10 Belle Italiane- the sexiest personalities from Italy

Just like every country there are also beautiful men and women in Italy. Some world famous. Others world famous in Italy. We’re here to celebrate those Italians that bring a smile to our face just by the very sight of them (and also other warm feelings). Please note that these choices are based on internet resources and not some obscure person who is not really a celebrity. Let’s look at who these special people are:

Sophia Lauren– nobody past or present could ever doubt the beauty of this Italian actress. The eternal No.1 choice of the most beautiful Italian woman. Sophia popped up in a number of Hollywood movies and was Hollywood’s first choice when they were looking for an Italian female character for their movies

English: Cary Grant & Sophia Loren in Houseboat – trailer (cropped screenshot) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

1 Monica Belucci– Monica has captured the hearts of many men for many years. She has mastered acting in her native Italian as well as a few French movies where she met her partner French actor Vincente Cassell. Monica’s worldwide fame has come from her appearances in Hollywood

Monica Belucci (Photo credit: amyadamstj)

2 Bianca Balti- Bianca is an Italian model, who has appeared with Victoria’s Secret and on the cover of various magazines such a fashion, and men’s magazines

Bianca Balti in 2010 (Photo: Wikipedia)

3 Giorgia Palmas– Former Miss World runner up, this Italian beauty nowadays works as an assistant presenter on various television shows

4 Sara Galimberti– such a multi talented women. A model and Olympic athlete, she came to our attention as the #4 in The Hottest Olympians of 2012- Mens and Womens Final

Sara-Galimberti

5 Elena Santarelli

Elena Santarelli (Photo credit: gongolo)

6 Melissa Satta- although born in the United States to Italian parents, Melissa now has dual citizenship and lives in Italy, and has been going out with a few famous Italian football personalities. She was also on Striscia La Notizia for 2 years from 2006

Melissa Satta

7 Regina Fioresi- model and also past assistant presenter or Striscia La Notizia

8 Elena Barolo– this bellisima northern Italian women breaks the mold. A natural blonde she stands out in a sea of dark haired women. Elena works as a TV show host and actress

9 Debora Salvalaggio- a former beauty contestant in Miss Italy, Debora has also been a tv show co-host, model and actor since her discovery

10 Federica Ridolfi- yet another hot tv co-host for a football show

Also honourable mentions to some half blood Italian women, notably American model Michelle Lombardo- Californication, Entourage, Girltrash, Click and German (half German-Italian blood) model Janine Habeck

Don’t be disheartened girls we’ve also provided a shortlist of Italy’s hottest smooth-talking men

1 Marco Bocci- Marco is a famous Italian actor and heartthrob of the Italian women. He has appeared in various films and television series

Marco Bocci – Red Carper (Photo credit: Laura Penna)

2 Alessandro Gassman- not a spring chicken anymore but this Italian guy still has what it takes to impress the women. He can be also seen in many Italian film and television series, and also the face for Yves Saint Laurent perfume for men “Opium”

3 Raoul Bova- our third Italian stallion has appeared in many films over the years, and has appeared in the English speaking movie “Under The Tusacn Sun”

Scusa ma ti chiamo amore (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

4 Gianluigi Buffon- this famous Italian footballer was a rock for the Italian team. As their goalkeeper for the World Cup winning side, you can attribute their success to him letting in very few goals

English: Gianluigi Buffon is an Italian football goalkeeper. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

5 Kim Rossi Stuart- this half Italian-Scottish lad is a famous Italian actor, and can speak Italian, English and French. He has appeared in a string of films