Born in Trieste on 29 January 1924, Piccinino graduated with a degree in
biology and joined
RAI in 1953 as a television writer and presenter of
popular science programmes. In the mid-1950s she hosted the television program ''L'amico degli animali'' with and their assistant Andalù; she also hosted the
Eurovision Song Contest 1957 and
1958. In the following years, Piccinino became responsible for fashion programmes, and in 1975 she conducted with
Emilio Fede the first edition of
TG1. On 29 July 1981, she presented the
live broadcast of the
wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer for
Rai 1. Refusing offers by
Canale 5, she stayed on Rai even after his retirement in 1989, taking care of the weekly TV magazine
Moda for some years. Piccinino also taught costume fashion at the Koefia Academy in Rome and wrote articles for magazines. She
turned 100 on 29 January 2024. Piccinino died on 20 July 2025, at the age of 101. ==Orders==