Ria Antoniou

Ria Antoniou
Ρία Αντωνίου
Ria Antoniou at the Miss Earth 2008
press presentation (28 November 2008)
Born Gregoria Antoniou
(1988-07-14) July 14, 1988
Athens, Greece
Modeling information
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9.5 in)
Hair color Blond
Eye color Blue
Website Ria Antoniou - official website

Ria Antoniou (Greek: Ρία Αντωνίου, Greek pronunciation: [ˈria andoˈniu], born 14 July 1988) is a Greek beauty pageant titleholder, the 2nd runner-up in Star Hellas 2008.[1] She is also a model, a singer and an actress. She is a sex symbol of 2000's and 2010's.

Biography

Being half peloponnesian, she entered and won the Miss Peloponnese pageant in 2007. She represented Greece in the Model of the World pageant and placed as a 2nd runner-up. After the pageant Ria Antoniou was appointed by the Star Hellas Organization to represent Greece in Miss Earth 2008 on 9 November 2008, in Angeles City (Pampanga, Philippines). She posed many times for Playboy,[2][3] Esquire[4][5] and Nitro.[6][7] From 7 January to 17 March 2012, she appeared on the 8th edition[8] of Ballando con le Stelle, the Italian version of Dancing with the Stars: she was paired with Raimondo Todaro, winner of three different editions of the show (the 2nd, the 3rd and the 6th); they finished at the 3rd place. From 24 March to 7 April 2012 she hosted, with Paolo Belli and Milly Carlucci, Ballando con te. A few months later, precisely on 8 December 2012, Ria Antoniou presented the 2012 edition of The Look of the Year Fashion Awards with Nino Graziano Luca.[9] Ria Antoniou in April 2016 recited in the movie La coppia dei campioni of Giulio Base, together with Massimo Boldi and Max Tortora.[10] Ria Antoniou in the autumn of 2016 became the new primadonna (flanked by four dancers) of the eighteenth edition, hosted by Luca Bizzarri and Paolo Kessisoglu,[11] of the comedy show Colorado aired on Italia 1, the network for which Ria Antoniou holds since September 2013 the role of "fixed commentator" (opinionista fissa) in the sports talk show hosted by Pierluigi Pardo Tiki Taka - Il calcio è il nostro gioco.[12][13] Ria Antoniou in November 2016 recited, as female lead,[14] in the movie Non si ruba a casa dei ladri of Carlo Vanzina.[15] Ria Antoniou in August of 2017 posed naked[16][17][18][19] for the 2018 nude calendar of For Men Magazine.[20] Ria Antoniou at the end of 2017 was announced as the «Sexiest Greek model» for the year 2017, amongst 143 other contestants on the Greek men's magazine Kafto.[21] In the winter and in the spring of 2018 Ria Antoniou took part in the late-night variety show of Rai 2 Sbandati with the role of "fixed commentator" (opinionista fissa). In the summer of 2018 Ria Antoniou was the only female[22] commentator and showgirl[23] in the sports talk show, hosted by Pierluigi Pardo and aired by Italia 1, Tiki Taka Russia dedicated to 2018 FIFA World Cup.

References

Ria Antoniou, Star Hellas 2008
  1. Star Hellas Official Website Archived 2008-09-22 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
  3. Ballando con le stelle 8 - Ria Antoniou - Davide Maggio, 6 January 2012 (Italian)
  4. Vai Taormina » Giornale on line » Taormina. “The Look Of The Year” l’8/12 al Palacongressi
  5. along with other showgirls as Laura Barriales, Elenoire Casalegno, Antonella Mosetti, Melissa Satta, Costanza Caracciolo, Rosaria Cannavò, Cecilia Rodríguez, Fanny Neguesha, Cecilia Capriotti, Martina Panagia, Francesca Brienza, Alessia Tedeschi, Cecilia Rodríguez and Francesca De André
  6. "Ρία Αντωνίου – το sex symbol του 2017". Kafto - Ανδρικο περιοδικο (in Greek). 2017-11-12. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
Preceded by
Eugenia Lattou (2006)
None in 2007
Star Hellas
2008
Succeeded by
Triantafyllia Sarantinou (2009)
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