Childhood years of the future star
Our heroine was born in the capital of Italy - Rome. But due to certain circumstances in her mother’s life, the girl spent her childhood in the port city of Pazzuola on the shores of the Gulf of Naples. Ironically, the mother of the future celebrity dreamed of being an actress, but the girl could not achieve this, living in the wilderness, so she dropped everything and set off to conquer the capital. There, young and inexperienced Romilda Vilani lost her head in love with the handsome Ricardo Scicolone. This changed the entire life of an ambitious girl.
As a child, little Sophia Loren was very fragile and thin, but she was much taller than her peers, which is why the girl was called “Perch” throughout the area.
At the age of 14, Sophia Loren became a participant in her first beauty contest, which was held in her hometown. Then the girl failed to take first place, but Sophia Loren was one of the 12 lucky ones who were selected by the jury and awarded prizes. In addition to financial rewards, young Sofia got the opportunity to travel to Rome to take part in the casting.
A couple of years later, Sophia Loren again tried herself in a beauty contest, this time it was on a national scale, then the girl received the title “Miss Elegance”. Initially, this nomination did not exist, but our heroine managed to win the hearts of the judges and they created this title especially for her.
Then Lauren began to try her hand at the film industry, but, unfortunately, luck in this area did not favor the provincial girl. She was offered either episodic roles or roles in which Sophia Loren had to be naked and participate in erotic scenes.
At the age of 18, luck finally smiled on the girl, she took an honorable 2nd place in the next beauty contest - “Miss Rome” and it was this event that turned out to be the start in the film career of the Italian actress Sophia Loren.
