Italian leading girls. Beauty in Italian: the most beautiful Italian women in history
In addition to outstanding designers, gastronomic delights and Celentano, there are local beauties. Italians are considered the most beautiful women in the world - history has many examples of this. Feminine forms, passionate temperament, sensuality in its original sense - the title of sex symbols goes to these sultry ladies without a fight.
Today, one of the most famous Italian actresses, Monica Bellucci, turns 53 years old. On the occasion of ELLE I decided to remember bright beauties Italy, at the sight of which men lose their heads.
The title of the main sex symbol of our time belongs to an Italian Monica Bellucci. Bright appearance actresses with the face of an angel and the body of a sinner continue to inspire directors to endless interpretations of the theme of “abused beauty.” Bellucci managed to embody a whole gallery of such images - from Mary Magdalene to a street prostitute. At the same time, despite her classic, universal beauty, the actress is in demand primarily in the arthouse genre.
An Italian with an admixture of Estonian blood is the embodiment of a beauty atypical for her native land. Fragile figure Blue eyes, a shock of wheat hair - even for Italy, Muti’s appearance seemed exotic. The most amazing thing is that time still has no power over her: Ornella Muti is a real beauty even at 62 years old. What is the secret - genes or spaghetti? All that remains is to guess and envy in silence.
A native of Italy, her universal popularity largely owes to her genes. And although the actress’s dramatic talent is not in doubt (the star has received awards from all major film festivals), Lauren went down in history primarily as symbol of beauty, in the context of which the actress’s name became a household name. The image of a movie star gave rise to a global craze: men worshiped Lauren, and women tried to imitate her. Curvaceous, violet eyes, full lips - millions of admirers fell victim to the beauty of Sophia Loren, while her heart belonged to her one and only husband, film producer Carlo Ponti.
The fact that Gina Lollobrigida played the main roles in the films “The Most Beautiful Woman in the World” and “Cathedral” Notre Dame of Paris", speaks for itself. A wasp waist, graphic eyebrows, slanted eyes - no exaggerated shapes, only perfect symmetry. The film star was unconditionally recognized as the standard of beauty of her time and a brilliant actress. The luxurious brunette had the opportunity to compete for the title of sex symbol with only one of her contemporaries - but it’s not a sin to compete with such a person!
One of the most desirable Italian women of all time, Claudia Cardinale, was not born in Italy, but in Tunisia. But ignorance native language(Claudia spoke French) did not prevent the actress from becoming an Italian film star and muse of Maestro Fellini. It’s also surprising that such a beautiful woman didn’t spin whirlwind romances with filming partners, as often happens, and rejected the Alena Delona.
Bianca Balti
The fruit of love between an Italian and an Azerbaijani woman is a burning mixture, both men and women state, looking at the glossy photographs of the top model Bianchi Balti. The beauty exudes electricity with just one look from her azure blue eyes. It is not surprising that the Sicilian duo Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana engaged the beauty as soon as she appeared on the modeling horizon.
Bianca Balti for Dolce & Gabbana
Italian women. What are they?
Italian girls, Italian women...
Of course they are different, generations differ from each other, as do social circles, everyday life from fun Friday parties and special occasions.
So what are they?
Cloth
Let's start with clothes.
Italians are terrible rag-pickers; they cannot live without shopping, just like without a morning cup of espresso. Sales were invented especially for them; I am sure that no other people waits for seasonal discounts as much as the residents of the Apennines. There are also outlets - entire towns consisting of shops, restaurants and cafes. This is a whole science and Italians have succeeded quite well in it.
Black trousers are a must-have wardrobe item. black dress and a beautiful coat. Everything else just complements them! Of course, we will also send there, to must be, a couple of light-colored blouses and shirts, a couple of the latest Hogans, a beautiful belt and the obligatory jeans. Well, of course, riding boots (where would we be without them?), and several beautiful bags and handbags. Italian women are very feminine, that's what they are New Year's Eve, despite the frost, they wear shoes, a cocktail dress and a flirty boa. They were the first to wear T-shirts with dropped shoulders. Such is the strength of the local mentality, but here they like to be sexy. All this is a little exaggerated, a little exaggerated, a little too much, but don’t forget that we are in the south! That’s why the edges are slightly blurred, that’s why there’s lurex, and sequins, and the long earring falls off on one side...
