Who is Diletta Leotta? Wiki Bio
Giulia Diletta Leotta was born in Catania, Sicily, Italy, on 16 August 1991 – her zodiac sign is Leo and she holds Italian nationality. She is a journalist, Instagram star and a TV presenter, currently working for the DAZN (‘the zone’) British subscription sports streaming service, as the presenter of the Italian Serie A professional soccer league.
Childhood and education
Diletta was raised in Catania alongside her younger brother Mirko Leotta, by their mother Ofelia Castoria who is a housewife, and their father Rori Leotta who is the owner of a small business in Sicily.
Diletta became interested in sports at a very early age, as soccer is very popular in Italy, and her father and brother would often watch matches on TV, as well as attend live matches. Upon enrolling at a local high school, she began playing soccer for the school’s team, while she also started modelling at the age of 16, and won the “Miss Elegant” beauty pageant at Miss Italy 2011. Diletta was working for the school’s newspapers, covering high school soccer, and upon matriculation in 2009, she enrolled at the University of Catania (Universita di Catania).
She began working at a local radio station while attending college, and after graduation in 2013, she furthered her education, and obtained her Master’s degree in Law from Luiss University in 2015.
Career as a reporter
Diletta gained recognition in April 2018, when she was invited to host the show “105 Take Away” together with Aida Yespica, which aired on the Radio 105 Network. In the same year, she was invited to serve as the co-host of the Miss Italia beauty pageant, alongside Francesco Facchinetti, who is a famous Italian singer, DJ and a producer – the pageant was won by Carlotta Maggiorana.
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In 2019, she began presenting the Serie B soccer league for the Sky Sport (Italy) TV Network, together with Gianluca Di Marzio, before she was invited to start working for DAZN and cover the Serie A league. Recently in February 2020, Diletta served as the presenter of the 70th San Remo Music Festival, which is the largest musical event in Italy – the festival was won by Antonio Diodato with his song “Fai Rumore”, and he was supposed to represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2020, but which ended up being cancelled due to COVID-19.
Diletta is also an Instagram star who has managed to gather over 6.6 million followers onto her account, and has uploaded nearly 1,900 pictures. Her boobs are often in focus as they are what has made her famous in the first place, and she mostly uploads pictures taken during her everyday life. Although not an actress, the year 2020 saw her appear in the comedy movie “7 Ore per Farti Innamorare”, directed and written by Giampaolo Morelli, who also starred in the movie alongside Seran Rossi and Diana Del Bufalo. The film was nominated for two awards.
Love life and relationships
In November 2019, Diletta began dating Italian professional boxer Daniele Scardina – he is a year younger than Diletta as he was born on 2 April 1992, and launched his career in 2012, while the following year saw him win a Golden Glove and compete in the world series of boxing. He became famous in March 2019 when he won the International Boxing Federation’s Supermiddleweight title. A rumor has it that Diletta and Daniele are currently living together, but they haven’t married and don’t have children.
Before Daniele, Diletta was dating a man whose name is not known. and they were together for over five years before becoming engaged. The two were planning on marrying in January 2020, however, something happened (which Diletta hasn’t shared with the public) and they broke off the engagement and split in June 2019.
Hobbies and other interests
Diletta’s main hobby is working out, and she has five to six training sessions at the gym each week, while following a strict diet without having one cheat meal per week, unlike most of other people who are exercising.
She likes to travel, and has been to many European countries for both work and pleasure, while she’s been to the US on two occasions when she was planning to work for a New York-based radio station.
Diletta likes to listen to music and some of her favorite performers are Frank Sinatra, The Lumineers and The Paper Kites, and she is also keen on reading, with her favorite writer being Nicholas Sparks and his books “Message in a Bottle” and “Dear John”. She is a bit of a shopaholic, as she goes shopping for clothes several times each week. She has tasted many cuisines, and her favorite is spicy Hungarian food.
In her spare time Diletta enjoys watching movies, and her favorite actor and actress are Raoul Bova and Giovanna Mezzogiorno while some of her favorite movies are “All Roads Lead to Rome”, “Facing Windows” and “Sorry If I Love You”.
Diletta’s net worth
Diletta’s net worth is estimated at over $300,000 as of June 2020. Her hair color is blonde and she has brown eyes, while her height and weight are 5ft 9ins (1.75m) and 128lbs (58kgs). Diletta’s vital statistics are 40-25-36, while 36D is the size of her bra.