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Silvana Papini
Silvana or Sylvana, meaning "one who lives in the forest" in Latin, is a female given name. Notable people with the name include: * Silvana Arbia (born 1952), Italian judge and prosecutor * Silvana Arias (born 1982), Peruvian actress * Silvana Armenulić (1938–1976), Yugoslav singer and songwriter * Silvana De Mari (born 1953), Italian writer, psychotherapist, and doctor * Silvana Franco (born 1968), British chef * Silvana Gallardo (1953–2012), American actress * Silvana Ibarra (born 1959), Ecuadorian singer, actress, and politician * Silvana Imam (born 1986), Swedish rapper of Lithuanian origin * Silvana Jachino (1916–2004), Italian actress * Silvana Koch-Mehrin (born 1970), German politician * Silvana Mangano (1930–1989), Italian actress * Silvana Pampanini (born 1925), Italian actress * Silvana Paternostro, Colombian journalist * Silvana Santaella (born 1983), Venezuelan beauty pageant * Silvana Sciarra (born 1948), Italian judge * Silvana Suárez (born 1958), Argentinia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvana Arbia
Silvana Arbia (born 19 November 1952 in Senise, Italy) was previously the Registrar of the International Criminal Court. After gaining experience as a judge and prosecutor in Italy, Arbia made her international début as a Senior Trial Attorney at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Biography Education and training Arbia obtained her master's degree in law at the University of Padua in Italy in 1976 and, while working, continued her training in order to specialise in European law (at the Academy of European Law in Florence) and international law (at The Hague Academy of International Law). She undertook additional training at the René Cassin International Institute of Human Rights in 1989 and at the Canadian Human Rights Foundation in 1995. Activities in Italy While practising law in Venice, Arbia passed a public competitive examination to become a judge and prosecutor in Italy, positions which she held until 1999. Amongst other functions, she sat on the first crimi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvana Santaella
Silvana Santaella Arellano (born September 29, 1983 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder. On October 16, 2003, Santaella competed in the national beauty pageant Miss Venezuela 2003, held in Caracas, where she placed 1st runner-up. She then won Miss Italia nel Mondo 2004. She was crowned Sambil Model / Miss Earth Venezuela 2007 on June 7, 2007 in Caracas, by Marianne Puglia, Miss Earth-Fire 2006, and Alexandra Braun, Miss Earth 2005, and represented Venezuela at Miss Earth 2007, in which she was crowned Miss Earth-Water (2nd runner-up). The pageant was won by Canadian Jessica Trisko Jessica Nicole Trisko Darden (née Trisko; born August 20, 1984) is a Canadian academic, activist, former model, and beauty queen. She is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Virginia Commonwealth University and Director of the Security a .... References External links Sambil Models official websiteMiss Earth official websiteMiss Italia nel Mondo of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvana (other)
Silvana is a female given name. Silvana may also refer to: Places * Silvana, Iran * Silvana, Washington Plants * '' Aspasia silvana'' * '' Bifrenaria silvana'' * '' Wittmackia silvana'' Entertainment * ''Silvana'' (opera), by Carl Maria von Weber * ''Silvana'' (soundtrack), a soundtrack for the Mexican television series ''Cómplices Al Rescate'' * ''Silvana'', a battleship from the Japanese animated television series ''Last Exile'' Other uses * Silvana (food), a Filipino cookie * Silvana*HDC, Dutch Warmblood show jumping mare * , merchant ship built in Scotland in 1944 as ''Empire Captain'' See also * * Sylvanas Windrunner Sylvanas Windrunner is a fictional character who appears in the ''Warcraft'' series of video games by Blizzard Entertainment. Originally introduced in '' Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos'', she received a dramatic redesign in '' World of Warcraft: Leg ..., a fictional character in the ''Warcraft'' franchise and ''Heroes of the Storm'' * Sylvana (disambi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvana Windsor, Countess Of St Andrews
Sylvana Palma Windsor, Countess of Saint Andrews (''née'' Tomaselli, previously Jones; born 28 May 1957) is a Canadian-born academic and historian. By virtue of marriage she is a member of the House of Windsor and is related to the British royal family as the wife of George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews, elder son of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent. A historian and lecturer at the University of Cambridge, she is usually known professionally as Dr. Sylvana Tomaselli. Early life Tomaselli was born on 28 May 1957 at Placentia, Newfoundland, daughter of Maximilian Karl Tomaselli (formerly of Salzburg) by his wife Josiane ''née'' Preschez. Sylvana belongs to the Tomaselli family, an old and noble family that has risen to prominent positions in both Italy and Austria; she belongs to the Austrian branch of this family. She was educated in Canada and England. Marriages and family She married firstly, on 25 December 1977 at Vancouver, John Paul Jones, son of Captain Geoffrey Jones o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvana Simons
Silvana Hildegard "Sylvana" Simons (born 31 January 1971) is a Surinamese-born Dutch politician and former television presenter. She has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2021 on behalf of BIJ1, an egalitarian anti-racist party founded by Simons in 2016. She was born in Suriname and moved to the Netherlands while an infant. She was a dancer in the Amsterdam nightlife scene before becoming a VJ for the new music channel TMF in 1995. Simons left four years later to join SBS Broadcasting, where she presented reality television series (2000). She subsequently spent almost a decade at RTL Nederland, hosting the first few seasons of (2001–05) about home buying and the Saturday evening show '' Dancing with the Stars'' (2005–07). Starting in 2009, Simons worked some years in public broadcasting as a radio presenter on Radio 6 and for the association NPS. She transitioned to politics in 2016, when she joined minority rights party DENK. Her career change foll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvana Gómez