They love the so-called multi-layered clothing, so that there are straps, second ones, then a tunic, and on top a light cardigan, and all this is selected by color, texture, and on top is complemented by an elegant scarf to match. In short, they don’t really like simple cut in clothes; they prefer complex, asymmetrical things. Just like complex color combinations, they prefer one tone.
The most ordinary casual reigns in everyday life; it is normal, practical and convenient.
The most spectacular are women aged 50 to 65, this is the same “old school” who grew up watching Fellini’s films and whose ideal has always been the incomparable Sophia Loren. Cigarette trousers, simple but very high-quality and expensive pumps and an elegantly thrown mink coat...styled hair and the diamond constellation of the Dogs on the fingers. This is not uncommon, it is reality.
Shoes
Every respectable Italian woman has a whole closet of shoes and that’s the minimum.
For every day, this is again unconditionally casual - ballet flats, sneakers and, lo and behold! even ugg boots. Well, when it comes to evening wear, then stilettos certainly reign supreme. You can see them wearing open sandals with thin heels at any time of the year, regardless of the weather. Because it's bellissimo, and beauty requires sacrifice.
This is probably why most of the famous houses that produce shoes come from Italy.
Personal care. Appearance
Things are a little sadder here. Let's start with the fact that the age of the average Italian woman in comparison with their Russian competitors should be calculated based on the fact that here in Italy everyone seems to be ten years younger, hence the attitude towards their appearance. Will explain. If a girl is 30, then she dresses and looks like she’s 20, but if she’s 40, then we subtract ten years again and get a 30-year-old coquette, and so on until she’s old. Indeed, Italians look much younger than their European sisters, maybe pasta plays here important role, maybe the climate, but most likely all this taken together plus a cheerful temperament and lifestyle.
The only BUT is that, be that as it may, skin care must be started earlier, so rarely does a 30-year-old girl use anti-aging creams, let alone twenty-year-olds.
Thus, expensive “aging” creams are mainly used by seniors over 50, which is not always correct. As the Italian proverb says, it is better to prevent than to fight, but alas, this opinion does not apply to skin care.
There is one more, but very big BUT, which I didn’t write about right away, you get so used to it that it’s somehow not even noticeable. This is a craze for solariums in particular and tanning in general. Of course, this does not add any additional benefits to the skin, rather it takes away.
But Italians have one wonderful thing and very important advantage. It's their hair! Shiny, well-groomed and well-cut, they fall in heavy waves onto fragile shoulders.
Her hair is taken care of a lot, often, and almost every week a self-respecting Italian woman goes to her hairdresser for styling. Again, don’t forget that southern women’s hair is much thicker, stronger and grows faster, and we will never achieve naturally such "luxury".
Accessories.
Well, everything here is very stereotypical, everything is exactly as we imagine them. There are a lot of decorations, big, bright, each outfit has something different, but again all this is in the evening. During the day, discreet rings or a small diamond on the neck, that’s it!
Oh, I completely forgot to mention such an important accessory as sunglasses! This is simply a must-have for all Italians; they wear it often (depending on the weather conditions!), with pleasure, and have at least three or four pairs in their assortment. Thank God, the fashion for ugly narrow horizontal glasses with diopters has passed; five or six years ago they “decorated” the faces of every second resident of Italy and it was not always beautiful, and sometimes simply ugly.
And of course, endless bags, handbags and clutches, and scarves, scarves...a sea of scarves!
Sport
Have you noticed how slim most of them are? Did you notice?! And all because they go to the gym for fitness, cardio, and very often to the pool. This passion becomes even more intense during the New Year/Easter holidays, then the fight against extra pounds they come out, no, even the laziest ones rather run out.
Here are the main points in the description of modern Italian women, but in general they are very sociable, cheerful, cheerful and love to have a good time, both with girlfriends on Fridays in pizzerias/bars/discos, and with boyfriends on Saturdays in romantic restaurants on the coast.
Suddenly you met a girl of indeterminate age, slender, constantly laughing and with a full head of hair. gorgeous hair? Make no mistake, it's Italian!
