Samira Lui
Samira Lui is an Italian showgirl and model.
Life and career
Born in San Daniele del Friuli to an Italian mother and a Senegalese father whom she never knew, she grew up with her mother in Colloredo di Monte Albano.In 2013, at the age of fifteen, she won the Miss Blumare title. After graduating as a surveyor, she moved to Milan, working in the meantime as a hostess for conferences and trade fairs.
In 2017, she participated in the Miss Italia pageant, placing third; her participation was accompanied by some controversy regarding her multi-ethnic appearance and Senegalese origins.
In September 2021, for two seasons, she played the role of "professor" on the Rai 1 quiz show L'eredità. In May 2022, she participated as a hostess at the David di Donatello ceremony, hosted by Carlo Conti and Drusilla Foer. That same year, she was a contestant on the twelfth season of the prime-time talent show Tale e quale show, finishing in ninth place overall.
In 2023, she participated in the seventeenth season of the Canale 5 reality show Grande Fratello, being eliminated during the twelfth episode.
Since 2024, she has been a hostess and co-host of the game show La ruota della fortuna, hosted primarily by Gerry Scott