Carina Mirabile has become well known for her daring fashion sense on Married At First Sight.
And it turns out that the television bride paid a pretty penny for not only her own clothes, but her own hair, makeup and personal stylist.
The 31-year-old Digital Marketing Manager from Perth employed celebrity stylist Jacob Muller, revealing she dropped around $15,000 on clothes and $1500 on hair and makeup.
The total cost for the entire filming period for her season of the series was around $27,000 to look her best.
Carina sourced the designer outfits from sites like Farfetch, and while production did not pay for them, they did have to okay anything she wore.
‘From the styling point of view, production doesn’t give you any allocation money, or reimbursement to purchase your own outfits’ Carina said in a chat with Muller.
Carina Mirabile (pictured) has become well known for her daring fashion sense on Married At First Sight. And it turns out that the television bride paid a pretty penny for not only her own clothes, but her own hair, makeup and personal stylist
Muller told Yahoo Lifestyle this week that he had to be available at all hours to ensure Carina looked her best.
‘There were mornings we had to start at 3am just to have her ready and back at the apartments by 7am for an 8am filming start’ he said.
‘It was both exciting and intense, especially knowing that the look we created at 3am needed to last sometimes until 3am the next morning!
‘The dinner parties are incredibly long, so everything had to be bulletproof – every detail had to hold up under the lights, cameras, and the long hours of filming.’
Carina has always been a fashionista, as she proved when she delighted her fans by sharing a stunning throwback picture to her social media on Sunday.
Taken on her 21st birthday, the Perth-based social media specialist can be seen rocking a clingy black evening dress and sporting blonde hair.
Known on MAFS for her striking style choices, the photo appears to been taken during her birthday celebrations.
Her friends on Instagram filled the comment thread with plenty of enthusiasm and gushed over the voluptuous stars looks.
The 31-year-old Digital Marketing Manager from Perth employed celebrity stylist Jacob Muller (right), revealing she dropped around $15,000 on clothes and $1500 on hair and makeup
The total cost for the entire filming period for her season of the series was around $27,000 to look her best. Carina sourced the designer outfits from sites like Farfetch, and while production did not pay for them, they did have to okay anything she wore
‘Kim K of Perth best night, hope you had fun babe xxx,’ wrote one user, who compared the voluptuous Carina to famed US star Kim Kardashian.
‘Absolutely gorgeous,’ said another,’ while another friend commented: ‘The most stunning birthday girl I’ve ever seen.’
Known for her striking looks, Carina has drawn comparisons to the stunning Kardashian, with some MAFS fans fans dubbing her ‘Temu Kim.’
The reality star was roasted after she wore a halter neck dress that featured a curve-hugging, ruched bodice and a matching head scarf to a MAFS dinner party.
Internet sleuths were quick to discover she had borrowed the exact look from Kim’s younger sister Kylie, who wore the same dress in a promotional shoot for The Kardashians.
In a showreel attached to her website, Carina shared a video in which she said her top five dream red carpet interviewees are: ‘Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner, The Weeknd and Drake.’
Speaking to Daily Mail Australia in January, Carina said she was flattered by the nickname, but laughed it off nonetheless.
‘I mean, come on – I’m a little more classy than that! But honestly, I am inspired by Kim’s fashion and style,’ she said.
‘From the styling point of view, production doesn’t give you any allocation money, or reimbursement to purchase your own outfits’ Carina said
Muller told Yahoo Lifestyle this week that he had to be available at all hours to ensure Carina looked her best. ‘There were mornings we had to start at 3am just to have her ready and back at the apartments by 7am for an 8am filming start’ he said
‘Most of all, I resonate with her family dynamic. I come from a big family too, and that’s something I deeply value.’
Like Kris Jenner, who has four children – Kylie and Kendall Jenner, and Kim, Khloé, Kourtney, and Rob Kardashian, and 14 grandchildren, mum Carmel also enjoys a large family with 5 children and ten grandchildren.
And much like the Kardashians, who have a vast multi-media empire at their feet, Carina, too is part of an impressive family-run business.
The Mirabile family, led by Carina’s mother and father Carmel and Tony, run Beyond Tools—a purveyor of heavy duty machinery and power tools.
Located in Malaga, just outside of Perth, Beyond Tools has been servicing handy men and women since 1986.
It’s a truly family-run business as well, with Tony and Carmel sharing the CEO role.
The matriarch also balances her CEO role with that of accounts manager, while also helping her children raise ten grandkids.
Carina’s brothers Charles and Anthony also work in the business, running the service department and financials respectively.
Carina has always been a fashionista, as she proved when she delighted her fans by sharing a stunning throwback picture to her social media on Sunday, taken on her 21st birthday
Her sisters, Rosemarie and Janelle also take a very active role, as heads of marketing, advertising and IT.
Not one to be left out, Carina also works in the business and, as a digital marketing manager and social media specialist.
Carina tried out careers as a broadcast journalist, TV personality, host, model, and actress, prior to applying for season 12 of MAFS.
She got her big TV break in as ‘lead actress’ in a Channel Nine TV segment filmed with Beyond Tools in 2018.
