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Miss Italy
Miss Italia is a beauty pageant awarding prizes every year to young, female contestants from Italy. Since the first edition of the contest in 1939 many of the contestants have gone on to notable careers in television and film. History The forerunner of Miss Italia was '' Miss Sorriso'' (Miss Smile) started in 1939 by Dino Villani, and sponsored by a brand of toothpaste. Contestants were judged by their photographs rather than competing on a runway. After a break during World War II, the contest resumed in 1946 and adopted the present-day name of Miss Italia. It was held in Stresa, which had managed to maintain its hotel infrastructure despite the war. The venue then changed several times before it was established that Salsomaggiore Terme would be the permanent, annual host to the pageant. Like contemporary Italian society itself, Miss Italia has gone through many changes over the years. In 1950 it was first broadcast on the radio. But since 1987 it has been broadcast live ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enzo Mirigliani
Enzo Mirigliani (22 April 1917 – 26 September 2011) was an Italian television personality and the head of the Miss Italia beauty pageant for over 50 years. Born in Santa Caterina dello Ionio in Calabria, Italy, Mirigliani became the head of Miss Italy in 1959. Over the years, he created many other shows. He stepped down as head of Miss Italy in 2010, and died the following year at the Gemelli Clinic in Rome, aged 94. He was Commander in the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic The Order of Merit of the Italian Republic ( it, Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana) is the senior Italian order of merit. It was established in 1951 by the second President of the Italian Republic, Luigi Einaudi. The highest-ranking .... References 1917 births 2011 deaths People from Calabria People from the Province of Catanzaro Italian television personalities {{Italy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martina Colombari
Martina Colombari (born 10 July 1975) is an Italian film and television actress, model and television presenter. Biography Colombari was born on 10 July 1975 in Riccione in northern Italy. In October 1991, at the age of 16, Colombari won the Miss Italia beauty pageant, becoming the competition's youngest winner at the time. Later, she hosted or co-hosted several Italian television programmes, including ''Un disco per l'estate'', ''Vota la voce'', ''Super'', ''Goleada'' (originally titled ''Galagoal'') and ''Controcampo''. She played a lead role in '' What Girls Never Say'' (2000), directed by Carlo Vanzina, and appeared in other films such as ''Paparazzi'' (1998) and ''She'' (2001), directed by Neri Parenti and Timothy Bond, respectively. She also held a recurring role in the television series ''Carabinieri''. Colombari has featured on the covers of multiple magazines, including the Italian editions of ''Cosmopolitan'' (May 1997) and '' GQ'' (December 2000), the Italian men's m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Falchi
Anna Falchi (; born Anna Kristiina Palomäki; 22 April 1972) is a Finnish-Italian model and film actress. Career Anna Kristiina Palomäki was born in Tampere, Finland, the daughter of an Italian father, Benito (Tito) Falchi, and Finnish mother Kaarina. She has a brother, Saro, and a half-brother in Sweden, Peter (by her father). In 1978, at the age of six, she moved to Italy with her family, where she started her career as a model. Falchi first appeared on television in a commercial for an Italian bank in 1992. The ad starred Paolo Villaggio, and was directed by the celebrated Federico Fellini. This helped her launch a film career, starting with ''Nel continente nero'' (''in the black Continent'') in 1993. Falchi appeared in many films since, including the 1994 fantasy movie '' The Dragon Ring'', the 1997 film ''La principessa e il povero'' and the 2005 comedy ''Nessun messaggio in segreteria''. She has also been a popular television personality, hosting various specials on It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrizia Deitos
Patrizia Deitos (born 11 May 1975 in Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Italy) is an Italian model. Career Patrizia Deitos is a former supermodel from Rimini, Italy, who has walked on some of the most renowned international catwalks. Her campaigns include Krizia, Ferré, Missoni, Mila Schon, Raffaella Curiel, La Perla, Parah. Giovanni Cabassi photographed Deitos for Harley-Davidson campaign. She has also appeared in 1996's campaign for Wonderbra. Her entrance into the world of modelling was not only due to her (182 cm) height, but to the lucky coincidence of being at ''The Embassy club'' in Rimini, where, at 17, she was invited to participate in the ''Miss Cinema Contest'', which she won. This would have allowed her to take part in the Miss Italia Contest, but, because of her reserved character, she renounced. She was eventually persuaded to participate in the ''Miss Romagna Contest'' which she won and which lead her among the contestants for the final of Miss Italia: she achie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simona Ventura
Simona Ventura (born 1 April 1965) is an Italian television presenter. Television career Ventura was born in Bentivoglio. She started in TV on "Domani Sposi" with Giancarlo Magalli on Rai Uno. Her love for sport took her into sports reporting: for the Italian Telemontecarlo she was the correspondent during the 1990 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 1992 and the 1992 Summer Olympics. At RAI, Ventura appeared with Pippo Baudo on the Sunday afternoon programme "Domenica In" (1991) and then, in 1992, the sports programme "Domenica Sportiva". She has also been on "Pavarotti International". Ventura's career continued on Mediaset channels hosting variety shows like "Mai dire gol", "Cuori e Denari, "Boom", "Scherzi a parte" (a programme very similar to Punk'd), "Festivalbar", "Le Iene", "Matricole", Gli indelebili '99, "Cari amici miei", "Zelig - Noi facciamo cabaret", and "Piccole Canaglie". In all, she spent eight years at Mediaset. In 1996 Simona hosted the newcomers' section of the San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirca Viola
