Manuela Falorni (born 20 May 1959), best known as Venere Bianca (literally: White Venus), is an Italian model, pornographic actress and author.
Career
Born in
Fucecchio
Fucecchio () is a town and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region of Tuscany. The main economical resources of the city are the leather industries, shoes industry and other manufacturing activities, although in the ...
, Falorni started her career in 1979, entering the
Miss Italia
Miss Italia is a beauty pageant awarding prizes every year to young, female contestants from Italy. Since the first edition of the contest in 1939 many of the contestants have gone on to notable careers in television and film.
History
The foreru ...
pageant in which she was awarded as "Miss Toscana". Then, she started a successful career as
glamour and
fashion model
A model is a person with a role either to promote, display or advertise commercial products (notably fashion clothing in fashion shows) or to serve as a visual aid for people who are creating works of art or to pose for photography. Thoug ...
.
In 1993 she started working as strip teaser and hosting the TV-show ''TopClub'', the following year she joined the agency "
Diva Futura
Diva Futura (Italian for "Future Diva", i.e. "Future Star") is an Italian pornography and erotica film studio. When founded in 1983 by porn star Ilona Staller and photographer and talent scout Riccardo Schicchi, it was the first casting agency in ...
" and made her adult film debut.
[ In 2001 she was nominated at ]Hot D'Or
Hot d'Or ( en, Golden Hot) was an adult film industry pornographic award, awarded annually from 1992 to 2001 in Cannes, France[Lara Croft
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''.
In 2005 she published her first novel, ''Di là dal fosso'', and in 2010 she published her autobiography, ''E se andassi in paradiso'';[ the same year she announced her retirement.
In 2012 Falorni starred in the music video for the song "Odio i vivi" by rock songwriter Edda.
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Personal life
Falorni was a protagonist of gossip columns, mainly for her tumultuous marriage with ex-European welter-weight boxing champion Nino La Rocca, and for the legal battle for the custody of their son, Antonio.[
From 2004 Falorni is married to composer Franco Ciani, well known for a previous marriage with the singer ]Anna Oxa
Anna Hoxha (; born 28 April 1961), known professionally as Anna Oxa (), is an Italian singer, actress, and television presenter. Oxa has received mainstream popularity and recognition within Italy due to her numerous participations in the Sanremo ...
.
References
External links
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1953 births
Living people
People from Fucecchio
Italian pornographic film actresses
21st-century Italian novelists
Italian female models
21st-century Italian women