Franca Dall'Olio

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Franca Dall'Olio
Franca Dall'Olio, Miss Italia 1963.jpg
Dall'Olio upon her Miss Italia victory in 1963, between hosts Nunzio Filogamo and Delia Scala
Born (1945-04-05) 5 April 1945 (age 79)
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title Miss Italia 1963
Hair colorBlack [1]
Eye colorGrey [1]
Major
competition(s)		Miss Italia

Franca Dall'Olio (born 5 April 1945) is an Italian former beauty queen, model and politician. She is noted for winning Miss Italia in 1963. [1]

Many years after retiring from modeling, in the 90s she became a city counsellor in her hometown for two terms and served as chairman of the City Council Committee for Culture. [1] When in 1994 fellow Sardinian Alessandra Meloni won Miss Italia, too, Dall'Olio warmly congratulated her father in the City Council, making a notable bipartisan celebration for she was sitting in the far right party National Alliance and he was sitting in the left-wing Democratic Party.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Franca Dall'Olio, l'ex consigliera che divenne Miss Italia per dispetto". L'Unione Sarda (in Italian). 1 May 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2022.


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