Sylvana Anali Rivera Gómez is a beach volleyball player from Guatemala, who played with María Orellana in the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares wit .... They finished in the 5th position. References * * Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Guatemalan beach volleyball players Women's beach volleyball players Beach volleyball players at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Guatemala {{Guatemala-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvana Foa
Sylvana Foa (born January 31, 1945, in Buffalo, New York) is a former foreign correspondent and public affairs specialist. She was the first woman to serve as the foreign editor of a major international news organization, the first woman news director of an American television network, and the first woman to serve as spokesman for the Secretary General of the United Nations. Early life Foa was born in Buffalo, New York. Her family moved to Troy, New York when she was seven. She graduated from Barnard College of Columbia University in 1967. She majored in journalism and East Asian studies as a Carnegie Foundation Fellow, earning a master's degree from Columbia in 1969. Career Journalism career Foa began her journalism career in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in late 1970. There she met Kate Webb, the United Press International (UPI) bureau chief who advised her to go to Saigon, South Vietnam. Finding work as a stringer for ''Newsweek'', she worked in South Vietnam until February 1971 whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvana Tirinzoni
Silvana Petra Tirinzoni (born 25 June 1979) is a Swiss curler from Zurich. She is currently the reigning women's world champion skip having won the last three championships, in 2019, 2021 and . Tirinzoni also represented Switzerland at the 2022 Winter Olympics and 2018 Winter Olympics, after winning the 2017 Swiss Olympic Curling Trials. Career In 1997, Tirinzoni was the Swiss alternate for Bianca Röthlisberger at the World Junior Curling Championships. The team finished seventh. The following year, Tirinzoni was the Swiss skip at the World Juniors, and she and her team of Michèle Knobel, Brigitte Schori and Martina von Arx finished sixth. In 1999, the same team returned to the Juniors and won the whole tournament for Switzerland. After finishing the round robin in second place with a 7–2 record, Tirinzoni led Switzerland to a semi-final win over Sweden's Matilda Mattsson and a final win against Japan (skipped by Akiko Katoh) to win the gold medal. In 2005 Tirinzoni finis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvana Tenreyro
Silvana Tenreyro (born 6 September 1973) is a British-Argentine economist who is Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and External Member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee since July 2017. She currently serves as the president of the European Economic Association for 2021. She graduated with a BA (summa cum laude) from the National University of Tucumán, Argentina in 1997, followed by an MA and PhD in economics at Harvard University where she was supervised by Robert Barro, Alberto Alesina and Kenneth Rogoff. She was appointed to a three-year term on the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee from July 2017, and was reappointed for a second term from July 2020. She has been a professor of economics at the London School of Economics. She worked at the US Federal Reserve Bank of Boston from 2002 to 2004 and at the Bank of Mauritius from 2012 to 2014. Tenreyro was elected Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) in July 2018. In 2021 she was nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvana Suárez
Silvana Rosa Suárez Clarence (; 29 September 1958 – 21 October 2022) was an Argentine model and beauty queen who won the Miss World 1978 contest, representing Argentina. The pageant was held in London, United Kingdom. Suárez became the second Argentine to win the title of World Beauty Queen. Biography From the middle class, Suárez's parents were both artists and divorced when she was a teen. She lived then with her mother, a teacher of Fine Arts, and after finishing High School, studied Architecture. ''"Was my mom who insisted that I attend a beauty pageant. I won the Miss Sierras de Córdoba and later the Miss World"'', she said in 2019. Suárez died from colon cancer on 21 October 2022, at the age of 64. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvana Sciarra
Silvana Sciarra (born 24 July 1948) is an Italian jurist and academic. She has been a judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy since 11 November 2014 and serves as its president since 20 September 2022. Career Sciarra was born in Trani. She taught European Labour and Social Law at the European University Institute between 1994 and 2003. She was a professor of labour law at the University of Florence and the University of Siena before being appointed to the Constitutional Court by the Italian Parliament on 6 November 2014. In the parliamentary election she obtained 630 out of a necessary 570 votes. She was sworn in on 11 November 2014. She is the first woman elected by the Italian Parliament as a Judge of the Constitutional Court A constitutional court is a high court that deals primarily with constitutional law. Its main authority is to rule on whether laws that are challenged are in fact unconstitutional, i.e. whether they conflict with constitutionally established ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvana Paternostro
Silvana Paternostro (born c. 1962 in Barranquilla, Colombia) is a journalist who has written extensively on Cuba and Central and South America. She specializes in women’s issues, and has also written comprehensively about AIDS, revolutionary movements, underground economies and the intersection of literature, music and other cultural forms with politics and economics. She is the author of ''In the Land of God and Man: Confronting Our Sexual Culture'', which explores gender roles and the effect of government and religion on women’s lives in Latin America, which was nominated for the PEN/Martha Abrams Award for First Nonfiction. Her exposé of re-virginization centers in the US appeared in the book ''Se Habla Español: Voces Latinas en USA'', the first anthology of new Latino voices in the United States published in Spanish. She is a Contributing Editor of Bomb magazine, New York’s leading cultural magazine focusing on interviews between artists, writers, actors, directors, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
