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Vanessa Bryantis welcoming her eldest daughterNatalia Bryantinto her twenties.
On Thursday, the mom of four shared a carousel of photos on Instagram featuring Natalia — whom she shares with late husbandKobe Bryant.
Vanessa’s friends were equally excited to wish the college student and model a happy birthday.
“Nani Booski! BDay girl,“Ciarawrote, adding a birthday cake emoji to comment, while Kobe’s former team, the Los Angeles Lakers wrote, “Happy birthday, Natalia,” alongside purple and gold hearts.
A trio of pictures showed a smiling Natalia at various venues, including a snap of her aboard a yacht while on vacation.
Last summer, Bryant traveled to Italy with Natalia, as well as daughters Capri, 3, and Bianka, 6, to visit the place where Kobe spent much of his childhood.
“Visited Reggio Calabria, a city my husband lived in when he was about 8 years old. ❤️,” she captioned photos of the area on Instagram. The first picture showed her two younger daughters posing in the street, while other shots captured sights around the city.
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Vanessa is also mom to late daughterGianna, whom she shares with Kobe, both of whom died in atragic helicopter crashin January 2020, alongside seven others.
In May, Vanessa and Natalia both honored Gianna on what would have been her 16th birthday.
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For her tribute, Vanessashared a videoshe narrated, in the same style as her late husbandKobe Bryant’s award-winning animated shortDear Basketball, featuring cartoon sketches of her late daughter and her passion for the sport her family loved so dearly.
“Dear Gianna, from the first time you imagined winning a WNBA championship, I knew one thing was real — you were special,” Vanessa said in the voiceover. “You came from greatness, but it was never about what you inherited. It was about what you gave to others.”
source: people.com
