Giorgia Palmas (born 5 March 1982) is an
Italian
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television personality, actress and model. She became famous following her appearances on the Italian television show ''
Striscia la notizia''.
Biography
Palmas was born in
Cagliari. She began her career in the year 2000, coming second in
Miss World, losing to Miss India,
Priyanka Chopra
Priyanka Chopra Jonas (; ; born 18 July 1982) is an Indian actress and producer. The winner of the Miss World 2000 pageant, Chopra is one of India's highest-paid actresses and has received numerous accolades, including two National Film Awar ...
. In 2001, she was in ''Buona Domenica'', as a microfonina. In 2002, she won the television show ''
Veline'', becoming the brunette velina, in pair with Elena Barolo, the new blonde velina. For two television seasons, 2002/2003 and 2003/2004, she was a velina in ''Striscia la notizia'', gaining her a lot of popularity. After leaving ''Striscia la notizia'' she appeared in Italia 1 summer edition of ''Lucignolo'', with Elena Barolo. In September of the same year she was in Rai 1 show, ''I Raccomandati''. She was chosen to be testimonial of "Cotton Club" brand underwear. In February 2005, she appeared fully topless in a photoshoot on ''Max Magazine''. In June 2005 she was in ''CD Live Estate'' on RAI 2. She has been confirmed also for the next season. She is the winner of the reality show
L'isola dei famosi.
She won the reality show in front of 4,842,000 viewers in Italian with 21.90% share with an audience of the final 46%.
L'isola dei famosi shows to beat the strong competition of
RAI
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and
Mediaset
Since 17 June 2013 back to Sprint Paperissima lead throughout the summer, next to
Vittorio Brumotti and
Gabibbo
Gabibbo is an Italian mascot for the Mediaset-controlled channel Canale 5, created in 1990 by Gabibbo's main role has been in the programs '' Paperissima'' and '' Striscia la notizia'', but he has appeared in several other Canale 5 programs. He ...
.
Private life
From 2004 to 2011, she was engaged to
footballer
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Davide Bombardini,
from which they had a daughter, Sofia. From 2012 to 2017, she was romantically linked to bike trial champion,
Vittorio Brumotti with whom she hosted several editions of the summer television program "
Paperissima Sprint". Since 2018, she has been romantically linked to swimmer
Filippo Magnini
Filippo Magnini (; born 2 February 1982) is an Italian retired competitive swimmer who was twice 100 metres freestyle World champion and three times European champion at that distance.
Biography
Magnini was born in Pesaro, Marche.
As a yout ...
whom she later married civilly on May 12, 2021 and on May 14, 2022 in church, and with whom she had a second daughter.
Filmography
As an actress
As herself
References
External links
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1982 births
Living people
Association footballers' wives and girlfriends
Miss World 2000 delegates
People from Cagliari
Participants in Italian reality television series
Survivor (franchise) winners
Italian female models
Italian beauty pageant winners
Sardinian women