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Raffaella Fico (born 29 January 1988) is an Italian
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, singer and model.


Life and career

Born in
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, Fico is the daughter of two shopkeepers of fruit and vegetables. In August 2007, she won an Italian beauty contest, "Miss Grand Prix". Fico became first known one year later thanks to her participation in the eighth edition of ''Il Grande Fratello'', the Italian version of the reality show '' Big Brother''. The same year she received widespread media attention for having allegedly auction off her virginity for €1 million during an interview for the Italian magazine ''
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''. In 2008 she also made her film debut in ''Storia di un amore'' by Maria Manna. In 2009, she hosted the
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show ''Real TV'' on
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. Between 2009 and 2010 she featured in four quiz shows hosted by
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and broadcast on Italia 1 (''Il colore dei soldi'', ''Prendere o lasciare'', ''Cento X Cento'' and ''Trasformat''). In October 2009, she had an alleged relationship with football player
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. In August 2010, she featured in the variety television ''Mitici 80'' on Italia 1. The same year she was in the cast of the variety show '' Saturday Night Live from Milano'', the Italian version of the ''
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'', and appeared in the Italian comedy film ''
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''. In 2011, she was involved in the
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's " Bunga Bunga" sex scandal as one of the girls who regularly met the Italian Prime Minister in his alleged sex parties. Shortly after her name came to light by interceptions she took part in the
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reality show '' L'isola dei famosi''. The same year she entered the ballroom dance show ''Baila'' on Canale 5. In September 2012, she walked the runway of
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while 6 months pregnant, wearing a bikini. Between December 2011 and January 2012, she had an on-and-off relationship with football player
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. Balotelli asked for a paternity test in July 2012 in response to her pregnancy. In 2013 Balotelli had to defend himself against Raffaella Fico's accusations of being "irresponsible" and "unconcerned" about his newborn baby daughter, Pia. Balotelli had finally acknowledged paternity of her daughter Pia on 6 February 2014. In June 2014 Fico, under the record label Momy Records / Do It Yourself sang her debut single, joining as a singer in the world of pop / urban / hip-hop. The piece is titled "Rush" produced by Gianluca Tozzi (son of the Italian singer
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), On 10 June, it was published on his
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channel accompanied by th
official video
The song is available on
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since 9 June. On 22 October 2014, she published her first album called as her single ''Rush'', with ten tracks.


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fico, Raffaella 1988 births Living people People from Cercola Italian showgirls Italian television presenters Italian female models Participants in Italian reality television series Italian women television presenters