# Giorgia Palmas

Giorgia Palmas (born 5 March 1982) is an Italian television personality, actress and model. She became famous following her appearances on the Italian television show Striscia la notizia.

## Biography

Palmas was born in Cagliari. She began her career in the year 2000, coming second in Miss World, losing to Miss India, Priyanka Chopra. In 2001, she was in Buona Domenica, as a microfonina. In 2002, she won the television show Veline, becoming the brunette velina, in pair with Elena Barolo, the new blonde velina. For two television seasons, 2002/2003 and 2003/2004, she was a velina in Striscia la notizia, gaining her a lot of popularity. After leaving Striscia la notizia she appeared in Italia 1 summer edition of Lucignolo, with Elena Barolo. In September of the same year she was in Rai 1 show, I Raccomandati. She was chosen to be testimonial of "Cotton Club" brand underwear. In February 2005, she appeared on the cover of Max Magazine but had per top on, it was just a sexy picture. Due to popular demand, Giorgia Palmas posed fully topless for Max Magazine 2006 calendar. This is the first time Giorgia posed fully topless with her breasts and nipples completely exposed. The calendar hit sales records and was a massive hit among all men.
In June 2005 she was in CD Live Estate on RAI 2. She has been confirmed also for the next season. She is the winner of the reality show L'isola dei famosi. She won the reality show in front of 4,842,000 viewers in Italian with 21.90% share with an audience of the final 46%. L'isola dei famosi shows to beat the strong competition of RAI and Mediaset
Since 17 June 2013 back to Sprint Paperissima lead throughout the summer, next to Vittorio Brumotti and Gabibbo.

### Private life

From 2004 to 2011, she was engaged to footballer Davide Bombardini.

## Filmography
### As an actress

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2001 | Compagni di scuola | Federica | Main role; 20 episodes |
| 2005 | Do You Like Hitchcock? | Girl | Television film |
| 2005 | Carabinieri | Roberta Tosi | Recurring role (season 5); 4 episodes |
| 2008 | Camera Café | Giorgia | Episode: "L'amica del cuore" |
| 2008 | Buona la prima! | Herself | Episode: "Tatuaggio selvaggio" |
| 2009 | Così fan tutte | Various | Episode: "Episodio 5" |
| 2011 | Vacanze di Natale a Cortina | Herself | Cameo appearance |

### As herself

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2000 | Bellissima | Contestant | Talent show (season 5) |
| 2000 | Miss World 2000 | Contestant | Annual beauty contest |
| 2001 | 125 milioni di caz…te | Co-host | Variety show |
| 2001–2002 | Buona Domenica | Co-host | Variety show (season 14) |
| 2002 | Veline | Contestant – Winner | Talent show (season 1) |
| 2002–2004 | Striscia la notizia | Co-host | Variety show (seasons 14–16) |
| 2005 | Ma chi sei Mandrake? | Contestant | Game show |
| 2005 | il Calendario di Max con Giorgia Palmas | Model | Topless modeling |
| 2007 | TRL On Tour | Co-host | Musical program (season 2) |
| 2011 | L'Isola dei Famosi | Contestant – Winner | Reality show (season 8) |
| 2011–2014 | Paperissima Sprint | Co-host | Comedy program (seasons 13, 15, 17) |
| 2012 | X Factor on Ice | Host | Talent show |
| 2015 | Festival Show 2015 | Host | Annual music festival |
| 2017–2018 | Il processo di Biscardi | Host | Talk show (season 24) |
| 2018 | Fan Car-aoke | Co-host | Variety show (season 2) |
| 2021 | Ultima gara | Herself | Documentary film |