Cinzia Fiordeponti, best known as Cinzia De Ponti (born 3 October 1960), is an

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actress, model, television personality and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Italia 1979 and second runner-up to

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Life and career

De Ponti was born in

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. In 1979, while a law student at Teramo University, she won the

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beauty contest. She later won the 1982

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contest and entered the

competition, ranking third. De Ponti studied as an actress at the "Studio di arti sceniche" drama school led by Alessandro Fersen. She appeared in a number of films in the 1980s, alternating main roles in comedy and genre films and minor roles in

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s. Since the second half of the 1980s, she focused on television, working as an actress and a presenter.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:De Ponti, Cinzia 1960 births 20th-century Italian actresses Italian beauty pageant winners Italian female models Italian film actresses Italian stage actresses Italian television actresses Italian television presenters Living people Miss Universe 1982 contestants People from Pescara University of Teramo alumni Italian women television presenters