Italian cinema is one of the three leading cinemas in Europe, second only to France and Great Britain in the number of films produced per year (about 160). Italian films have won the Oscar 14 times in the category " best movie on foreign language", which is a record figure (on the second the place goes France with 12 winners). The peak of Italian cinema occurred in the 60-70s of the 20th century, but even now Italian cinema is very popular. The share of national cinema in Italy reaches 37%, which is the highest figure in Europe. Released in 2016, the film "To hell with the horns" (Italian: Quo vado?) grossed 65 million euros, becoming the highest-grossing Italian film of all time.
This ranking will present the most beautiful Italian actresses of the 20th and 21st centuries. The list includes mainly ethnic Italians; there are also actresses of other nationalities who starred mainly in Italian cinema.
28th place. Violante Placido(born May 1, 1976, Rome, Italy) is an Italian actress and singer, the daughter of Italian actors Michele Placido and Simonetta Stefanelli.
27th place. Lorella De Luca / Lorella De Luca(September 17, 1940, Florence - January 9, 2014) - Italian actress. One of the most famous ingénue (the image of a naive girl) in Italian cinema.
26th place. Laura Morante / Laura Morante(born August 21, 1956, Santa Fiora, Italy) is an Italian actress and director.
25th place. Marina Berti / Marina Berti(September 29, 1924, London, England - October 29, 2002) - Italian actress, popular in the 50s and 60s. Her real name is Elena Maureen Bertolini. The actress's height is 170 cm, figure parameters 86-61-91.5.
24th place. Silvana Pampanini(September 25, 1925, Rome - January 6, 2016) - Italian actress, popular in the 50s, including in the USSR, where she was known for the film “A Husband for Anna Zaccheo” (1953).
23rd place. Sylva Koscina(August 22, 1933 - December 26, 1994) - Italian actress. She was born in Zagreb (Croatia) from a Greek father and a Polish mother. During World War II she moved to Italy, where in 1955 she began acting in films. She is best known for her roles as Princess Iola, the bride of Hercules (Steve Reeves) in the films The Labors of Hercules (1958) and The Labors of Hercules: Hercules and the Queen of Lydia (1960).
22nd place. Anna Maria Ferrero(born February 18, 1934, Rome) is an Italian actress who acted in films in the 50s and 60s. Her real name- Guerro.
21st place. Rosanna Schiaffino(November 25, 1939, Genoa, Italy - October 17, 2009) - Italian actress, popular in the 1960s. She is known to Soviet moviegoers mainly for her role as Countess Jeanne de Beauvais in the film “Secrets of the Burgundian Court” (1961).
20th place. Manuela Arcuri / Manuela Arcuri(born January 8, 1977, Anagni, Italy) is an Italian actress and fashion model. Manuela's height is 174 cm, body measurements 94-63-96.
19th place. Simona Cavallari / Simona Cavallari(born April 5, 1971, Rome) is a modern Italian actress who appears in films and TV series.
18th place. Katerina Murino / Caterina Murino(born September 15, 1977, Cagliari, Italy) is an Italian actress originally from the island of Sardinia. She gained worldwide fame after playing the role of Solange Dimitrios in the Jace Bond film Casino Royale (2006).
17th place. Ornella Muti(born March 9, 1955, Rome) - Italian film actress. Ornella Muti is best known to Russian audiences for her role in the film “The Taming of the Shrew” (1980). The real name of the actress is Francesca Romana Rivelli. Her father is Neapolitan, her mother is Russian. Ornella Muti's height is 168 cm, body measurements 89-61-89.
16th place. Stefania Sandrelli / Stefania Sandrelli(born June 5, 1946, Viareggio, Italy) is an Italian actress who became famous at the age of 15 after the film “Divorce Italian Style” (1961). Figure parameters 98-67-101 (at the age of 39 years).
15th place. Rossana Podestà(June 20, 1934 - December 10, 2013) - Italian actress. Rossana was born in Tripoli, Libya (then an Italian colony). After World War II, she moved with her parents to Rome. In film, she is best known for her role as Helen of Troy in the 1956 film of the same name.
14th place. Daniela Bianchi / Daniela Bianchi(born January 31, 1942, Rome) - Italian model and an actress best known for the Bond film From Russia with Love (1963), where she played Tatiana Romanova. In 1960, she represented Italy at the Miss Universe competition, where she took second place and won the Miss Photogenic category.
13th place. Giovanna Ralli(born January 2, 1935, Rome) - Italian film actress, popular in the 60s.
