Personal life of Sophia Loren and photos of the actress with Carlo Ponti
An illegitimate girl from the poorest family of the failed actress Scicolone, she was often malnourished as a child, boys teased her with a “toothpick,” and Sofia herself did not imagine that one day her exotic beauty and magnificent sensual forms would drive the whole world crazy.
As you know, in Italy the closest route to cinema is through beauty contests. So the story of Sophia Loren’s creative life began the same way: the girl’s mother pushed her to take the first step - participation in the provincial “Princess of the Sea” competition. To her great amazement, Sofia became the winner and went to Rome.
As you can see in the photo of Sovie Lauren, she was amazingly beautiful in her youth:
Sophie treats her unusual appearance with amazing balance: “A woman who is confident in her beauty will sooner or later convince everyone else of this.” But at the beginning of her career, she - an awkward girl in her own opinion - noticed with bewilderment that her cat-like grace and natural sexuality evoked consistently the same reaction in men - admiring lust. Like many aspiring actresses, she posed for dubious magazines (in the early 1960s, her husband Carlo Ponti bought all the photographs of young Lauren where she was naked, in order to avoid scandals).
In 1951, at another beauty contest, Sophia Loren met her first producer and future husband, Carlo Ponti. At Ponti's insistence, Sofia took the pseudonym Lauren.
In 1954, Italian actress Sophia Loren met the famous actor and director Vittorio de Sica, who was captivated by her natural beauty and unprecedented naturalness in the frame. Together with Vittorio and Marcello Mastroianni, they created several film masterpieces, for which they were nicknamed the “magnetic trio.”
De Sica's advice: "Never take any acting lessons!" – Sofia performed honestly. “De Sica became my school, my teacher, my critic. I owe him everything I have achieved in my life,” recalls Sophia Loren. Her charisma and natural organic beauty of Sophia Loren in her youth became the key to the actress’s tremendous success.
Having barely started her career, Sophia Loren soon became an Oscar winner. But Sophia Loren’s personal life was not so fast: she received her husband, Carlo Ponti, only after twenty years of unofficial relationships - due to the producer’s first Catholic marriage.
Three years later, a long-awaited miracle came to the family of Sophia Loren and Carlo Ponti - their first child, Carlo Jr., was born, for which Sophie had to lie in bed for almost the entire nine months. Today, Lauren's eldest son is a successful pianist and conductor. And his younger brother Edoardo followed in his father’s footsteps and became a director.
Look at photos of Sophia Loren, Carlo Ponti and their children:
Sophia Loren's makeup step by step: it's simple
- First, we even out the tone of the face using a light foundation with a glow effect. Apply foundation using a duo-fiber brush and blend with back-and-forth movements;
- Since we will have a bright accent in the form of arrows, we correct the area around the eyes with concealer. Using a large brush, apply finishing powder to the entire face.
- Although Sophia Loren has a chiseled oval face, you shouldn’t get too carried away with sculpting to create makeup in her style. Add a little peach blush.
- Let's shape the eyebrows: Sophia Loren's are quite wide, with a noticeable bend. This is exactly what you should focus on when shaping your eyebrows. We fix the eyebrows using transparent gel.
- Let's get to the eyes: they are the most important thing in our image today. Slightly even out the tone of the eyelids using beige, nude shadows. Lightly touch the crease of the upper eyelid with gray-brown translucent shadows - just to indicate natural reliefs.
- Using a black pencil, we paint over the upper mucous membrane and make a small arrow between the eyelashes - as a basis for the arrow with eyeliner.
- Using a brush for thin lines, we begin to draw an arrow from the inner corner of the eye. The arrow should be quite wide, and its tip should be narrow and pointed. We direct the tip of the arrow to the temples. It is optimal to draw an arrow with short strokes to control the direction of the line. The eyeliner should be rich, jet black; it is better to use a cream or gel version.
- We carefully paint the eyelashes with mascara: they should not be lost against the background of the expressive arrow. You can pre-curl your eyelashes using a special curler.
- We paint our lips using a synthetic brush and satin nude lipstick.
That's it, all that remains is to do the appropriate styling - makeup in the style of the Italian film star Sophia Loren - ready!
