Overview

• Cuccarini will turn 60 on August 10, marking four decades since Pippo Baudo discovered her at a 1985 gelato convention
• She has found renewed success as a coach on the talent show Amici, calling the role a professional rebirth that has reestablished her public profile
• Her early career was defined by live‐TV highlights, including a flying shoe that struck director Emmanuele Milano and a prop arrow that pierced her costume on Paperissima
• During the 1990s, media fixation on her body led to high-value topless offers—up to 150 million lire—and a quip from Silvio Berlusconi about her figure
• Following a two- to three-year sidelining by Rai due to changing tastes, she overcame personal losses and industry snubs to make a successful comeback