In 1982 she won a Yugoslav national beauty pageant and she was crowned Miss Yugoslavia to represent the country for the Miss World 1982, where she placed among the top 15 semi-finalists. Soon after, Sasso become a symbol of a woman's beauty in her native land and until today she remains one of the most recognizable names among persons from the former Yugoslavia. She was also famous for her 1983 Pipisoda drink commercial which was made in the pinnacle of Sasso's popularity.
After the Miss World pageant in 1982 Sasso continued to model in Milan and Paris. In the early 2000s she married a Split lawyer, Igor Franceschi. The couple got divorced in 2004.