Before she got together with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Shriver had chances to become famous on her own. People still argue about who was more famous between them. Maria has happy, shiny eyes you can see in her pictures. Her family background is really important and she’s both tall and beautiful because of her family.
Maria was born in 1955, and she’s part of the Kennedy family. She’s also the 35th niece of a former US president. Her parents really focused on her education and upbringing, wanting her to get into politics like the rest of the family. But Maria decided to become a journalist instead. She was really good at it. And it was while she was working in journalism that she met Arnold.
Even though they were only together for nine years when they were young, they still cared about each other a lot. We don’t know for sure why Maria didn’t want to date Arnold when they were younger. Some people think her family might have influenced her decision. But they got married in 1986. By then, Arnold was already famous for his acting and had a lot of money. Maria was doing well in her job at NBC, and she eventually became a reporter. They started a family together and had two daughters and two sons.
Maria was a really great wife to Arnold. She was so good that she was given the special title of First Lady of California when Arnold was re-elected as Governor of California in 2003. Maria’s influence on Arnold’s political career happened without her even trying. She’s really good at talking in public and she works really hard, which helped Arnold a lot.