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Samira Lui

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Samira Lui
Born (1998-03-06) 6 March 1998 (age 28)
San Daniele del Friuli, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Occupations
  • Showgirl
  • model
  • television personality
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
PartnerLuigi Punzo (2018–present)

Samira Lui (born 6 March 1998) is an Italian television showgirl and model.

Life and career

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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.[1]

In 2013, at the age of fifteen, she won the Miss Blumare title.[2][3] After graduating as a surveyor,[4] she moved to Milan,[5] working in the meantime as a hostess for conferences and trade fairs.[6][7]

In 2017, she participated in the Miss Italia pageant, placing third;[8][9][10] her participation was accompanied by some controversy regarding her multi-ethnic appearance and Senegalese origins.[11][12]

In September 2021, for two seasons, she played the role of "professor" on the Rai 1 quiz show L'eredità.[13][14][15] In May 2022, she participated as a hostess at the David di Donatello ceremony, hosted by Carlo Conti and Drusilla Foer.[16][17] 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.[18]

In 2023, she participated in the seventeenth season of the Canale 5 reality show Grande Fratello,[7][19][20] being eliminated during the twelfth episode.[21]

Since 2024, she has been a co-host for the game show La ruota della fortuna, hosted primarily by Gerry Scotti, broadcast on Canale 5.[17][22][23][24]

Personal life

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Since 2018, Lui has been romantically linked to Neapolitan former model and entrepreneur Luigi Punzo.[25][26] She is a supporter of soccer club Udinese.[27]

Television programs

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Year Title Network Role Notes
2017 Miss Italia La7 Contestant Beauty contest
2021–2023 L'eredità Rai 1 Professor Game show
2022 David di Donatello Showgirl Annual Award (season 67)
Tale e quale show Contestant Talent show (season 12)
2023 Grande Fratello Canale 5 Reality show (season 17)
2024–present La ruota della fortuna Co-host Game show

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2025 Din Don – Paesani spaesati "Sheikh's" Companion TV film

Music videos

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Year Title Artist
2024 "Rosa tormento" Cristiano Malgioglio

References

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  1. ↑ "Da Colloredo a San Daniele sale il tifo per Samira, aspirante miss Italia". Messaggero Veneto (in Italian). 6 September 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  2. ↑ "Thiene. Miss Thiene 2013 si aggiudica anche la fascia di Miss Blumare Bolle Blu". AltoVicentinOnline (in Italian). 2 November 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  3. ↑ LA7 Intervista allo staff di MissBlumare. Miss Blumare. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2026 – via YouTube.
  4. ↑ Bellantoni, Ilaria (30 July 2025). "Chi è Samira Lui: la nuova regina della Ruota della Fortuna per cui tutti stanno impazzendo". Gente (in Italian). Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  5. ↑ Carella, Elvira (7 August 2025). "Samira Lui: 'Gerry Scotti lo seguivo con mia nonna. Avances? Arrivano da uomini e donne. A Milano mi sentii sola'". Il Giorno (in Italian). Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  6. ↑ "Chi è Samira Lui, la showgirl della prima serata di Canale 5: origini, carriera e vita privata. E il fidanzato?". Il Giorno (in Italian). 8 August 2025. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  7. 1 2 "Chi è Samira Lui, dal GF VIP al successo de La ruota della fortuna". Mediaset Infinity (in Italian). Mediaset. 2 February 2026. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  8. ↑ "Miss Italia 2017 sarà la n. 28 Samira Lui, Miss Miluna Friuli Venezia Giulia 2017". Miss Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  9. ↑ Babbo, Giuseppe (11 September 2017). "Miss Italia, la rabbia di Samira: «In TV mi hanno chiamata senegalese»". Il Mattino (in Italian). Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  10. ↑ Nenzi, Rachele (11 September 2017). "Miss Italia, lo sfogo di Samira: 'In TV mi hanno chiamata senegalese'". Il Giornale (in Italian). Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  11. ↑ "Miss Italia, Samira tra le più belle: 'Io orgogliosa di essere friulana'". Messaggero Veneto (in Italian). 31 August 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  12. ↑ "Samira Lui terza classificata alla finale di Miss Italia e 'Miss Italia Chef'". Il Friuli (in Italian). 10 September 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  13. ↑ Silvestri, Antonella (10 November 2021). "Samira Lui e Ginevra Pisani, le professoresse di 'L'eredità'". TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian). Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  14. ↑ "Nuova 'prof' a L'Eredità: la friulana Samira Lui affiancherà Flavio Insinna". Il Friuli (in Italian). 27 September 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  15. ↑ Stefanelli, Stefania (28 September 2021). "L'Eredità torna con una nuova professoressa, un nuovo gioco e il coinvolgimento del pubblico a casa". DavideMaggio.it (in Italian). Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  16. ↑ "Da Miss Italia a L'eredità: la carriera della modella Samira Lui". Libero (in Italian). Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  17. 1 2 Muraro, Alberto (28 July 2025). "Tutto quello che ancora non sappiamo su Samira Lui, la co-conduttrice de La Ruota della Fortuna". Cosmopolitan Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  18. ↑ Parigi, Debora (12 November 2022). "Antonino vince Tale e quale show 2022, Andrea Dianetti la settima puntata: la classifica finale". Novella 2000 (in Italian). Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  19. ↑ "Tutti pazzi per Samira, il pubblico del Grande Fratello così saluta la modella friulana". UdineToday (in Italian). 12 September 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  20. ↑ Di Grazia, Ida (30 September 2023). "Samira Lui, chi è la Miss Italia della casa del Grande Fratello". Leggo (in Italian). Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  21. ↑ "'Grande Fratello', Samira viene eliminata e deve abbandonare la Casa". TGcom24 (in Italian). 19 October 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  22. ↑ Alicandri, Alessandro (6 May 2024). "Chi è Samira Lui, la ragazza de 'La ruota della fortuna'?". TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian). Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  23. ↑ Mosconi, Barbara (28 May 2024). "'La ruota della fortuna', Samira Lui: «I miei nonni erano super fan di Mike e Gerry Scotti per me è un mito»". TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian). Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  24. ↑ Ferri, Alessia (13 October 2025). "Chi è Samira Lui, la donna televisiva del momento, al fianco di Gerri Scotti a La ruota della fortuna". Vanity Fair Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  25. ↑ "Chi è Luigi Punzo, il fidanzato di Samira Lui: lavoro, età, Instagram". Today (in Italian). 11 September 2025. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  26. ↑ "Luigi Punzo: chi è il fidanzato di Samira Lui". Chi (in Italian). 14 August 2025. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  27. ↑ "Miss Italia, l'udinese Samira Lui tra le 30 finaliste". UdineToday (in Italian). 30 August 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
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