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Biography |
Federica Fontana is an Italian television sports announcer
and TV program hostess, who also does various kinds of
modeling on the side.
Federica started to appear in TV and public ad campaigns at
a young age. She also entered beauty contests: at age 18 in
1995, she won the second place crown as Miss Buona Domenica,
and the third place position as Bellissima, participating as
an assistant in La sai l'ultima?. In 1997, Federica appeared
on television in the programs Presentazione del Milan, Mai
Dire Gol, Volevo Salutare, Strettamente Personale and was a
hostess for Slurpiamo, an on the air program for children on
"Junior TV Antenna 3". In 1998, she was in the cast of
Scatafascio, Paperissima (1998-99 edition), and Un Anno di
Sport. In 1999-2000 she substituted for another announcer in
a supporting role for Massimo De Luca in the program
Pressing Champions League.
In 2000-01, Federica appeared in Il Processo del Luned́
alongside Aldo Biscardi and in Mai dire Maik. In 2002
through 2006, she hosted, together with Alberto Brandi, the
program Guida al Campionato, on the air on "Italia 1" every
Sunday that the Series A Italian soccer championship was
played. After that appearance, Federica started to achieve
notable popularity, and in 2003 she was called to appear in
Ciro presenta Visitors, a comedy, and, in the summertime, in
Bande Sonore (as the hostess). In October 2004, Federica
appeared in Super Ciro (Italia 1). In 2006-07, she replaced
Elisabetta Canalis in Controcampo-Diritto di replica, a TV
program on the air every Sunday of the Series A Italian
soccer championship, thus leaving the Guida al Campionato
program after four years.
As a model, Federica has posed for magazines (such as FHM
and GQ), newspapers, and catalogs, and also for photo
calendars, such as the 2004 calendar of the magazine
Controcampo, calendars for GQ magazine, and for calendars
about Federica herself, featuring at least one photo of her
for every month of the year.
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