15 Facts About Francesca Dani

Francesca Dani unexpectedly won an award at the contest, which granted her local fame and kickstarted her career.

Francesca Dani launched a pay website on 14 April 2002.

Francesca Dani gained fame in Japan on 25 December 2002, during an appearance on popular TV show Sekai Marumie, directed by Takeshi Kitano, aired on Nippon TV.

Francesca Dani was chosen for a special live interview, filmed in her hometown, because of her status as an international cosplayer.

Three years later, Francesca Dani gained global fame after winning the World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya, Japan, in 2005 as a member of the Italian team, which featured Giorgia Vecchini and the Livia Fata sisters.

Immediately after the event, she was chosen as a spokesmodel for Bodyline, a Japanese manufacturer of Gothic and Lolita dresses: Francesca Dani's photos appeared on Bodyline packages.

In 2011, Francesca Dani was featured in an Italian-language book by Francesca Mazzuccato, as an example of a person who has chosen strip-tease as a way to express creativity.

Francesca Dani has personally produced dozens of costumes during her long cosplay career, taking pride in the fact that all her costumes have been made solely by her.

In 2010 Francesca Dani began designing her own brand of gothic-inspired jewellery, launching under the brand name of My Bones.

Francesca Dani launched a specific website for this product line, which was online under the francescadanistore.

The last public cosplay event that Francesca Dani has been seen at is Novegro Comics, Italy, in February 2010, where she acted as an honorary jury member.

Francesca Dani's website was left online with the existing content.

In 2015 Francesca Dani took up photography, focusing initially on nocturnal landscapes shot in the surrounding of her hometown Florence.

One of her photographic projects, Ghosts of Chernobyl, is aimed to raise awareness among future generations of the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster, which, in Francesca Dani's words "has killed not only people, but families, history and human dignity".

Francesca Dani regularly arranges guided tours to the Chernobyl exclusion zone and Pripyat in Ukraine, organized through an Italian travel agent.