Patrizia Deitos (born 11 May 1975 in

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Career

Patrizia Deitos is a former

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from

, who has walked on some of the most renowned international catwalks. Her campaigns include

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, Ferré,

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, Mila Schon, Raffaella Curiel, La Perla,

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. Giovanni Cabassi photographed Deitos for

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campaign. She has also appeared in 1996's campaign for

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. Her entrance into the world of modelling was not only due to her (182 cm) height, but to the lucky coincidence of being at ''The Embassy club'' in

, where, at 17, she was invited to participate in the ''Miss Cinema Contest'', which she won. This would have allowed her to take part in the Miss Italia Contest, but, because of her reserved character, she renounced. She was eventually persuaded to participate in the ''Miss Romagna Contest'' which she won and which lead her among the contestants for the final of

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: she achieved third place and won the ''Miss Smile International Contest''. Despite this, Patrizia went on to finish the last two years of high school and obtained her diploma, accepting only photo shoots. For a period she alternated studies and fashion shows, obtaining a degree with honours at the

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in Medieval History. Her real passion, however, has always been singing, which she began studying at the age of 14. When she was very young, she has been a finalist in the ''Concorso di Castrocaro'' and in the Song Academy of Sanremo. Thanks to her contacts in the fashion world she performs mostly abroad, not being interested in the Italian market which she has often declared to be provincial and not based on merit. She has performed with the ''Demo Morselli Orchestra'',

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and

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. She has opened some concerts for

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and performed at the ''Cannes Publicity Festival''. She continues to alternate singing and modelling preferring to work abroad. She has been asked to present famous events abroad thanks to her excellent knowledge of English. For some years now Patrizia has returned to jazz, her old passion, collaborating with Simone Giannotti Jazz Septet and performing in a Duo with the same Giannotti.

Personal life

Patrizia has a son, Umberto, born in 2003. She is married to the actor and director

Antonio Maria Magro Antonio Maria Magro (born 5 June 1954) is an Italian film director, actor and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Catanzaro, he soon moved to Bologna, where he grew up. In 1980, he joined the Compagnia di Prosa Radiofonica di Firenze, the na ...

in 2017.

Discography

Studio albums

*''Patty Deitos and The Smooth Players'' (2013) *''Ho incontrato Greta Garbo'' (2020)

Singles

*"Time After Time" (2013) *"Sailing" (2013) *"Eyes" (2019) *"Olfattologia" (2019) *"La Bella Vestita" (2019) *"Illogico Jazz" (2022) *"È quasi l'alba" (2022) *"Satisfaction" (2023)

Collaborative albums

*''Mother Tongue'' (with Effi Shoshani) (2011)

Agencies

Why Not Model Agency Why Not Model Management is a modeling agency based in Milan, Italy, and founded by Tiziana Casali and Vittorio Zeviani in 1976. Models Models and talent currently and previously represented by the agency include: * Aamito Lagum * Adam Senn * A ...

* Riccardo Gay Model Management

References

External links

Official Website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Deitos, Patrizia Living people 1975 births People from the Province of Rimini Italian female models