Francesca Testasecca is the winner of 71^st edition of Miss Italia

Miss Italia

Miss Italia is the name of 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:...

. She won the crown on September 13, 2010.

Biography

Graduated from istituto tecnico turistico, Francesca Testasecca is the second daughter of an autobus driver and a clerk.

Francesca is the second ever Miss Umbria to win the contest: the first one was Raffaella De Carolis in 1962.

On December 25, 2010 she co-hosted the new show 24mila voci alongside Milly Carlucci

Milly Carlucci

Camilla Patrizia "Milly" Carlucci is an Italian television presenter, actress and singer. Carlucci played the role of Urania in the 1985 film The Adventures of Hercules. In 1996 she became a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF. Since 2005 she has been the sole host of the Italian version of Strictly...

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