Giulia Arena (born 22 April 1994) is an Italian beauty queen, actress, television presenter and model, winner of the 74th edition of

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2013.

Biography

She was born in

Pisa Pisa ( ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Tuscany, Central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for the Leaning Tow ...

but soon she moved to

Messina Messina ( , ; ; ; ) is a harbour city and the capital city, capital of the Italian Metropolitan City of Messina. It is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, and the 13th largest city in Italy, with a population of 216,918 inhabitants ...

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, her parents' city of origin. In 2013 she participated in the Miss Italia beauty contest with the band of "Miss Cinema Planter's Sicilia", being elected winner; she was also elected Miss Cinema. She is the first Miss Italia to have been elected live on

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, as well as the first Miss Italia to be elected in

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after

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was abandoned as its headquarters. Giulia Arena was the tenth Miss Italia from Sicily. At the time of the victory, she was still a student of faculty of

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. In 2014 she made her debut as a

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presenting on LA7 two editions of the program Mode e modi and one of Mode e modi - Food together with

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. In the spring of 2015 she was entrusted with the management of the culinary program Gustibus. In the spring of 2017 she moved to

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, where she presented the television program Kudos - Tutto Pass dal web, together with Leonardo Decarli and Diletta Parlangeli.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Arena, Giulia 1994 births Living people Italian beauty pageant winners Italian female models Italian television presenters Italian film actresses Italian television actresses Italian stage actresses Italian women television presenters Actors from Pisa Actresses from Tuscany Models from Sicily Actresses from Messina Mass media people from Sicily