Raffaella was one of the most popular ever winners of the title of Miss Italy (1983), and after that became one of the most recognizable faces in cinema, television and fashion. Some sort of cult icon. She retired early from the industry though, soon after ending a turbulent marriage with younger actor Domiziano Arcangeli, and then an even more tempestuous relationship with cult director/artist Carmelo Bene in the mid nineties. She is now the mother of a lovely child, Salome, named after one of Bene's most memorable works.