Cinzia Fiordeponti, best known as Cinzia De Ponti (born 3 October 1960), is an Italian actress, model, television personality and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Italia 1979 and second runner-up to Miss Universe 1982.
Luisa Corna (born 2 December 1965) is an Italian television presenter, singer, model, and actress.
Born in Palazzolo sull'Oglio, Brescia, at 16 years old Corna began her career as a model for, among others, Dolce & Gabbana, Missoni and Mariella Burani; she also posed for photographers Helmut Newton and Arthur Elgort. In 1992 she ranked second at the Castrocaro Music Festival with the song "Dove vanno a finire gli amori". In the late 1990s Corna began her television career, hosting several television programs such as Tira e Molla, Domenica in and Controcampo. In 2002 she entered the main competition at the Sanremo Music Festival, ranking fourth with the song "Ora che ho bisogno di te", a duet with Fausto Leali.Corna also appeared on several films and television series, and dubbed in the Italian version of the animated film Shark Tale.
Beatrice Cori (real name Beatrice Cagnoni) (20 March 1943 - 8 February 2000) was an Italian Rai television presenter and model. She introduced the Italian entry sung by Alan Sorrenti in Eurovision Song Contest 1980.
Eloisa Cianni (23 June 1932 – 27 May 2022) was an Italian actress, model and beauty pageant winner.
Cianni was born in Rome as Aloisa Stukin, with the surname derived from her Polish adoptive father Stanislaus Stukin, who had married her mother Ida Furnace.In 1952 she won the Miss Italia beauty contest, and one year later she was elected Miss Europe.Cianni subsequently started a career as model and actress, debuting in the Gianni Franciolini's 1953 comedy film Villa Borghese.Cianni died in Morlupo on 27 May 2022, at the age of 89.
Roberta Capua (born 5 December 1968 in Naples) is an Italian television host, actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Italia 1986 and placed 1st Runner-up at Miss Universe 1987 in Singapore.
Beatrice Bocci (born 8 April 1970) is an Italian showgirl, beauty pageant winner and television presenter. In 1994 she was crowned Miss Tuscany and later placed first runner-up at Miss Italia 1994. She has hosted the shows Su le mani and Va ora in onda both on RAI 1.
Benedetta Barzini (born 22 September 1943 in Porto Santo Stefano) is an Italian photomodel, journalist, writer, educator, feminist. In the 1960s she made a brilliant career as a model in the United States, shooting for Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Ugo Mulas, Henry Clarke (photographer), Andy Warhol, became the first Italian on the cover of American Vogue and in 1965 Barzini's photograph graced the cover of the first issue of Italian Vogue, but by the end of the decade was disillusioned with the fashion world. Upon returning to Milan, she became a member of the Italian Communist Party and a radical feminist. Author of over 5 books, she lectured at three universities for twenty years.
Raffaella Baracchi (born 25 March 1964) is an Italian former actress and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Italia 1983.
Elisabetta Gregoraci (born 8 February 1980) is an Italian fashion model and TV personality.
She was born in Soverato, province of Catanzaro, Calabria, in southern Italy. Gregoraci started her career on the Italian television show Libero as a dancer, before replacing model Eva Herzigová for the Wonderbra campaign.
Gregoraci gained notoriety when it came to light that she had offered sexual favours in return for a job as a showgirl for the Italian national public television company RAI. She was estranged from RAI and hired by the former Italian Prime Minister and owner of Mediaset Silvio Berlusconi, acting as a hostess in the show Buona Domenica.
Anna Kanakis (Greek: Άννα Κανάκη; 1 February 1962 – 19 November 2023) was an Italian actress, novelist, model and beauty pageant titleholder.