Gia Giudice, Teresa Giudice and Milania Giudice.Photo: Gregory Pace/Shutterstock
Gia Giudicecelebrated her birthday on Monday, and kicked off her 23rd year with not one cake, but two.
Gia and her momTeresa Giudiceboth shared photos from Sunday’s celebration on their Instagram Story. Gia posted a photo of a cake with white frosting and pink writing on it that spelled out, “Happy Birthday Gia!” She wrote “🤍🤍🤍” over the photo.
“Happy birthday 🎂🖤,” Teresa, 51, wrote over the video of her daughter with the monochrome dessert.
Gia Giudice with her birthday cake.Teresa Giudice/Instagram
Teresa Giudice/Instagram
Gia also reposted several tributes from her loved ones to her Instagram Story as she was flooded with love on her birthday. Her boyfriend of several years,Christian Carmichael, posted a photo with Gia, writing “Happy birthday!! I love you ❤️.”
Her stepdad,Louie Ruelas, also showed his love for the college graduate as she shared amontageof photos of their family and wrote a lengthy tribute to Gia. “Happy Birthday to my incredible stepdaughter, Gia! You are a force to be reckoned with, full of strength and fierceness. The world is ready to witness all the amazing things you’re going to conquer,” Ruelas wrote in the post.
“Keep living life to its fullest and dancing like nobody’s watching. Here’s to another year of incredible adventures! LOVE YOU ❤️❤️❤️❤️.”
Gia’s dad,Joe Giudice, also chimed in and shared aphotowith his oldest daughter, writing, “Happy Birthday sweetheart ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️.”
Gia Giudice and one of her birthday cakes.Rachpoot/Bauer-Griffin/GC; Gia Giudice/Instagram
Rachpoot/Bauer-Griffin/GC; Gia Giudice/Instagram
She recentlyopened up to PEOPLE about her relationship with her dad, whowas deported from the U.S.in 2019 afterspending 41 months in prisonfor federal fraud charges and is now living in the Bahamas.
“WhatsApp is our best friend. FaceTime is, too. But we honestly see him as often as we can,” she said of how she and her younger sisters,Gabriella, 19,Milania, 17, andAudriana, 14, manage the distance. “We do our best, and he’s doing amazing.”
Though she said she would love to have her dad living closer, Gia admitted she’s also found the silver lining in his current residence.
“The Bahamas is a beautiful place,” she said. “You can’t really be that mad that that is our second home! … But yeah, he’s doing really good. So we’re happy.”
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Sinceher graduation from Rutgers Universityin May with a degree in criminal justice, Gia has been working a day job in marketing, pursuing a career in influencing and studying for her LSATs.
source: people.com
