italian icons
A sinistra: Gloria Guida e Lilli Carati in una scena del film Avere vent'anni (1978). In basso: l'attrice Ornella Muti. Left: Gloria Guida and Lilli Carati, in a frame from the movie Avere ve n t ' a n n i ( 1 9 7 8 ) . Below: the actress Ornella Muti.
remains an unequalled icon. Gina Lollobrigida is another great beauty, among the participants of Miss Italia first and then a protagonist of the International world of cinema and show business. The “curvaceous” woman from Rome that finds her best expression in roles of naïf peasant, like the Bersagliera in Pane, amore e fantasia directed by Luigi Comencini in 1953, which became a masterpiece of Italian comedy. In those same years, another great talent of cinema, Anna Magnani, imposes her imperfect and atypical beauty among the most famous in the history of cinema, thanks to her dramatic intensity. Her lively and passionate look, beside the undisputable acting talent, made her a myth of beauty and strong personality attributed to Italian women. Among Italian beauties, always connected to famous movies, we can name Claudia Cardinale, the character of Angelica (in every sense) chosen by Luchino Visconti in Gattopardo and Isabella Rossellini, born from the meeting between Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini, model and actress that was also the ambassador of famous advertising campaigns and worked with such important photographers as Peter Lindbergh. Curvy shapes and Mediterranean colours continue to be successful also in a contemporary age, just think of Maria Grazia Cucinotta, the synthesis of Sicilian beauty appreciated also abroad. However, another type of Italian beauty imposes, more intellectual and less sensual, for example the thin shapes of former French Première Dame Carla Bruni, a very sought after and well paid model in the nineties that turns
A sinistra: Claudia Koll, Pippo Baudo e Anna Falchi, conduttori del Festival di Sanremo 1995. A destra: Mina a una serata di gala ©Marka/eps. Left: Claudia Koll, Pippo Baudo and Anna Falchi, presenters of Sanremo Festival 1995. Right: Mina during a gala dinner ©Marka/eps.