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Paola
Paola is a female given name, the Italian form of the name Paula. In Greek it is Polina. Notable people with the name include: People In arts and entertainment * Paola Del Medico (born 1950), Swiss singer *Paola e Chiara, pop music duo consisting of two sisters born in Milan, Italy *Paola Ferrari (journalist) (born 1960), Italian journalist and television presenter * Paola Foka (born 1982), Greek singer *Paola Gaviria known as Power Paola (born 1977), Colombian-Ecuadorian cartoonist *Paola Lázaro (born 1994), Puerto Rican actress and playwright *Paola Marella (1963–2024), Italian television presenter * Paola Masino (1908–1989), Italian writer * Paola Oliveira, Brazilian actress * Paola Rey (born 1979), Colombian actress * Paola Rojas (born 1976), Mexican television news personality *Paola Turbay (born 1970), Colombian actress In politics * Paola Balducci (born 1949), Italian politician and jurist * Paola Concia (born 1963), Italian politician *Paola De Micheli (born 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Masino
Paola Masino (20 May 1908 – 27 July 1989) was an Italian writer, translator and librettist. Biography Paola Masino was born as the second child of Enrico Masino and the aristocrat Luisa Sforza, who moved to Rome a few years after her birth. Paola Masino lived in a family environment that had a passion for literature and music. She was introduced by her father, from a very young age, to reading the classics and listening to her favourites Beethoven, Mozart and Wagner. In 1924 she wrote a drama, ''Le tre Marie'', which she introduced to Pirandello, encouraged by her father, receiving vague signs of encouragement. In March 1927 she met Massimo Bontempelli, who was separated from his wife and thirty years older than her, with whom she began a relationship, opposed by her family, and a literary collaboration: Paola collaborated with the magazine 900, directed by Bontempelli, and together they wrote the drama, never published, ''Il naufragio del Titanic''. Having moved to Florence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Pabón
Paola Verenice Pabón Caranqui (born 28 January 1978) is an Ecuadorian lawyer, politician and feminist who ran for President of Ecuador in the 2025 general election. She has served as a representative to the National Assembly for the PAIS Alliance movement from 2009 and 2015 and has also worked under the presidencies of Rafael Correa and Lenin Moreno. Biography Pabón was born on 28 January 1978 in Ibarra which is located in the Imbabura Province. She completed her higher education studies at the Central University of Ecuador and obtained a law degree. Pabón later went to the Rafael Landívar University in Guatemala where she earned a master's degree. She began her political career as a member of the Democratic Left Party where she remained for seven years. Pabón would eventually move to the PAIS Alliance movement, and it was when she was a member of the party that she was made its deputy director of their Quito branch. In the 2009 legislative elections, she was elected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Oliveira
Caroline Paola Oliveira da Silva (born 14 April 1982), known professionally as Paolla Oliveira, is a Brazilian actress. Biography Paolla Oliveira was born in São Paulo. Her father is a retired military policeman while her mother is a housewife. Paolla Oliveira started working as a model when she was 16 years old, but she eventually became an actress after finishing studying performing arts at the same time she graduated in physiotherapy at Cruzeiro do Sul University. She is of Portuguese, Italian and Spanish descent. Career After starring in several television ads, she participated in the TV Record telenovela ''Metamorphoses'' in 2004, and in the following year, she joined the cast of TV Globo telenovela Belíssima, where she played the role of "Giovana". Due to her popularity in Belíssima, in 2005, she was invited by O Profeta's production staff to play the telenovela's lead role of Sônia. In 2007, she played the role of Renata in TV Globo's end of the year special Os ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola De Micheli
Paola De Micheli (; born 1 September 1973) is an Italian manager and politician of the Democratic Party (PD), who served as Minister of Infrastructure and Transport in the government of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte from 2019 until 2021; she was the first woman to hold the office. Early life and education De Micheli graduated in political sciences at the Catholic University in Milan and worked as a manager in the agri-food industry. Political career Early beginnings Born in a Catholic family and herself Catholic, at 16 De Micheli joined Christian Democracy (DC). A centre-left Christian Democrat, she later joined the Italian People's Party (PPI) and Democracy is Freedom (DL). Her first elective role was as municipal councilor of Pontenure from 1999 to 2004. In 2007, along with DL, she joined the Democratic Party (PD). From 2007 to 2010 she was municipal minister for Human and Economic Resources in Piacenza. In the 2008 Italian general election, De Micheli was elected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Marella
Paola Maria Marella (16 February 1963 – 21 September 2024) was an Italian architect, designer and television presenter. Biography Born in Milan, she attended classical high school and graduated in 1988 in interior design at the Faculty of Architecture of the Polytechnic University of Milan. She began her career as a real estate agent as an employee in a group that at the time managed real estate subdivisions. After a few years this company had some problems, so in 1993 she decided to open a company together with the sales director of the group she was working for at the time. In 2006 she became one of the original personalities of the newly formed television channel Real Time, first hosting the programme ' and continuing in 2009 with the programme '. In 2013 she was the presenter of two other Real Time programs, ' and ''Shopping Night: Home Edition,'' the latter together with Max Viola. In 2011 she started a collaboration with the cultural association Luoghi di Relazio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Longoria
