It's Sunday and like every weekend it's time for Verissimo. Among couple interviews, unprecedented revelations and unexpected confessions, many guests will be in the living room of Silvia Toffanin to tell their stories and confide. Among these, also the presenter and former Miss Italy Roberta Capua.
Who is Roberta Capua?
Born in Naples on December 5, 1968 (she is 55 years old), Roberta Capua is known to the public for winning Miss Italy 1986 and for her years on TV between Rai and Mediaset. After high school, she follows in her mother's footsteps - Marissa Jossa, Miss Italy 1959 - and starts her modeling career. In 1986 she wins Miss Italy and the following year she ranks second at Miss Universe. Thus begins her career as a model, traveling the world and posing for the most famous fashion photographers. At the same time, she also debuts on TV: a few days after being elected Miss Italy, she joins Claudio Cecchetto in the music program "Vota la voce", thus starting her television career.
Career
After participating in "Vota la voce", Roberta Capua returns to television in 1995 for the "TG Cinema" column on Rete 4 and in the summer of the same year she also participates in "La ruota della fortuna" replacing Paola Barale for a few weeks in the role of co-host. For the next two years she is entrusted with the direction of "Nonsolomoda" a well-known magazine of Canale 5 then she moves to "Tappeto volante" a talk show on Telemontecarlo. In 1998 she lands on Rai to host "Fantastica italiana", a prime time variety show on Rai 1 and on the same channel in the next four years in addition to various insights she joins Luca Giurato for the first edition of "Uno mattina". In 2004 she moves to Mediaset where for two seasons she replaces Laura Freddi as the female face of "Buona domenica" hosted by Maurizio Costanzo before taking a break from TV in 2008.
The break and the return to TV
In 2008, in conjunction with the birth of her first child, she decides to take a break from television. She returns after ten years to participate in the first edition of Celebrity Masterchef, aired in 2017. She wins the competition in the final with the singer Nesli and this marks her return to the scene. Rai is the first to give her trust again and in the summer of 2021 she joins Gianluca Semprini in hosting "Estate in diretta". Also noteworthy is the hosting in February 2022 of "PrimaFestival" the preview of the Sanremo Festival. In the summer of 2023 she is one of the contestants of the Rai 2 program "Non sono una signora". In the autumn of the same year she hosts on Rai 1 the special "Prix Italia 2023 – Appunti di un viaggio", dedicated to the 75th edition of the Prix Italia, held in Bari.
Private life
Capua has been married since May 2011 to Stefano Cassoli, a very private Bolognese entrepreneur who tends to maintain a certain privacy about his private life. For her it is the second marriage after the one with Giorgio Rastelli, Director of Artistic Resources of Mediaset. In 2008 she had a son with Cassoli, Leonardo, who is now 15 years old. She is a cousin of the well-known virologist Ilaria Capua.
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