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Dame Sophia Loren

I'm currently reading a book called:

Yesterday,

today,

tomorrow

My Life

by the the ever fascinating Ms. Sophia Loren.

It's stunning to learn through the pages of how the iconic Ms. Loren came about to be the iconic film star that she was/is.

Born as Sofia Villani Scicolone, she was born on 20 September 1934 in Rome. Her mother was a paino player and her father was actually from noble decent. However he didnt marry her mother, nor he was part of their life.

Regardless of childhood impacted by poverty, hunger and world WarII ( When Sophia was actually struck by a flying shrapnel and wounded in the chin), little Sophia was surrounded by family warmth and love in Pozzuoli, a city and comune of the metropolitan city of Naples, where she lived at the time.

At age 15, she interned Miss Italia 1950 beauty pageant, she was among the three finalist contestants and won the title of “Miss Elegance 1950”.

Between 1951 and 1953 she enrolled in the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, and appeared in some films, credited as: Sofia Lazzaro.

After that Carlo Ponti ( her love/future husband) changed her name to Sophia Loren, as a twist on the name of the Swedish actress Märta Torén. Her first starring role was in Aida (1953).

Dame Sophia Loren has appeared in many iconic films, such as: A special Day ( She won an Oscar for best actress), It started in and Lady Librity. My personal Favourite films of hers are : The sign of Venus, Brief Encounter and Scandal in Sorrento.

I admire Sophia because she has this immens self-actulazation, that was inspired by her own roots and her life journey.

Like Sophia, I do truly believe that charm, femminity and intelegince, are the organic ingredients for true beauty.

I'm choosing three essential gems from Sophia that we can take to heart.

- Sex appeal is fifty percent what you've got and fifty percent what people think you've got

- There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.

-After all these years, I am still involved in the process of self-discovery. It's better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.