Francesca Dani

Francesca Aurora Dani, better known as "'Francesca Dani", has modeled in magazines and films. Solely known as a net idol, Francesca models in costumes she has made and costumes she bought from eBay by various costume commissioners. She entered the cosplay scene in October 1998 with her first costume, Sailor Moon. Since then she has cosplayed various anime, manga and video game characters.

Personal life

Francesca Dani was born in Roma, Lazio, Italy on 5 March 1979. Initially pursuing a career as a fashion designer, Francesca decided to start modeling in order to help pay for her university tuition. The modeling lifestyle tempted Francesca away from her studies, and she left the university in February 2004 in order to become an aspiring model.

Career

Her website, launched in October 1998, turned into a pay website on 14 April 2002. The website features short videos and thousands of photographs depicting her posing in various risque outfits. Swimsuits, lingerie, and other fetish outfits. From April 2002 to September 2005 she modeled for an American paysite called "Varietease", but in October 2005 she left the site for her own paysite under the domain "francescadani.com". She became known in Japan during an appearance on "Sekai Marumie" on 25 December 2002, directed by Takeshi Kitano. NTV staff crew chose her for a special live interview because of her status as an international cosplayer. In April 2005 she was chosen as a spokesmodel for "Bodyline", a Japanese manufacturer of Gothic and Lolita dresses. Francesca's photos appeared on Bodyline packages. At the end of 2005, Livedoor, an Internet service provider based in Tokyo, Japan, started selling Francesca's digital photo-books at "DL-Site", a pay-per-download website. Francesca has appeared in dozens in magazines around the world, most notably for Maxim (Mexico) who hailed her as "¡La cosplayer más popular en la web!" ("The most popular cosplayer on the web!") [Larenas, Gerardo H. "La reina De Los Geeks". MAXIM (Mexico), 1st May 2007, Year 5, Issue 5, Pages 20 - 22]

Controversy

Allegations exist, as reported on Anime News Network, as to whether Francesca Dani's win at the 2005 World Cosplay Summit was predetermined based in part on CURE's sponsorship of the WCS. Critics speculated the contest was rigged. [ [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-08-30/world-cosplay-summit-ends-in-aichi World Cosplay Summit Ends in Aichi - Anime News Network ] ]

References

Further reading

Commonscat|Francesca Dani *cite news |title=Celebridade cosplay (in Portuguese) |url=http://henshin.uol.com.br/wcs/2006/05/26/celebridade-cosplay/ |publisher=Editora JBC | first= Silvana |last= Salles |date=2006-05-26 ( [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=pt&u=http://henshin.uol.com.br/wcs/2006/05/26/celebridade-cosplay/&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522Celebridade%2Bcosplay%2522%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG Google English translation] ) *cite news |title=Entrevista com Francesca Dani (in Portuguese) |url=http://www.cosplaybr.com.br/cb/verentrevista.php?entrevista=200607 |publisher=Cosplay Brasil| first= Ferio |last= Siqueira |date=2006-01-05 ( [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=pt&u=http://www.cosplaybr.com.br/cb/verentrevista.php%3Fentrevista%3D200607&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522Entrevista%2Bcom%2BFrancesca%2BDani%2522%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG Google English translation] ) *cite news |title= A mais famosa cosplayer italiana no Brasil (in Portuguese) |url= http://www2.uol.com.br/ohayo/v2.0/eventos/materias/mar20_cosplay.shtml|publisher=Ohayo | first= Caio |last= de Souza|date= 2007-03-03 ( [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=pt&u=http://www2.uol.com.br/ohayo/v2.0/eventos/materias/mar20_cosplay.shtml&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522COSPLAYER%2BMODELO%2522%2B%2522francesca%2BDani%2522%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG Google English translation] ) *cite news |title=Francesca Dani |url= http://www.nt2099.com/cosplay/INTERVIEWS/10/file10.pdf |publisher=Cosplay Underground| first= Dennis A |last= Amith|date= October, 2004 *cite news |title=Francesca Dani - Entrevista (in Portuguese) |url=http://www.animeportugal.net/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=59 |publisher=Anime Portugal | first= Marta |last= Camilo |date=2007-01-14 ( [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=pt&u=http://www.animeportugal.net/modules.php%3Fname%3DContent%26pa%3Dshowpage%26pid%3D59&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DFrancesca%2BDani%2Bn%25C3%25A3o%2Bpassa%2B%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG Google English translation] ) *cite news |title=Francesca Dani |url= http://www.uninetwork.it/intervista.php?id=5551|publisher=Uninetwork.it| first= Federico|last= Aldo Nobile|date= October, 2005 *cite news |title=Francesca Dani si racconta |url= http://www.delirio.net/default.asp?id=97|publisher=Delirio.net| first= Eliselle|date= October, 2005 ( [http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.delirio.net%2Fdefault.asp%3Fid%3D97&langpair=it%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8 Google English translation] ) *cite news |title=Wings Of Magic Interview with Francesca Dani |url= http://www.wingsofmagic.it:80/public/forum/index.php?showtopic=772|publisher=WingsOfMagic.it| first= Damiel|date= february, 2007 ( [http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wingsofmagic.it%3A80%2Fpublic%2Fforum%2Findex.php%3Fshowtopic%3D772&langpair=it%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8 Google English translation] ) DEFAULTSORT:Dani, Francesca