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Former topless model joins Berlusconi's cabinet as Italy's equalities minister
Daily Mail ^ | 9th May 2008 | NICK PISA

Posted on 05/08/2008 6:46:16 PM PDT by PotatoHeadMick

It is not the sort of appointment Gordon Brown would make to his cabinet.

But then Mr Brown is no Silvio Berlusconi, playboy and man of ostentatious political gestures.

The Italian prime minister, long known for his fondness for pretty women, has named former topless model and beauty queen Mara Carfagna as equal opportunities minister in his new cabinet.

Miss Carfagna, 33, turned to politics after a career on TV following her sixth-place finish in the 1997 Miss Italy contest.

She has also posed topless and semi-naked for photoshoots but has always underlined her family values and stressed none of the pictures were "erotic".

Mr Berlusconi, 71, named her as one of four women ministers in his cabinet, which was officially installed yesterday.

The others are Stefania Prestigiacomo (environment), Maria Stella Gelmini (education) and Giorgia Meloni (youth).

At an awards dinner last year Mr Berlusconi told Miss Carfagna, who is single, that if he wasn't married he would "gladly marry" her.

His wife Veronica sent a letter to a national newspaper demanding he apologise for embarrassing her - which he duly did.

A law graduate from Salerno University, Miss Carfagna worked for Mediaset - Mr Berlusconi's TV company - where she appeared on several programmes before becoming an MP.

She has refused to talk of her modelling career but in an interview once said: "I am a bit of a prude and I found getting undressed in front of a camera not a pleasant experience."

Speaking of her appearance in Miss Italy she said: "That competition makes you as a woman, it matures you.

"All that stress, that desire to win, it makes you understand who you are."

Mr Berlusconi's People of Freedom party won a powerful mandate in last month's election.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bellissima; casedismissed; completelyexonerated; curvatureofthefine; innocent; italy; notguilty; sonotguilty; vivaitalia
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I like Silvio's taste, check out the photos, they're almost work safe.
1 posted on 05/08/2008 6:46:16 PM PDT by PotatoHeadMick
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To: PotatoHeadMick

The jury agrees: NOT GUILTY!


2 posted on 05/08/2008 6:47:44 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (You're gonna cry 96 Tears on my Pillow!)
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To: PotatoHeadMick

There is hope for Italy yet..


3 posted on 05/08/2008 6:48:31 PM PDT by xcamel (Forget the past and you're doomed to repeat it.)
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To: PotatoHeadMick; JRios1968

UnGuilty.

4 posted on 05/08/2008 6:48:57 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: martin_fierro

5 posted on 05/08/2008 6:50:01 PM PDT by Perdogg (Four years of Carter gave us 29 years of Iran; What will Hilabama give us?)
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To: PotatoHeadMick

Completely not guilty, case dismissed!


6 posted on 05/08/2008 6:50:08 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: PotatoHeadMick

Google up some pix w/ safe search off for great boobage.


7 posted on 05/08/2008 6:50:14 PM PDT by lesser_satan (Save the earth. Make biofuels out of eco-fascists.)
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To: PotatoHeadMick

Mara Carfagna, a former beauty queen who posed topless, is now a minister

8 posted on 05/08/2008 6:50:27 PM PDT by rawhide
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To: Perdogg

Extremely not guilty.


9 posted on 05/08/2008 6:51:26 PM PDT by Nonstatist
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To: Perdogg

Whoa! Nice ASSets!


10 posted on 05/08/2008 6:52:17 PM PDT by Clemenza (I Live in New Jersey for the Same Reason People Slow Down to Look at Car Crashes)
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To: martin_fierro


100% absolutely positively not guilty...
11 posted on 05/08/2008 6:52:18 PM PDT by jimbo123
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To: Clemenza

Talk about a stimulus package.


12 posted on 05/08/2008 6:53:31 PM PDT by Perdogg (Four years of Carter gave us 29 years of Iran; What will Hilabama give us?)
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To: jimbo123

How can a beautiful sexy woman like that have any understanding of equality? It isn’t fair!


13 posted on 05/08/2008 6:53:52 PM PDT by tbw2 ("Sirat: Through the Fires of Hell" by Tamara Wilhite - on amazon.com)
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To: PotatoHeadMick

LOL! I am Glad “TRUE CONSERVATIVES” won in Italy!