Paola Michelle Longoria López (born 20 July 1989) is a Mexican racquetball player. She is the current Women's World Champion in Singles and the Team event, winning both divisions at the International Racquetball Federation (IRF) 2024 World Championships in San Antonio, Texas. Longoria is the most winning player in IRF World Championship history, and she is the only woman to win both singles and doubles at Worlds. Longoria is also the #1 player on the Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour (LPRT) tour, and was the first Mexican woman to attain the #1 pro ranking, doing so at the end of the 2008–09 season. She repeated the feat at the end of 2009–2010 season, and has been #1 for ten consecutive seasons. Longoria's style is characterized by a semi-western grip of the racquet, which is unusual for racquetball; Longoria is the only pro player using this grip style. In the 2024 general election she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies as a plurinominal deputy for the Citize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Croce
Paola Croce (born March 6, 1978, in Rome) is an Italian volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ... player, who plays as a libero. She last played for Chateau D'Ax Urbino Volley in 2013. She has twice competed at the Olympics as part of the Italian national team, finishing 5th in 2008 and 2012. She was part of the Italian team that won the 2007 European Championship. In the same year, she was part of the Italian team that won the bronze medal at the World Grand Prix. References Profile External links * 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Rome Italian women's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Cavallino
Paola Cavallino (born 6 June 1977 in Genoa) is a butterfly swimmer from Italy, who won the silver medal in the women's 200 metres butterfly event at the 2004 European Championships. She represented her native country a couple of months later at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southe .... References Profile Italian female swimmers Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Italy Swimmers from Genoa 1977 births Living people European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Swimmers at the 1997 Mediterranean Games Summer World University Games medalists in swimming Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming FISU World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Duguet
Paola Duguet (born October 1, 1987, in New York, United States) is a Colombian-American Olympic freestyle swimmer. She swam for Colombia at the 2004 Olympics, swimming the 400 (29th) and 800 frees (27th). She is the daughter of and Noel Duguet, founder and principal of Aravis Capital Advisors, of Briarcliff Manor, and Maria Teresa Duran Duguet, a real estate broker. Paola started swimming at the age of 5 with the Briarcliff Manor Summer Swim Team. By the age of 10, she was ranked #1 in the United States in the 50-yard breaststroke. She consistently ranked among the Top16 fastest swimmers in her age group through the years, winning many Metropolitan Junior Olympics High Point Awards and competing in 8 consecutive Eastern Zone Championships. With her Badger Swim Club teammates, Kim Kelly, Bridget O'Connor, and Whitney Sprague, they broke one of the longest standing U.S. National Age Group Records in the 15–16-year-olds 800-freestyle relay held by Mission Viejo Swim Club. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Taverna
Paola Taverna (born 2 March 1969) is an Italian politician for the Five Star Movement, who has been a member of the Senate of the Republic since the 2013 Italian general election. In March 2018, she was elected vice-president of the Senate. Biography Born in Rome, Taverna lives in the Torre Maura district. Political life In the 2013 Italian general election, Taverna was elected to the Italian Senate on the Five Star Movement party-list in Lazio. Taverna was re-elected at the 2018 general election in the constituency of Rome—Tuscolano District. On 28 March 2018, Taverna was elected by her fellow senators to be the vice president of the Senate of the Republic with 105 votes. Political positions Paola Taverna during the session no. 327 of 2014 in the Senate falsely stated that the welfare state would have been created by Benito Mussolini during his dictatorship through measures such as the severance pay and accused Matteo Renzi of wanting to dismantle it with the ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Ferrari (basketball)
Paola Andrea Ferrari Yegros (born 16 September 1985) is a Paraguayan basketball player. She currently plays for PB63 Battipaglia in Serie A2 as a shooting guard. Biography Paola Ferrari began playing basketball at age 7 at the club Deportivo Internacional in her native Asunción. She played her first South American Championship in Peru, in the cadet category, where she stood out as a top scorer of the tournament. She made her debut in the senior league of Paraguay at age 14, where she played for several teams, including Deportivo Internacional, Deportivo San Jose, UAA. She had outstanding performances in the South American Championships at all levels, being proclaimed the best player, top scorer, and best three-point shooter on several occasions. After training in the United States in 2003 at Tomahawk High School in Wisconsin, Ferrari played for Union University of Tennessee in 2004. A year later, she played for the University of Quevedo, where the team reached the semifinal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Ogechi Egonu
Paola Ogechi Egonu (; born 18 December 1998) is an Italian professional volleyball player. She plays for Italian volleyball club Vero Volley Milano and is part of the Italy women's national volleyball team. Early life Egonu was born in Cittadella, Italy, to Nigerian parents. She has two siblings, Angela and Andrea, and a cousin, Terry Enweonwu, who also plays volleyball. She received Italian citizenship at age fourteen. She was awarded the prize for Woman of the Year 2019 by ''D - la Repubblica delle donne'', a weekly magazine of ''La Repubblica''. Career National team Egonu began playing for the Italian national team in 2015. That year, she led Italy's junior teams to gold at the U18 World Championship, where she was named MVP of the tournament, and bronze at the U20 World Championship. At age 17, she participated in the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she placed ninth overall with her team. In 2018, Egonu helped her team win silver at the 2018 World Championship in Japan; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
