Sophia Loren tells PEOPLE how it feels to an 81-year-old grandmother. ... Loren finished as a finalist in the Miss Italia 1950 contest, and later enrolled in acting classes.

Above all though there’s the new category, Miss Curvy Italia Elena Mirò, which is open to US size 10s – but there’s also been the second elimination from the competition.

I started when I was 15 years old, I was a little skinny little toothpick and then I grew and grew and grew!” the former Miss Italia finalist laughed. Sophia Loren in 1968. ABC Photo Archives ...

Sophia Loren is celebrating her 90th birthday.. On Monday, Sept. 23, her friend Giorgio Armani, also 90, shared a sweet clip from the movie icon's celebrations, following her milestone occasion on ...

Sophia Loren returned to her roots and showed beauty pageant contestants exactly how it's done as she arrived to crown the new Miss Italy 2010 last night.

Celebrate Italian film icon Sophia Loren's life in photos on her 90th birthday, Sept. 20, ... Loren finished as a finalist in the Miss Italia 1950 contest, and later enrolled in acting classes.

Oscars 2025: Throwback to When Sophia Loren Decided to Miss Her Best Actress Win at the Biggest Awards For a HILARIOUS Reason ...

Prospect.2 New Orleans artist Francesco Vezzoli's surrealist statue of Sophia Loren is on display at the Piazza d'Italia. Critic Doug MacCash rates local art exhibits and installations in reviews ...

Italian TV drops Miss Italia beauty contest that launched careers of Sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida . By NICK PISA FOR MAILONLINE. Published: 19:52 EDT, 17 July 2013 | Updated: 19:52 EDT, 17 ...

The event, founded in 1939, had been carried by state broadcaster RAI for 25 consecutive years. But the relationship was scrapped in May. By Eric J. Lyman ROME – Miss Italia, one of Europe’s ...