BIOGRAPHIES
#1: Cicciolina Born in Budapest, Hungary, on November 26, 1951, Elena Anna Staller is the irreproachable daughter of a quiet family of high-ranking officials and representatives of the cultured and reflective class of her country. Her father worked at the Ministry of the Interior while her mother practiced as a midwife.
The future porn star initially seems to want to follow in her mother's footsteps, but things will not go exactly as hoped by her good parents.
After a brief romance with archaeology (she attends university for a short period), she begins to take her first steps in the fashion world. She poses for a photography agency in Budapest, "Mti," which manages the best fifty Hungarian models and is soon noticed for her extraordinary yet captivating beauty. Not yet twenty, she is crowned Miss Hungary.
In 1974, Ilona Staller decides to leave her home country to move to Italy. The goal is to establish herself as a photo model. A milestone that dissolves when she meets Riccardo Schicchi, author, producer, and director of pornographic films, the true guru of the industry.
With Schicchi, she initially hosts "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi," a late-night program on Radioluna radio, and it is here that the myth of Cicciolina is born. During the show, the provocative girl had a habit of calling her radio interlocutors "cicciolini": it will be Maurizio Costanzo who first turns this nickname on her.
The show, airing from midnight to two, will become an unparalleled phenomenon, followed by thousands of fans willing to stay up late to watch her.
Now renamed Cicciolina by everyone, she conquers the covers of all magazines: "la Repubblica," "Oggi," as well as the first nude feature in the weekly "L'Europeo." From major press to tabloids, from Enzo Biagi to Costanzo, everyone is talking about Ilona Staller who, in the meantime, launches her film career: her first real film is titled "Cicciolina amore mio." A mildly adult film that will turn out to be a failure.
With Schicchi, she then makes a new film "Telefono rosso," much more explicit: it will be a box office record.
She will quickly become a true queen of porn, working with the most recognized artists, from Moana Pozzi ("Cicciolina & Moana ai Mondiali," 1987) to Rocco Siffredi ("Amori particolari transessuali," 1992).
But the real novelty for Cicciolina is her candidacy in the 1987 elections with the radical party of Marco Pannella under the list of the Party of Love. She is elected with 22,000 preferences, second only to the radical leader.
This is the peak of success not only for Staller but also for Riccardo Schicchi who is the deus ex machina of the entire operation.
The story between the diva and the producer crumbles under the chisel of Jeff Koons, an American artist who dedicates a work of art to the actress, becomes her friend, and marries her in June 1991. A son, Ludwig, is born from the marriage.
As soon as the bond between the two spouses fades, Ludwig becomes a point of contention with attempted kidnappings, quarrels, escapes, and fights.
Thus begins a long legal battle for Ilona Staller, initially deprived of her son in 1995, only to regain custody with the latest ruling from the Constitutional Court in 1998.
In recent years, Cicciolina has resumed her artistic activity primarily by presenting shows.
In January 2002, Cicciolina re-entered the political arena, running as an independent in the Hungarian parliamentary elections for the Kobanya-Kispest seat, one of the working-class neighborhoods of Budapest.
Despite her trumpeted love for Hungary, for which she promised to do great things, the citizens did not support her initiative, rejecting it in the elections.
Not content, she returns to Italy with the intention of running for mayor of Monza. Her political program includes a rather audacious point: transforming the Villa Reale into a casino. The goal will not be successful. In August 2004, a new announcement: she intends to run for the
