Federica Fontana (born April 30, 1977) is an

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television sports announcer (especially for

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games) and TV program hostess, who also does various kinds of modeling on the side.

Biography

Federica started to appear in TV and public ad campaigns at a young age. She also entered

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s: at age 18 in 1995, she won the second place crown as ''Miss Buona Domenica'', and the third-place position as ''Bellissima'', participating as an assistant in ''La sai l'ultima?''. In 1997, Federica appeared on television in the programs ''Presentazione del

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'', ''

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'', ''Volevo Salutare'', ''Strettamente Personale'' and was a hostess for ''Slurpiamo'', an on the air program for children on "Junior TV Antenna 3". In 1998, she was in the cast of ''Scatafascio'', ''Paperissima'' (1998-99 edition), and ''Un Anno di Sport''. In 1999-2000 she substituted for another announcer in a supporting role for Massimo De Luca in the program ''Pressing Champions League''. In 2000-01, Federica appeared in '' Il Processo del Lunedì'' alongside

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and in ''Mai dire Maik''. In 2002 through 2006, she hosted, together with Alberto Brandi, the program ''Guida al Campionato'', on the air on "Italia 1" every Sunday that the Serie A Italian

championship was played. After that appearance, Federica started to achieve notable popularity, and in 2003 she was called to appear in ''Ciro presenta Visitors'', a comedy, and, in the summertime, in ''Bande Sonore'' (as the hostess). In October 2004, Federica appeared in ''Super Ciro'' (Italia 1). In 2006-07, she replaced

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in ''Controcampo-Diritto di replica'', a TV program on the air every Sunday of the Serie A Italian soccer championship, thus leaving the ''Guida al Campionato'' program after four years. As a model, Federica has posed for magazines (such as

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and GQ), newspapers, and catalogs, and also for photo calendars, such as the 2004 calendar of the magazine ''Controcampo'', calendars for

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, and for calendars about Federica herself, featuring at least one photo of her for every month of the year. Federica married billionaire businessman Jorge Jimenez Neubauer Torres on February 5, 2012. They celebrated nuptials in a Catholic ceremony in Brescia, Italy. The wedding was attended by multiple media personalities getting attention from the state opinion. The couple have two children.

External links

Official website
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