Ana Sasso (aka Ana Saso, born c. 1963) is a Croatian and former Yugoslavian SFRJ beauty pageant contestant and model.[1]
Overview
editIn 1982 she won a Yugoslav national beauty pageant and she was crowned Miss Yugoslavia[2] to represent the country for the Miss World 1982,[3] where she placed among the top 15 semi-finalists.[1] Soon after, Sasso become a symbol of a woman's beauty in her native land and until today she remains one of the most recognizable names among persons from the former Yugoslavia. She was also famous for her 1983 Pipi soda drink commercial which was made in the pinnacle of Sasso's popularity.[2][3]
Early years
editAna Sasso was born in Split. Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia in 1963. After finishing high school she started pursuing a career as a model. Soon after, in the fall of 1982 she received an offer from then head of the board for the Miss Yugoslavia pageant, Sasa Zalepugin to get enrolled into this beauty contest. Two months later she was crowned Miss Yugoslavia for 1982.
Later years
editAfter the Miss World pageant in 1982 Sasso continued to model in Milan and Paris. In the early 2000s she married a Split lawyer, Igor Franceschi. The couple got divorced in 2004.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Ruggiero, Giovanni Maria (2003). Eating Disorders in the Mediterranean Area: An Exploration in Transcultural Psychology. Nova Publishers. p. 123. ISBN 9781590337134. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ^ a b "Ana Sasso skinula se u bikini: i u 53. godini je najseksi Pipi djevojka ikad!". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 21 September 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- ^ a b c "Jedna od najljepših Hrvatica svih vremena iza sebe ima dva propala braka i neuspjelu glazbenu karijeru". 100posto.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). 11 August 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
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