She didn't wax, she was bullied as ugly and all the details from the life of Sophia Loren who is 90 years old today
2024-09-20 10:04:51
TiranaPost
What do you know about Sophia Loren? That she is a famous actress, that she is a beautiful woman, that has millions of fans in the world. However, her life has not always been smooth sailing. She still finds it difficult to talk about some of the sad events of the past.
Everything he has lived through has made him stronger and more interesting. Below you will read details that give another side to the icon of cinematography, who today turns 90.
Although Sophia Loren's father was of noble origin, he was not there for her and did not support the family. She grew up in poverty and had to start working with her grandmother when she was a teenager.
Sophia was bullied throughout her childhood being considered an 'outlaw' as her mother never married her father. Until the age of 14, she was considered an ugly duckling. She even had nicknames like 'The Stick' and 'Toothpick' because she was skinny. When she grew up, she became one of the most beautiful women.
Her bullies proved her wrong when Sophia Loren started participating in beauty pageants. For her first pageant, her grandmother made her a dress from a pink curtain because they couldn't afford a new one. In 1950, she received the title of 'Miss Elegance' at the Miss Italy pageant.
Sophia got her first role when she was 16 and she starred in a movie when she was 19. She used her first earnings to support the family. The actress paid money for her sister to take paternity, as she felt ashamed because of this situation.
Sophia Loren received an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Two Woman (1961), and it was the first major Academy Award for a non-English language performance or for an Italian actress.
In 1981, she became the first female celebrity to launch her own perfume. Later, Sophia Loren also created a brand of glasses.
Even a 17-day prison sentence for tax evasion in 1982 never hurt her popularity: when she got out of jail, she was met by crowds of journalists and fans.
In 1991, the actress was declared 'one of the treasures of world cinema'.
Sophia Loren is known for embracing the natural look of her body. This belief was first demonstrated during her first screen test when a cameraman told her to lose weight and get a nose job. Although this remark could have destroyed the self-esteem of any other young actress, Sophia simply rejected the idea and remained as she was.
Her confidence never wavered. For example, the actress was not ashamed to appear on the red carpet with unwaxed armpit hair. "There's a lot of pressure to live up to certain images of what women should look like," Loren said.
For the drama "Two Woman", which is one of Sophia's most popular films, she was initially supposed to play the role of a young woman, but she insisted on playing the mother of this character. She proved to the world that in addition to being beautiful, she was also talented.
Sophia Loren is tall, 1.74. Although this fact made many male actors shy away from playing her, it didn't stop Sophia from wearing high heels.
