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    Vanessa Marie Bryant is an American businesswoman, philanthropist, and model. She is the widow of American professional basketball player Kobe Bryant. With her husband, she founded the Kobe and Vanessa Bryant Foundation in 2007 to provide scholarships to minority college students worldwide. Bryant leads the Mamba and Mambacita Sports Foundation, an organization dedicated to supporting child athletes who are in need.
    BornVanessa Urbieta Cornejo · May 5, 1982 · Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    SpouseKobe Bryant · (m. 2001; his death · 2020)
    Children4; including Gianna
    OccupationsPhilanthropist · business executive · model
    Early life

    Bryant was born Vanessa Urbieta Cornejo on May 5, 1982, in Los Angeles, California, to Sofia Urbieta who immigrated from Mexico. Her parents divorced when she was a baby and her biological father moved to Mexico; … See more

    Career and philanthropy

    In 2007, Bryant and her husband founded the VIVO Foundation which was later renamed the Kobe and Vanessa Bryant Foundation. It is a charity that supports increasing a global perspective among young peo… See more

    Personal life

    In November 1999, 17-year-old Bryant was working as a background dancer for Tha Eastsidaz music video "G'd Up" when she met Kobe Bryant, who was on set working on a rap album. Six months after meeting, the couple … See more

    2020 helicopter crash and subsequent litigation

    On January 26, 2020, Bryant's husband and their daughter Gigi died in the Calabasas helicopter crash. She sued Los Angeles County for invasion of privacy and negligence after employees of the Sheriff's OfficeSee more