin was training to be a dentist, according to People, but the course of his life changed in London. In addition to taking on odd jobs to make ends meet, he studied at the Chartered Institute of Marketing. He earned his master's degree in Mass Communication when the family moved back to Kosovan capital Pristina in 2008.
