Raffaella Modugno

Raffaella Modugno
Raffaella Modugno at 2012 Mondial de l'Automobile de Paris
Born
Raffaella Modugno[1]

(1988-03-03) 3 March 1988 (age 36)[2]
Ariano Irpino, Province of Avellino,[2] Italy
OccupationModel
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Beauty pageant titleholder
TitleMiss Curvy Italia 2011 (winner)
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorBrown

Raffaella Modugno is an Italian model who was crowned Miss Curve d'Italia Lazio 2011 ("Miss Curvy Lazio 2011").[3][4] She was the cover model of the German Maxim (2012) and Indian GQ (2013), and modeled for brands such as Dolce & Gabbana, Roberto Coin and Prada.[2] In the end of 2013 she played a main role in the video for the song "Timber" by Pitbull.[5][6]

In 2011 and 2012, she appeared in two Italian TV series: Qualunquemente and Teresa Manganiello, respectively.[7][8] In 2014 she was named among the "25 Most Beautiful Women in the world" by the Italian webmagazine "BE! Magazine".[9]

Early life

Modugno was born on 3 March 1988 in Ariano Irpino, Province of Avellino, Italy, to Joseph e Julia Modugno. She has a twin sister, Rosanna, and a brother, Vincent.[2] As a teenager she was a basketball player, sport which she dedicated professionally 13 years of her life.[10]

At age 12, she started watching the Miss Italia contest with major interest.[11]

Career

Pageantry

Raffaella Modugno started her career in beauty pageantry in 2007, when she competed for the first time in the Miss Italia contest. In the finals she was classified among the top 15 semifinalists.[11] In between this and the next contest she would participate, she kept modeling for several brands.

In August 2011 she went for the Miss Curve d’Italia Elena Mirò Lazio 2011 (Miss Curvy Italy) and won it.[3] The contest, promoted by the organization of Miss Italia, is intended for curvier candidates.[3] Later in the same month she was again a candidate for the pageant Miss Italia 2011,[12] but, even though she was one of the favourites to the crown, she was banned from the competition by the judicial department of the contest due to some sensual photos in lingerie she had taken while modeling.[2][11][13] Against her, the Article 8 of the competition guidelines: «Nude poses and semi-nudity with strong emphasis on the provocative element.»[13] Following the decision, a press release from the organization was made public and it stated:

«Raffaella Modugno, Miss Curve d’Italia Elena Mirò Lazio 2011, was excluded from the Miss Italia 2011 contest due to some photos published on the internet. The legal department of Miss Italia and its director Patrizia Mirigliani have taken this decision after having examined—following numerous indications—photo shootings on the network showing ‘poses of nudity and others of semi-nudity with strong emphasis on the provocative element’.»[14]

Besides her, two other contestants—Alice Bellotto and Tiziana Piergianni—were also eliminated for the same reasons.[15]

Modeling

Being banned from Miss Italia gave Modugno even more notoriety and a boost to her career. In July 2012 she appeared on the cover of German Maxim,[11] and her Mediterranean beauty and curvy body ended putting her later in the same year to pose for a series of photo shootings for a Riello company calendar in Nosy Be island, Madagascar.[11] Besides it, she kept modeling for many fashion brands and campaigns, such as Roberto Coin,[11] Bruno Caruso, Dolce & Gabbana, Prada, Tom Ford and Christian Louboutin.[2] In December 2013 she posed for GQ Magazine (India issue).[2]

At the end of 2013, she performed the main character as a femme fatale in the music video for the song "Timber" by Pitbull, featuring Kesha.[2][5][6] Early in the same year she had played a key role in the video Sigame, by DJ Ju-Lio (feat. Manitú).[16][17][18]

Personal life

In 2012, the international media publicised she was dating Diego Forlán, then a soccer player in Inter Milan,[19] but in 2013 they reportedly had given an end to the short relationship.[20]

In December 2012 when asked about her opinion on actress Mila Kunis' dismissal from Dior due to her weight gain she stated:

«I think it’s a futile reason, but evidently it’s weight enough for Dior as for many other brands, and this ends to conduct many models to anorexia. (…) This slenderness demanded for catwalk doesn’t correspond to the body of the Italian woman. We’re talking about size 36/38, which a 5’9’’ tall girl (minimum required for haute couture) hardly handles. (…) When I started modeling I didn’t have an identity, and I don’t deny having encountered obstacles for my career given my curvy body. But with time and experience I entered a market (size 44) which is more diverse to that seen in the catwalk, which shows the interest of many brands for curvy women.»[21]

After participating in some film productions she stated she is currently investing in studying drama to impulse her career as actress.[11]

In 2017, Modugno started dating singer Marc Anthony.[22] Two years later—in December 2019—it was reported she was single again, whereas Anthony was dating model Jessica Lynne Harris.[23]

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role Notes Country
2012 Teresa Manganiello[7] Ragazza al bar Participation Italy
2011 Qualunquemente[8] Etica Television debut Italy

References

  1. ^ "Modelle: Raffaella Modugno" (in Italian). Tribunale di Milano. 2008.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Raffaella Modugno, la top model che ha fatto impazzire Pitbull" (in Italian). Ottopagine Avellino. 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "L'irpina Modugno è "Miss Curve d'Italia Elena Mirò Lazio 2011"". Irpiniaoggi.it. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  4. ^ "Miss Italia Curvy - Vogue.it". vogue.it. Retrieved 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Interviú desnuda a Raffaella Modugno, la bailarina de Pitbull. La Verdad". laverdad.es. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
  6. ^ a b "Oregon En Español - Raffaella Modugno desnuda en revista Interviú 2014". oregonenespanol.com. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  7. ^ a b "Sui passi dell'amore, Teresa Manganiello" (in Italian). Virgilio – cinema & TV. 2012.
  8. ^ a b "Raffaella Modugno". IMDb. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  9. ^ "Le 25 donne più belle del mondo". BE! Magazine. 2014-06-02. Retrieved 2016-07-03.
  10. ^ "Raffaella Modugno | QNM". qnm.it. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g "Raffaella Modugno, l'icona curvy italiana" (in Italian). Cultura & Cultura. 2012.
  12. ^ "Miss Universe 2011: Search". missuniverse.com. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  13. ^ a b "Raffaella Modugno squalificata da Miss Italia". romatoday.it. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  14. ^ "Miss Italia 2011: Raffaella Modugno è la seconda squalificata". NanoPress Televisione. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  15. ^ "Alice Bellotto: "Per fortuna che sono stata squalificata da Miss Italia..."". Panorama.it. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  16. ^ "Raffaella Modugno in un video di Ju-Lio - Ottopagine Avellino". avellino.ottopagine.net. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  17. ^ "Raffaella Modugno nuda sul calendario 2017: le immagini più hot e il ..." Oggi - Gossip (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  18. ^ "Raffaella Modugno: "Spogliarmi è il mio vizietto" - Tgcom24". Tgcom24. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  19. ^ "Raffaella Modugno, la nueva conquista de Forlán". mundod.lavoz.com.ar. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  20. ^ "Raffaella Modugno La hermosa expareja del futbolista uruguayo Diego Forlán". laestrella.com.pa. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  21. ^ "Raffaella Modugno parla dell'eterno conflitto tra le donne e la bilancia". Cittadiariano.it=2012/12/15.
  22. ^ "Marc Anthony gets playful with girlfriend Raffaella Modugno".
  23. ^ Raffaella Modugno disfruta de sua soltería, mientras Marc Anthony tiene nuevo amor; Hola Magazine (US). Retrieved 2020-06-22.