Italy's Sexiest Women

Italy's sexiest women all come from the television business. In most cases, they started off their careers as showgirls/dancers in popular tv programmes. This phenomenon has become such a custom in Italy that these girls were given particular names after the programmes from veline to letterine, to schedine and so on. This was the necessary first step for thesewomen to gain their popularity. Some of these lovely ladies became lingerie models. Most end up on the calendars of Max or GQ at some point. And nearly all of them end up marrying or going out with famous Italian footballers. Regardless, here are the most popular and beloved sexy Italian women.

Giorgia Palmas

Giorgia Palmas: you probably already know her. Just a glance to the picture in this article and you will recognize her instantly: that picture is all over the internet, and for a good reason. Born in Cagliari in 1982, Giorgia is one of the many "Daughters of Sardinia" that took Italian television by storm, showing to everybody how gourgeous the girls hailing from Sardinia are. Like fellow Sardinian Elisabetta Canalis, she became famous as one of the "Veline", the scantly clad dancing assistants in the Striscia la Notizia satyrical newscast. Before that, she arrived second place in two beauty pageants (losing one to her cousin Francesca Lodo). After her stint at Striscia la Notizia, she went on hosting a few more TV show, gained further notoriety with her calendar (from where the picture on the right comes from) and now she is enjoying an acting career in the tv show "Carabinieri" and in the show of improv theatre "Buona la Prima".

Michelle Hunziker

Michelle Hunziker was born in Switzerland in 1977, but has since obtained Italian citizenship. Her gorgeous smile has instantly won her the affection of the Italian tv audience. Michelle started her career very young: at just 18 she already was famous for being one of the most sought after fashion models, for being the face, or rather, the backside, of the Italian lingerie brand Roberta and for heir marriage with one of the most famous Italian pop singers of the time: Eros Ramazzotti.
Marrying Eros Ramazzotti transformed Michelle from well known model to instant superstar. She left the catwalks to land roles ad host or assistant in many TV Shows in Italy, Switzerland and Germany.
Today, may years later, Michelle Hunziker is still one of the most loved faces on Italian TV. She hosted many important TV shows, like Striscia la Notizia and Paperissima and recently gave proof of her exceptional skills as dramatic actor, singer and dancer by leading a stage adaptation of "The Sound of Music" and as a comedy actress in the Italian version of Canadian TV sitcom "Love Bugs". She also partecipated in many popular Italian movies, like the "Vacanze di..." series and lent her voice to the character of Gloria, the she-hyppopothamus in DreamWork's "Madagascar" movie.