Sophia Loren: She’s 78 and she’s still got it! – See (stunning) Photos

Just five years ago, she became the oldest model to ever poise for the legendary Pirelli calendar at the grand old age of 72.

And Sophia Loren still managed to put the younger models in the shade at the launch of the 2013 iconic calender.

The Italian actress, now 78-years-old, looked stunning in a glittering pearly-white gown in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday evening.

Glittering: Sophia Loren stole the red carpet show on Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at the 2013 Pirelli launch event Glittering: Sophia Loren stole the red carpet show on Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at the 2013 Pirelli launch event

Fresh faced: Sophia once famously put her stunning and youthful looks down to her spaghetti consumption

Fresh faced: Sophia once famously put her stunning and youthful looks down to her spaghetti consumption

With her brown hair worn over her shoulders and tinted glasses, the star added diamond earrings and a necklace to her dazzling outfit.

And she looked thrilled to be in the Brazilian city among a slew of much-younger models, smiling and waving to photographers.

The Oscar-winning star was one of five actresses to appear on the calendar’s 33rd edition back in 2007.

She joined Penelope Cruz, Hilary Swank, Naomi Watts and French star Lou Doillon on the iconic calendar which has been published since 1964.

Grandiose: The 78-year-old waved to photographers after stealing the show at the event Grandiose: The 78-year-old waved to photographers after stealing the show at the event

Glittering: Sophia Loren stole the red carpet show on Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at the 2013 Pirelli launch event
Simply stunning: The star teamed her glittering dress with diamond jewels and a black clutch bag

Simply stunning: The star teamed her glittering dress with diamond jewels and a black clutch bag

Strike a pose: Sophia's sultry photograph for the 2007 Pirelli calendarStrike a pose: Sophia’s sultry photograph for the 2007 Pirelli calendar in a bed wearing lingerie

 

Simply stunning: Sophia pictured back in 1963 in film Yesterday, Today and TomorrowSimply stunning: Sophia pictured back in 1963 in film Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

 

Sophia was pictured on a bed wearing black lingerie underneath white sheets.

‘I had a lot of fun, like a young girl’ Sophia said of posing for the calendar.

Loren said she was thrilled by the experience, adding she had ‘absolutely no problem’ posing semi-nude for Dutch photographers Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin.

‘I didn’t think they would ask me such a thing,’ she said of the shoot, which took place in California.

‘I started to laugh a lot, I found it ridiculous, I was a little bit afraid,’ she added. ‘I asked a lot of questions, then thought, “What the hell, I am going to do it anyway.”

‘When you start to feel good, you give it everything you’ve got.’

The Italian actress even once told her fans her unusual beauty secret: ‘Everything you see I owe to spaghetti,’ she claimed about her youthful looks.

Sophia later took to the stage on Tuesday alongside the Pirelli President Marco Tronchetti Provera and Brazilian actor Rodrigo Santoro to launch the new calendar.

The Pirelli calendar is never sold but is distributed each year by the tyre firm to some 40,000 VIPs, top customers, politicians and other personalities.

Launch pad: Sophia took the microphone alongside Pirelli & C President Marco Tronchetti Provera, and actor Rodrigo Santoro to launch the new calendar Launch pad: Sophia took the microphone alongside Pirelli & C President Marco Tronchetti Provera, and actor Rodrigo Santoro to launch the new calendar

Rubbing shoulders: Sophia was seen chatting to former President of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as Stephen Dorff escorted to dinner
Rubbing shoulders: Sophia was seen chatting to former President of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as Stephen Dorff escorted to dinner

Rubbing shoulders: Sophia was seen chatting to former President of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as Stephen Dorff escorted to dinner

 

Thinking pink: Model Liya Kebede looked striking in a floral pink and white tuxedo, while Tunisian model Hanaa Ben Abdesslem opted for a silky floor length pink gown
Thinking pink: Petra Nemcova arrived in a clinging dusky pink dress, while Tunisian model Hanaa Ben Abdesslem opted for a silky floor length pink gown

Thinking pink: Model Liya Kebede looked striking in a floral pink and white tuxedo, while Tunisian model Hanaa Ben Abdesslem opted for a silky floor length pink gown

Daily Mail UK

 

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