Mirca (population 321) is a town on the north side of the island of Brač in Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , map_caption = , capit .... Administratively it is part of the city of Supetar. People on Brač, and in Mirca, used to be into commercial fishing and typical Mediterranean agriculture (vineyards and wine; almonds; olive oil and such). In the last few decades the tourism industry took over, and a lot of people built houses with apartments and rooms to rent to the summer tourists. Many “outside” people built vacation and summer houses along the shores. In general, Mirca is rather a quiet place. Mirca was originally positioned around half a mile inland and now spreads to the sea; thus, there is an “upper” Mirca and a “lower” Mirca. There is a small harbor and a cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefania Sandrelli
Stefania Sandrelli (born 5 June 1946) is an Italian actress, famous for her many roles in the ''commedia all'Italiana'', starting from the 1960s. She was 14 years old when she starred in ''Divorce Italian Style'' as Angela, the cousin and love interest of Ferdinando, played by Marcello Mastroianni. Early life Sandrelli was born in Viareggio, Tuscany, into a middle-class family, the daughter of Florida and Otello Sandrelli (who died when she was eight years old), owners of a pension in Viareggio. As a girl, Sandrelli studied ballet and learned to play the accordion. Sandrelli had a brother, Sergio, seven years older, who had a successful music career and died in 2013. Career In 1960, Sandrelli won the Miss Cinema Viareggio beauty contest, then she was the cover girl of the magazine ''Le Ore'', and had the first opportunities to make films, appearing, among others, in Luciano Salce's ''Il federale''. Her film career was launched by Pietro Germi with ''Divorce Italian Style'' (196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucia Bosè
Lucia Bosè (28 January 1931 – 23 March 2020) was an Italian actress. Life and career Lucia Bosè was born in Milan to Francesca Borloni and Domenico Bosè. After a number of years working in a bakery, Pasticceria Galli, in her native city, in 1947 she won the second edition of the Miss Italia beauty contest. Later, she acted in Dino Risi’s short ''The Five Days of Milan'', then in 1950, she made her big-screen debut in Giuseppe De Santis’ ''Non c'è pace tra gli ulivi'' (''No Peace Under the Olive Tree''). The same year, she gave a performance as Paola Molon in Antonioni's ''Cronaca di un amore''. In 1953, Michelangelo Antonioni asked her to play "Clara Manni" in '' La signora senza camelie'' and Juan Antonio Bardem cast her in the lead of ''Muerte de un ciclista'' (1955). She also appeared in the 1955 film ''Gli Sbandati'' and played the main female role in Luis Buñuel's ''Cela s'appelle l'aurore'' (1956). Her career flourished until 1955 when she fell in love with Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcella Mariani
Marcella Mariani (Rome, Italy, 8 February 1936 – Monte Terminillo, Italy, 13 February 1955) was an Italian actress and Miss Italy contest winner. Though she appeared in several popular movies and was garnering acclaim as an actress, her career was cut short by her death in a 1955 airliner crash. Biography Having previously worked as a cashier at a cinema in Rome, 17-year-old Mariani was crowned Miss Italy of 1953 in the Tyrolean resort town of Cortina d'Ampezzo. After winning the pageant she began her career as a film actress, playing herself in the opening segment of producer/director Alfredo Guarini's portmanteau film ''We, the Women'' (1953). Although in demand due to her beauty, she was eager to improve her acting skills, and attended both the Experimental Center of Cinematography and acting school. She began taking on challenging roles and working with artistically adventurous directors. Her most significant role was in director Luchino Visconti's 1954 film '' Senso'', in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophia Loren
Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone (; born 20 September 1934), known professionally as Sophia Loren ( , ), is an Italian actress. She was named by the American Film Institute as one of the greatest female stars of Classical Hollywood cinema. As of 2022, she is one of the last surviving major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema and is the only remaining living person to appear on the AFI's list of the 25 greatest female stars of American film history, positioned at number 21. Encouraged to enroll in acting lessons after entering a beauty pageant, Loren began her film career at age sixteen in 1950. She appeared in several bit parts and minor roles in the early part of the decade, until her five-picture contract with Paramount in 1956 launched her international career. Her film appearances around this time include ''The Pride and the Passion'', '' Houseboat'', and ''It Started in Naples''. During the 1950s, she starred in films as a sexually emancipated persona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvana Pampanini
Silvana Pampanini (25 September 1925 – 6 January 2016) was an Italian film actress, director and singer. She was also the niece of the well-known soprano of the golden era of opera, Dame Rosetta Pampanini. Silvana Pampanini caused a sensation when she took part in the 1946 Miss Italy contest and the following year she started her movie career. Madame Pampanini was born into a well-off family, she was educated, and studied opera and ballet since her childhood. According to interviews, Pampanini was a contralto with notable voice extension. However, she also said many times over the years that she preferred to pursue a career in cinema as it required less training and it was much less demanding than a career as an opera singer. Beauty pageant It was her singing teacher's idea to make her participate in the Miss Italy contest which had been cancelled during the war. Tall, attractive and self-confident, she was riotously appreciated by the audience, not by the panelists who had to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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