Eleonora Brigliadori (born 18 February 1960) is an Italian model, actress and television personality. In 2016, she sparked controversy in Italy because of her views on

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and tumors.

Tv career

Born in

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, already active as a runway model, Brigliadori began her television career in 1977, as an assistant of

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in the RAI variety show '' Portobello''.Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. ''Catalogo dei viventi''. Marsilio, 2009. .Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni, ''Enciclopedia della Televisione'', Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. . One year later, at 18 years old, she made her acting debut on stage, in ''The Marriage of the petty bourgeois'' at the Theatre of the Royal Villa in

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. In 1980 she was chosen as the main announcer of the newborn

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. Brigliadori came to the success with the

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Saturday night show '' Fantastico'', that she hosted alongside Pippo Baudo and

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in 1984. In 1988 she was dismissed from presenting the Zecchino d'Oro Festival as she had appeared as covermodel of the men's magazine ''

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''. In more recent years, she starred on some television reality shows, including ice-skating-themed ''Notti sul ghiaccio'' and '' L'Isola dei Famosi'', the Italian equivalent to ''Survivor''.

Public controversies

In 2007, Brigliadori was sued for illegally painting a cliff on the

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coast,

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. She claimed that she did so for artistic purposes. More recently, she assumed a controversial position on medicine and more specifically tumors. She publicly labeled

as responsible for the death of people undergoing it, she spoke out against researchers and pharmaceuticals producers alike, also describing Italian physician Umberto Veronesi as "a doctor from hell". Brigliadori publicly supports pseudo-scientific treatments against tumors on her Facebook account She advocates the " Hamer method", based on the assumption that diseases generate from unsolved inner conflicts. Brigliadori exchanged harsh words with TV anchor

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on the subject, the latter having her walk away from his

Maurizio Costanzo Show Maurizio Costanzo (born 28 August 1938) is an Italian television host, journalist, screenwriter and film director. Biography Costanzo began his career as a journalist, first as a contributing writer to ''Paese Sera'' and then as managing editor ...

. Subsequently, she verbally and physically attacked a reporter for TV show Le Iene who was investigating on her preaching alternative healing methods.

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