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Monica Bellucci: swimming, cinema and solidarity
Sport, show and solidarity and one unique great star, Monica Bellucci, godmother of the 13th FINA World Championships.
A successful night officiated Tuesday 29th January at the Embassy Cinema, where the Organizing Committee Roma 2009, together with the Italian Federation of Swimming and ENEL, Sponsor of the event, organized the diffusion of the movie 'Pride' and the proceeds has been given entirely to AGOP, the Association of children with oncology diseases, for the project a 'a colored house'.
The italian actress, before the diffusion expressed her involvement in swimming, the only sport she practices and her involvement in the world of solidarity. Lots of guests, more than 400, of the television set, of the sport and of culture were attending in order to give their support to this appointment.
Together with Giovanni Malagò the president of the Organizing Committee, the General Director Roberto Diacetti, the President of the Italian Swimming Federation Paolo Barelli, the Professor Augusto Fantozzi representing ENEL and the President of AGOP Mrs. Benilde Mauro. Big attention also to the official 'couple' of the 13th FINA World Championships: Domenico Fioravanti the Olympic Gold Medalist and DIVA the frog mascot.