(ANSA) - Jesolo, September 21 - Alice Sabatini was crowned
Miss Italia 2015 on Sunday evening by Roman actor Claudio
Amendola during a live TV broadcast hosted by Simona Ventura.
Sabatini, 18, is from Montalto di Castro in the province of
Viterbo, about 90 km northwest of Rome, and is the first Miss
Italia from the region of Lazio since the year 2000.
Miss Italia, first broadcast on the radio in 1950, has
tried to address feminist concerns since its first live TV show
in 1987.
Starting in 1990 the chest, waist, and hip measurements of
the contestants have no longer been judged, and in 1994 the
contest was opened to married women and mothers.
The 1987 winner was disqualified when it was later
discovered she was married.
In 1996 Denny Mendez, originally from the Dominican
Republic, became the first black Miss Italia before finding TV
success and getting a small role in Ocean's Twelve.
Among the other participants who achieved later success in
cinema and entertainment, most of whom did not win the
competition, are: Silvana Pampanini, Sophia Loren, Lucia Bose',
Stefania Sandrelli, Ventura, Anna Falchi and Martina Colombari.
Alice Sabatini crowned Miss Italia 2015
18-year-old hails from Lazio