12th place. Scilla (Scilla) Gabel / Scilla Gabel(born January 4, 1938, Rimini, Italy) - Italian film actress. Real name: Gianfranca Gabellini. Her actor career began as Sophia Loren's understudy. She never played the heroine of Homer's "Odyssey" Scylla, in whose honor the actress took her pseudonym, but she did play Helen of Troy in the 1968 television adaptation of "The Odyssey."
11th place. Margareth Madè(born June 22, 1982, Paterno, Sicily) is an Italian actress and model. Height 177 cm, body measurements 83-60-88.
10th place. Zeudi Araya / Zeudi Araya(born February 10, 1951) is an Italian actress of Eritrean origin. Miss Eritrea 1969. Since 1972 she has lived in Italy. In 1976 she played her most famous role- Friday in the comedy "Signor Robinson". Zeudi Araya was last wife famous Italian producer Franco Cristaldi.
9th place. Edwige Fenech / Edwige Fenech(real name Sfenek) is an Italian actress, TV presenter and film producer. She was born on December 24, 1948 in the city of Beaune in Algeria, which at that time was a colony of France. Her father is Maltese and her mother is Italian from Sicily. When Edwige was ten years old, the family moved to France. In 1967 she won the Lady France beauty contest and represented France at the Lady Europa competition. In the same 1967, Fenech moved to Italy, where, thanks to her magnificent body, she became the star of erotic films.
8th place. Gigliola Cinquetti(born December 20, 1947, Verona, Italy) is an Italian singer, actress and TV presenter. In 1964, she represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest, where she won with the song "Non ho l'étà" and gained international recognition. In 1974, she participated in the Eurovision Song Contest for the second time with the composition “Si” and took second place, losing only to the ABBA quartet. She starred in 10 films.
7th place. Anita Ekberg / Anita Ekberg (September 29, 1931, Malmö, Sweden - January 11, 2015) - actress, best known for her roles in the films of Federico Fellini " Sweet life" (1960) and "Boccaccio 70" (1962). She lived in Italy since the 60s. In 1951, Ekberg won the Miss Sweden competition and represented Sweden at international competition"Miss Universe 1951". Height 169 cm, figure parameters at the Miss Sweden competition: 100-56-91.
6th place. Isabella Rossellini / Isabella Rossellini- Italian actress and fashion model. Born on June 18, 1952 in Rome in the family of the famous Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman and Italian film director Roberto Rossellini. Isabella Rossellini's height is 173 cm, figure parameters 90-73.5-91.5 (at the age of 42 years).
5th place. Pier Angeli(June 19, 1932, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy - September 10, 1971) - Italian and American actress.
4th place. Claudia Cardinale / Claudia Cardinale (born April 15, 1938, La Goulette, Tunisia). In 1957, Claudia Cardinale won the title of most beautiful italian Tunisia, the prize was a trip to the Venice Film Festival, where she was noticed by the young producer Franco Cristaldi, who would later become her husband. Thanks to Cristaldi, Claudia Cardinale moved to live in Italy and began acting in Italian films. Claudia Cardinale's height is 173 cm, body measurements 94-58.5-94; body parameters at the age of 38 years 96.5-61-94.
3rd place. Gina Lollobrigida(born July 4, 1927, Rome) - Italian actress. Lollobrigida's roles in the films "Fanfan-Tulip" (1952) and "Notre Dame de Paris" (1956) brought Lollobrigida international fame. Gina Lollobrigida's height is 165 cm, figure parameters 90-51-90 (at the age of 20 at the Miss Italy 1947 competition), 94-53-90 (at the age of 30).
2nd place. Monica Bellucci / Monica Bellucci (born September 30, 1964, Città di Castello, Italy) is an Italian actress and fashion model. Monica Bellucci's height is 170 cm, body measurements 89-61-89.
1 place. Sophia Loren / Sophia Loren (born September 20, 1934, Rome) is a famous Italian actress, winner of an honorary Oscar (1991) with the wording “for a career rich in memorable roles that gave an unfading shine to cinema.” Her real name is Scicolone. According to a survey of readers of The Daily Mail in 2006, the then 71-year-old Sophia Loren was recognized as the most beautiful woman in the world. Sophia Loren's height is 174 cm, figure parameters 96.5-61-96.5 (at the age of 22 years), 91.5-61-96 (at the age of 50 years).