14 posted on 05/08/2008 6:54:24 PM PDT by The_Republican (Ovaries of the World Unite! Rush, Laura, Ann, Greta - Time for the Ovulation!)
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To: jimbo123

“100% absolutely positively not guilty...”

Now pre-qualified to teach high school.


15 posted on 05/08/2008 6:55:46 PM PDT by PLMerite ("Unarmed, one can only flee from Evil. But Evil isn't overcome by fleeing from it." Jeff Cooper)
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To: PotatoHeadMick

“The Italian prime minister, long known for his fondness for pretty women, has named former topless model and beauty queen Mara Carfagna as equal opportunities minister in his new cabinet.”

The irony of this appointment - as illustrated here by the pics posted above - is that Ms. Carfagna is proof in the flesh that not all women are “created equal”!

- John


16 posted on 05/08/2008 6:56:17 PM PDT by Fishrrman
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To: PotatoHeadMick

It’s good to be the King.


17 posted on 05/08/2008 6:57:02 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: jimbo123

“if she shows us a t*t, you must acquit”


18 posted on 05/08/2008 6:57:42 PM PDT by mrmargaritaville
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To: Perdogg

Why can’t we have these types in our goverment istead of a woman with fat thighs and nothing else, a lying empty suit and some old fart who can croak any time?
You can say what you want, but those Italians know how to run a country with style.


19 posted on 05/08/2008 6:57:53 PM PDT by 353FMG (Don't make the mistake to think that Government is a Friend of the People)
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To: Grizzled Bear

20 posted on 05/08/2008 6:59:24 PM PDT by jimbo123
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To: PotatoHeadMick

All boobs are NOT equal!


21 posted on 05/08/2008 7:00:41 PM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: Perdogg

Do men actually find an ass that size attractive? For real?


22 posted on 05/08/2008 7:04:39 PM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: PotatoHeadMick

There’s room in my cabinet for her anytime!!!


23 posted on 05/08/2008 7:05:01 PM PDT by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts and guns made America great.)
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To: jimbo123

GAWD I love Italian women.


24 posted on 05/08/2008 7:06:25 PM PDT by Free Vulcan (No prisoners. No mercy. Fight back or STFU!!!)
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To: rawhide

“Mara Carfagna, a former beauty queen who posed topless, is now a minister.”

Now I ask you, is that a classy government or what? Even better, not one televangelist will fulminate about this in an effort to depress otherwise bon vivant Italians!


25 posted on 05/08/2008 7:07:01 PM PDT by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated)
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To: Lizavetta
Guys keep getting told 'Don't put your beer down on the cofffee table! It'll leave a ring!'.

They gotta put it somewhere! ;-)

26 posted on 05/08/2008 7:11:08 PM PDT by uglybiker (I do not suffer from mental illness. I quite enjoy it, actually.)
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To: PotatoHeadMick
At an awards dinner last year Mr Berlusconi told Miss Carfagna, who is single, that if he wasn't married he would "gladly marry" her.

His wife Veronica sent a letter to a national newspaper demanding he apologise for embarrassing her - which he duly did.

27 posted on 05/08/2008 7:11:13 PM PDT by rawhide
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To: Lizavetta

As long as it wasn’t created by Dunkin Donuts.


28 posted on 05/08/2008 7:12:30 PM PDT by Perdogg (Four years of Carter gave us 29 years of Iran; What will Hilabama give us?)
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To: Lizavetta

Her ass ain’t the greatest, but the complete package is pretty nice.


29 posted on 05/08/2008 7:12:30 PM PDT by lesser_satan (Save the earth. Make biofuels out of eco-fascists.)
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To: Lizavetta

That’s just what I was thinking, Lizavetta. My punctuation, however, was different from yours. My thought was punctuated thus:

Do men actually find a behind that size attractive? For real?!!!??!!???!?!!!!


30 posted on 05/08/2008 7:16:51 PM PDT by definitelynotaliberal
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To: rawhide

Highly qualified.


31 posted on 05/08/2008 7:20:33 PM PDT by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: Drango

But hers indeed appear to be equal, fair and balanced.


