1. Piero Piazzi was born on 31 August 1963 and is an international fashion modelling manager and talent scout.
16 Facts About Piero Piazzi
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Piero Piazzi is the president of the Women Management Milan agency.
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Piero Piazzi was born in Bologna and spent his childhood between Italy and the United States, where he spent his summers.
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Piero Piazzi started his career as a model in 1978, meeting Rosanna Armani, who introduced him to her brother Giorgio Armani.
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In 1985, Piero Piazzi shifted from being a model to managing.
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Piero Piazzi joined Women Management Milano, the largest modelling agency in Italy, with offices in Paris and New York as director in 2003, where he became president in 2017.
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In 2017, Piero Piazzi was appointed Elite Milano's president and Europe's business coordinator for Elite World.
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In September 2018, Piero Piazzi took on the role of president of Women Model Management Worldwide.
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Piero Piazzi received the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Elio Fiorucci Award at the 19th edition of the Chi e Chi Awards in 2019.
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In July 2021 Piero Piazzi was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the XXII Tao Awards.
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Piero Piazzi has served as president of the association of modelling agencies Assem.
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Piero Piazzi worked on creating meetings with politicians in Rome to outline a code of ethics for the modelling industry in Italy.
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In 1996, Piero Piazzi arranged the charity event called "Models, Too, Have a Heart", in collaboration with the Anlaids organization to raise funds for the fight against HIV.
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Piero Piazzi is the founder and ambassador of the non-profit association To Get There ETS, which helps to supply aid to orphaned and HIV-positive children in Uganda and South Sudan.
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Piero Piazzi is an ambassador and volunteer for Progetto Itaca, a foundation that promotes information, prevention, support and rehabilitation programs aimed at people with Mental Health disorders and their families.
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Piero Piazzi was the ambassador for The Children for Peace Onlus, an NGO that works in Uganda, Mali, Lebanon, Palestine and Colombia to help orphaned, abandoned, sick and extremely poor children and their families.