Anita Ekberg

 

Kerstin Marianne Ekberg (Swedish pronunciation (listen), 29 September 1931 - 11 January 2015) was an actress from Sweden, best known for her beautiful shape and beauty. She was famous for her iconic role in the role of Sylvia in the Federico Fellini film La Dolce Vita (1960). Ekberg mostly worked in Italy and was granted a permanent resident in 1964. Anita Ekberg was the sixth child of eight. Anita was a fashion model in her teens. As per the requests by her mother, Ekberg was a contestant in Miss Malmo in 1950. The result was that she won the Miss Sweden contest. Despite speaking very little English the contestant traveled to the United States to compete for the 1951 Miss Universe title (an unofficial pageant in that period, the pageant became official in 1952). Ekberg wasn't the Miss Universe winner, but she was one of six contestants. The contestant did get a contract with Universal Studios as a starlet. She was an Universal starlet, and was given lessons in dramatization, elocution  and horseback riding, fencing, and elocution. The film she appeared in was The Mississippi Gambler (1953), Abbott and Costello (as a woman on Venus), Take Me to Town (1853), and The Golden Blade (1953).





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