She became known in the Italian entertainment world with her election as
Miss Italia in 1986. Her mother
Marisa Jossa had been awarded the same title in 1959. The year after she placed first runner-up at
Miss Universe. In 1986, she had her first television role in the music contest
Vota la voce, hosted by
Claudio Cecchetto. She came back on TV in 1992 to lead the
Retequattro's program
I bellissimi di Retequattro; three years later she replaced for some week
Paola Barale as soubrette of the Italian version of
Wheel of Fortune, named
La ruota della fortuna. From 1996 to 1998, she presented with
Luciano Rispoli the
Telemontecarlo's daily program
Tappeto volante and, from 1995 to 1997, hosted
Aspettando Beautiful, a short show on air before the famous soap opera
The Bold and the Beautiful, and
Nonsolomoda. In 1998, hosted with
Giancarlo Magalli the primetime show
Fantastica italiana, on
Rai 1, and in the
summer of the same year presented
Cercasi Miss Italia disperatamente. From 1998 to 2002, together with
Tiberio Timperi, hosted the weekend-morning shows
Mattina in famiglia and
Mezzogiorno in famiglia, while from 2001 was in the cast of the daily morning show
I fatti vostri, aired by
Rai 2. From 2002 to 2004 she led other two morning shows,
Unomattina, with
Luca Giurato and then with
Marzo Franzelli and
Caterina Balivo, and
S.O.S. - Unomattina, aired by
Rai 1. In September 2004 switch to
Mediaset replacing
Laura Freddi in the Sunday
Canale 5's show
Buona domenica, with
Maurizio Costanzo, where she remained for two seasons, until 2006. Between January and April 2006 hosted the Saturday afternoon show
Tutti pazzi per i reality, a talk show about the most important events of the
reality shows aired by
Canale 5,
Grande fratello and
La fattoria. In the
summer of 2005 also hosted the Saturday primetime show
Sei un mito. In 2007, hosted some events:
Speciale buon compleanno Radio Italia,
Speciale Natale in Vaticano,
Dancing on Ice and the pilot
La seconda volta. In 2008, she had her first son, Leonardo, from the consort Stefano Cassoli, she also had a relationship with the swimmer
Massimiliano Rosolino. In 2017, she won the first edition of Celebrity Masterchef Italy. ==Television==