32 posted on 05/08/2008 7:22:03 PM PDT by jimfree (Freep and Ye shall find.)
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To: Revolting cat!

Survey says 6.5. Must be an Italian thing.


33 posted on 05/08/2008 7:22:26 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Sleep with one eye open, Gripping your pillow tight , Exit light , Enter night.......)
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To: lesser_satan
Her ass ain’t the greatest, but the complete package is pretty nice.

Surely you jest.


34 posted on 05/08/2008 7:27:07 PM PDT by Donald Rumsfeld Fan ("Sincerity is everything. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made." Groucho Marx)
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To: Lizavetta
"Do men actually find an ass that size attractive?"

Only REAL men do. Wow.

35 posted on 05/08/2008 7:29:52 PM PDT by joe.fralick
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To: Lizavetta

I do. I thinks she’s stunning from head to toe. She’s got curves in all the right places. Perfecto!
I love Italian women.


36 posted on 05/08/2008 7:31:54 PM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican (We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
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To: definitelynotaliberal; joe.fralick
But it's huge.

Maybe it's just the camera angle but it looks out of proportion huge to the rest of her.

37 posted on 05/08/2008 7:33:34 PM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: Perdogg

Topless, but certainly not bottomless.


38 posted on 05/08/2008 7:36:20 PM PDT by Erasmus (Nihilism never amounted to anything.)
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To: Erasmus
I am going to Italy before this...


39 posted on 05/08/2008 7:39:57 PM PDT by DenverCossack
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To: Lizavetta

I’m thinking that picture is ‘modified’. Somebody posted a picture of her in a black skirt somewhere upthread where she’s looking over her shoulder. She’s even sticking it out a little. In that picture, it’s a behind. In the other picture, it’s a VW beetle. You can’t get a Beetle into a skirt.


40 posted on 05/08/2008 7:40:36 PM PDT by definitelynotaliberal
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To: PotatoHeadMick

Mara Carfagna, Italy's new minister for somethin er other (who cares what)

How do I set up an appointment with the new minister of sumthin?

41 posted on 05/08/2008 7:40:47 PM PDT by webschooner
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To: Lizavetta

I favored slimmer hips, nearly flat tummy and a pert lifted bubble butt ——but not skin and bones.

But that’s just me......

To each his own....

The gal shown is carrying way to much junk in the trunk.

Notices I said “FAVORED” - in the past tense.
As a old married man - I shouldn’t be noticing or commenting on this stuff, and will never again personally “experience” such treats!


42 posted on 05/08/2008 7:42:45 PM PDT by river rat (Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: Lizavetta
Maybe it's just the camera angle but it looks out of proportion huge to the rest of her.

I think it is at least partly the camera angle. The proportions look a little more realistic in the other photos.

Even still, large is not necessarily bad as long as the shape and texture are good. In fact, all other things equal, a large rear can be quite attractive actually.

43 posted on 05/08/2008 7:42:54 PM PDT by timm22 (Think critically)
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To: DenverCossack; Lizavetta

Oh, my Holy God! Hillary Clinton’s behind is smaller than hers!

I am now permanently resigned from ever commenting on anybody’s behind at any time in any place under any provocation.


44 posted on 05/08/2008 7:44:04 PM PDT by definitelynotaliberal
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To: PotatoHeadMick

Italiano magnifico

45 posted on 05/08/2008 7:45:52 PM PDT by webschooner
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To: Lizavetta
It's the camera angle:

But the other picture would make her very popular in the hip-hop community. ;)

46 posted on 05/08/2008 7:47:23 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ("One man's 'magic' is another man's engineering. 'Supernatural' is a null word." -- Robert Heinlein)
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To: definitelynotaliberal

Itsa pasta bottom!


47 posted on 05/08/2008 7:49:23 PM PDT by DenverCossack
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To: Mr. Jeeves

She certainly has a leg up on the competition


48 posted on 05/08/2008 7:50:29 PM PDT by DenverCossack
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To: Perdogg

NOT guilty.


49 posted on 05/08/2008 7:52:13 PM PDT by OKSooner
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To: Mr. Jeeves

way too many shadows in that picture


50 posted on 05/08/2008 7:53:15 PM PDT by woofie
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