Sophia Loren is an Italian actress and icon who is known as one of Italy's most beautiful women.
Sophia Loren is an Italian actress and icon who is known as one of Italy’s most beautiful women. She was able to fight through many hardships and excel in life. From poverty to prominence, here are 15 things you never knew about Sophia Loren.
1. She was born in a charity ward for unwed mothers in Rome.
2. She used names “Sofia Lazzaro” and “Sofia Scicolone” before the screen. Her last name was from her father who refused to marry her mother, Romilda Villani.
10. At 14 her mother entered her into a beauty contest. Her grandmother sewed her dress from pink curtains. Nevertheless, she was selected as one of the 12 princesses.
14. She was nicknamed “toothpick” as a child because she was so thin due to poverty. However, later in life she naturally developed a shape known as the “hourglass” that actresses pay to have.
15. She was told that her nose was too long and her lips were too wide. She was often told to surgically change her features for a better chance to make it in Hollywood. Nevertheless, Sophia refused and is recognized for her natural beauty.