Gabi Grecko unveils dramatic makeover: shaved hair, teal-dyed look and bold new image

Gabi Grecko, 35, the Melbourne socialite who became Geoffrey Edelsten's third wife, has unveiled a dramatic makeover this week. In a series of Instagram posts from her New York apartment, she shaved off all of her hair, dyed the remaining hair teal, and displayed a larger pout with additional lip filler. She also showed new tattoos on her chest and wore bold makeup, including pink blush and violet eyeshadow. One image appears to capture her exhaling smoke, underscoring the high-contrast, selfie-forward style she has embraced in recent years. The overall look marks what she describes as her most dramatic transformation to date, continuing a years-long pattern of dramatic changes in both appearance and public persona.

Grecko, whose real name is Gabriella Curtis, has long been known as one of Melbourne's most colorful socialites. She first met Edelsten, a controversial former businessman, on a dating app in 2014, boarding a flight from New York to meet him a week later. The couple wed in June 2015 in a Melbourne registry office, just hours before her Australian travel visa expired, in a union that drew intense media scrutiny given Edelsten's age gap with Grecko—46 years—and his high-flying lifestyle. The marriage proved short-lived, with the couple splitting within months, though they later reconciled briefly before separating for good in 2019.

Grecko went on to pursue her own career and online presence, living for periods in New York while maintaining ties to Australia. After Edelsten's death in June 2021 at age 78, his estate was valued at just over $1 million. He left nothing to his ex-wives, a stipulation that Grecko contested, though court filings ultimately left the will intact. In the years since, Grecko has described herself as a rapper under the stage name 'Gabi Glitter' on Instagram and has continued to cultivate a large online audience that follows her ever-evolving look and public statements. She has maintained that she remained legally married to Edelsten at the time of his death, a claim she has supported with documentation she has made available in interviews and court filings in the past.

This ongoing evolution comes even as her history with Edelsten remains a recurring subject in profiles of the couple’s very public saga. Edelsten rose to fame during a period when he owned the Sydney Swans AFL football club, traveled in helicopters, and led an extravagant lifestyle that drew intense media attention. His final years, by contrast, featured mounting financial difficulties, a topic illuminated by his will and the estate’s disposition. The contrast between Grecko’s past image as Edelsten’s highly scrutinized wife and her present identity as a New York–based performer with a growing online platform underscores a broader trend among socialites who reinvent themselves in the public eye.

In March, Grecko had already signaled a willingness to transform her appearance, sharing videos and photos in which she cut her hair to a platinum-blonde pixie and displayed a raunchier, high-contrast wardrobe. Those posts showed a different angle on her evolving public persona, including a bold orange top and hot pants that emphasized body art and a willingness to push fashion boundaries. The tattoos around her areola—visible in previous posts—also appeared to be part of her ongoing body-modification narrative. Taken together, the March updates form part of a pattern in which Grecko experiments with aesthetics to complement a claimed and cultivated identity as an independent performer and social figure.

Grecko's continued prominence on social media has helped sustain her profile beyond the media cycle that followed her marriage to Edelsten. In New York, she has built a following that spans fans of fashion, music, and celebrity culture, while her stated goal of pursuing music and performance as a rapper under the name Gabi Glitter keeps her in the public conversation. Her online presence and the ongoing public interest in her personal history—especially regarding her marriage, Edelsten's business trajectory, and the contested will—reflect a broader interest in the lives of high-society figures who blend personal reinvention with public storytelling. The latest look adds another layer to that ongoing narrative, inviting observers to reassess her career trajectory and public manifestos for self-expression.

For now, Grecko's latest appearance serves as a striking reminder that the socialite remains a visible, evolving figure in both Australian and New York celebrity circles. Whether the teal hair, the heavier makeup, or the new ink signals a permanent shift or simply another way to refresh her image remains to be seen, but the response on her platforms indicates strong engagement from followers who have followed her from the Edelsten era to the present. The arc of her life—marriage, separation, relocation, legal disputes over a will, and a continuing drive to reinvent herself—continues to unfold in public view, with 2025 marking yet another chapter in a remarkably mutable public persona.