A Facebook page named "theChive" has posted several photos that appear to show the image of a woman on the beach, claiming to be the former president of Croatia, Kolinda Grabar Kitarović.
But this is not true, as the woman wearing a bikini is American model Coco Austin.
But this is not true, as the woman wearing the bikini is American model Coco Austin. The same false claim has returned, after several years, after the same one was circulated earlier.
Hibrid.info, through a search with "Google Images", found that these photos are of model Coco Austin, who is also the wife of American rapper Ice T.
The posting of these photos from the "theChive" Facebook page can be seen below.
https://www.facebook.com/theCHIVE/photos/a.10150308726511742/10159966282011742/?type=3&theater
From a Google search, it is seen that this photo has been circulating on the internet since 2009. These photos of the American model were also published by the website "pagesix.com" in 2010.
https://pagesix.com/2010/08/02/nicole-coco-austin/#51
This case regarding these photographs, which are claimed to be of the Croatian president, were previously uncovered by the AFP fact-checking team in 2018. But after the re-publication of this false claim, the same was also covered by Reuters on August 25 of this year.
https://factcheck.afp.com/images-croatian-president-bikini-beware-fakes
Analyze:
The published photos of American model Coco Austin, who is claimed to be Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, were published on Facebook by the page "theChive", which has over 4 million followers.
A fact check has confirmed that this claim is false and that the woman in the bikini seen in these photos is model Coco Austin. Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info has assessed this publication as "misinformation".
Reasoning:
A “Disinformation” rating is given to media reporting that contains a “mix” of inaccurate sources or even half-truthful content. This rating will also address reports that have incorrect attributions or headlines that do not reflect the text in terms of information accuracy.