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Ria Antoniou
Ria Antoniou (Greek: Ρία Αντωνίου, [ˈria adoˈniu]; born 14 July 1988) is a Greek model and beauty pageant titleholder. In her career she became the winner of Miss Peloponnese 2007[1] and of Star Hellas – Miss Earth Greece 2008,[2] the runner-up in Sexiest Woman Alive 2008,[1] the 2nd runner-up in Miss Model of the World 2007.[1] She was also the "official Greek representative from Star Hellas"[3] in Miss Earth 2008.[3] She is also singer, actress, television personality, internet celebrity and model. She has become a sex symbol of the 2000s and 2010s. Biography Being half Peloponnesian, in 2007 Ria entered and won the Miss Peloponnese pageant[1] and represented Greece in the Model of the World pageant and placed 2nd runner-up.[1] Antoniou, after that pageant, was appointed by the Star Hellas Organization to represent Greece in Miss Earth 2008 on 9 November 2008, in Angeles City, Philippines. Antoniou posed many times for Nitro,[4][5] Playboy,[6][7] Esquire,[8][9] and others. From 7 January 2012 to 17 March 2012 Ria took part (with Bobo Vieri, Alex Belli, Andrés Gil, Anna Tatangelo, Ariadna Romero and others contestants) on the 8th series[1] of Ballando con le Stelle, the Italian version of Dancing with the Stars hosted by Milly Carlucci with Paolo Belli and his Big Band and aired by Rai 1 in the prime time of saturday, the most important time slot in the Italian television: in this talent show Ria was paired with Raimondo Todaro and they finished at the third place in the final episode. From 24 March 2012 to 7 April 2012 Antoniou hosted with Paolo Belli and Milly Carlucci the first season of Ballando con te, a program of dance aired by Rai 1; on 8 December 2012 Ria was the host of the 2012 edition of The Look of the Year Fashion Awards with Nino Graziano Luca.[10] Ria in April 2016 recited, together with Massimo Boldi and Max Tortora, in the movie La coppia dei campioni, directed by Giulio Base.[11] Antoniou in September 2016[12] became the new primadonna – flanked by four dancers – of the 18th edition, hosted by the comic duo Luca e Paolo, of the comedy show Colorado aired on Italia 1, the network in which Ria holds since September 2013 the role of showgirl and opinonist in the sports talk show Tiki Taka - Il calcio è il nostro gioco hosted by Pierluigi Pardo[13] with Melissa Satta: in August 2018, Satta (as Pardo's co-host) and Antoniou as showgirl and opinionist were replaced by Wanda Nara. Ria Antoniou in November 2016 recited as female lead[14] in the movie Non si ruba a casa dei ladri, directed by Carlo Vanzina.[15] Ria in August 2017 posed naked[16][17][18] for the 2018 nude calendar of For Men Magazine.[19][20] Antoniou at the end of 2017 was announced as the Sexiest Greek model for the year 2017 among other 143 contestants on the Greek men's magazine Kafto.[21] During the 2017–2018 season Ria took part[22] in the late-night variety show of Rai 2 Sbandati, hosted by the comic duo Gigi e Ross, with the role of "stable commentator" (opinionista fissa) with various people.[23] In the summer of 2018 Antoniou was the only female[24] commentator and showgirl[25] in the sports talk show, hosted by Pierluigi Pardo and aired by Italia 1, Tiki Taka Russia. References
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