My Kitchen Rules star Zana Pali hints at new romance as she shares bikini photos on holiday in Greece after her split from husband Gianni Romano
To add a bit of spice to the post, the 34-year-old My Kitchen Rules 'villain' has hinted that she is keeping male company while enjoying a getaway in the Mediterranean.
Looking beach fit, the dark-haired beauty, who made headlines last week after splitting from her husband Gianni Romano, flaunted her trim physique in a gallery she shared on her Instagram on Thursday.
Several images feature Zana strutting her stuff while posing against the picturesque Greek coast in a barely-there string bikini.
Meanwhile, Zana also shared photos of a delicious-looking meal.
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One photo, taken of the table, shows a sumptuous dish of seafood and also features what appears to be a man's hand wrapped around a mobile device.
'Peace and happiness,' Zana captioned the post in which she identified her location as Athens, Greece.
It comes after news of her marriage split with Romano rocked Brighton 's 'Golden Mile'.
Gianni and Zana - a pair of lawyers who rose to fame on My Kitchen Rules in 2016 - made headlines earlier this month over their breakup.
The former couple are living completely separate lives, with Zana - now a property developer and influencer - chasing the European summer with her children, while her estranged husband gets back to work in wintry Melbourne.
Daily Mail Australia caught up with Gianni - a partner at the law firm Best Hooper - during his lunch break last week and noticed the father-of-two wasn't wearing his wedding ring.
He did not deny splitting from Zana, and when pressed for further details of what happened, simply said: 'I don't want to talk about it.'
Still, the absence of a wedding ring, the fact he no longer follows his wife on social media, and a recent real estate sale all point to the couple calling it quits.
One photo, taken of the table, shows a sumptuous dish of seafood and also features what appears to be a man's hand wrapped around a mobile device
The pair's family home on Brighton's 'Golden Mile' - complete with a basement nightclub and lift access - sold in the middle of last year for about $10 million.
The property sits on a stretch of millionaires' row that is a magnet for Victorian socialites, with famous locals including Bec and Chris Judd.
Gianni and Zana made a name for themselves among the neighbourhood's glamorous elites when they moved in with their sons Leo and Romeo, now aged six and five.
Now the boys are overseas with their mother, who has been posting regularly from their luxury travels in Montenegro.
While attending a wedding at the Hyatt Regency resort in the Bay of Kotor, she posted a gallery of photos with a pointed caption: 'In the end all that really matters is family.'
They have also abandoned their annual tradition of jetting off on a family holiday to Europe, with Gianni choosing to stay home in Melbourne while Zana whisked their children away to The Balkans last month.
News of the couple's split was all but confirmed last weekend when Zana appeared on a list of 'Melbourne's most eligible bachelorettes', published in the Herald Sun.
Zana was clearly thrilled with the feature, reposting the article on her Instagram.
The pair wed in November 2014 on Hayman Island and went on to welcome sons Leo and Romeo in 2018 and 2020, respectively.
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