María Belén Rodríguez Cozzani (born 20 September 1984) is an Argentine showgirl based in Milan, Italy since 2004. She has hosted many variety shows, appeared in numerous television commercials, and acted in films and television series. Known as Belén Rodríguez or simply Belén, she posed for multiple nude calendars and gained media attention in Italy and internationally for her career and personal life.
Belén was nicknamed "the Rioplatense Sophia Loren" and "the Italian Sara Carbonero" by the international press. In February 2011, she hosted the Sanremo Music Festival, one of Europe's most important shows, becoming the third Argentine to do so after Valeria Mazza and Lola Ponce. Her younger sister, Cecilia Rodríguez, is also an Argentine showgirl active in Italy since 2008.
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