Sophia Sergio (born 16 February 1992) is an Italian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universo Italia 2016 and represented

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Early life

Sergio is a graduate of the three-year degree course in International Business Management and of the specialist degree in Marketing and International Management at the

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. She has two younger brothers and as a teenager she discovered a passion for basketball and judo, while the approach to the world of fashion took place at the age of 15 when she accidentally accompanied a friend to a fashion show.

Miss Italia 2011

Sergio began her pageantry career representing Miss Cinema Veribel Campania in the Miss Italia 2011 competition on 19 September 2011, but did not place.

Miss Universo Italia 2016

Sergio was crowned Miss Universo Italia 2016 held on 18 December 2016 at the Parco dei Principi Grand Hotel in

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by her predecessor Giada Pezzaioli.

Miss Universe 2016

She participated as the official representative of her country to the 2016

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pageant held in

on 30 January 2017, but did not place.

References

External links

Sito ufficiale di Miss Universo Italia
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