Ria Antoniou, Star Hellas 2008
Being half Peloponnesian , in 2007 Ria entered and won the Miss Peloponnese pageant[ 1] and represented Greece in the Model of the World pageant and placed 2nd runner-up.[ 1] Antoniou, after that pageant, was appointed by the Star Hellas Organization to represent Greece in Miss Earth 2008 on 9 November 2008, in Angeles City , Philippines. Antoniou posed many times for Nitro ,[ 4] [ 5] Playboy ,[ 6] [ 7] Esquire ,[ 8] [ 9] and others. From 7 January 2012 to 17 March 2012 Ria took part (with Bobo Vieri , Alex Belli , Andrés Gil , Anna Tatangelo , Ariadna Romero and others contestants) on the 8th series [ 1] of Ballando con le Stelle , the Italian version of Dancing with the Stars hosted by Milly Carlucci with Paolo Belli and his Big Band and aired by Rai 1 in the prime time of saturday, the most important time slot in the Italian television : in this talent show Ria was paired with Raimondo Todaro and they finished at the third place in the final episode.
From 24 March 2012 to 7 April 2012 Antoniou hosted with Paolo Belli and Milly Carlucci the first season of Ballando con te , a program of dance aired by Rai 1 ; on 8 December 2012 Ria was the host of the 2012 edition of The Look of the Year Fashion Awards with Nino Graziano Luca .[ 10] Ria in April 2016 recited, together with Massimo Boldi and Max Tortora , in the movie La coppia dei campioni , directed by Giulio Base .[ 11] Antoniou in September 2016[ 12] became the new primadonna – flanked by four dancers – of the 18th edition, hosted by the comic duo Luca e Paolo , of the comedy show Colorado aired on Italia 1 , the network in which Ria holds since September 2013 the role of showgirl and opinonist in the sports talk show Tiki Taka - Il calcio è il nostro gioco hosted by Pierluigi Pardo [ 13] with Melissa Satta : in August 2018, Satta (as Pardo's co-host) and Antoniou as showgirl and opinionist were replaced by Wanda Nara .
Ria Antoniou in November 2016 recited as female lead [ 14] in the movie Non si ruba a casa dei ladri , directed by Carlo Vanzina .[ 15] Ria in August 2017 posed naked[ 16] [ 17] [ 18] for the 2018 nude calendar of For Men Magazine .[ 19] [ 20] Antoniou at the end of 2017 was announced as the Sexiest Greek model for the year 2017 among other 143 contestants on the Greek men's magazine Kafto .[ 21] During the 2017–2018 season Ria took part[ 22] in the late-night variety show of Rai 2 Sbandati , hosted by the comic duo Gigi e Ross , with the role of "stable commentator" (opinionista fissa ) with various people.[ 23] In the summer of 2018 Antoniou was the only female[ 24] commentator and showgirl[ 25] in the sports talk show, hosted by Pierluigi Pardo and aired by Italia 1 , Tiki Taka Russia .