Ainett Stephens is "an Afro-Venezuelan model of African and Amerindian heritage" that is surnamed by the international press as "the Naomi Campbell of South America". In 2000, she was among the 10 semi-finalists of the Miss Venezuelabeauty contest and subsequently posed for a calendar, the benefits of which went to the people of the Amazon Rainforest. She speaks three languages. After beginning a career as an underwear model in South America, she arrived in Italy in 2004 and apart from continuing her career as a model there, she also enrolled for a degree course in communication sciences at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan. Between 2005 and 2012 she took part, as a model, in the festival of Rete 4:it:Sfilata d'amore e moda|Sfilata d'amore e moda. In last 2005 she made a nude calendar for the man magazine Fox Uomo achieving success. She hosted 3 seasons of :it:Real TV|Real TV, the Italian version of Real TV, aired by Italia 1. In 2006 her popularity grew because she played the role of Black Cat in early evening quiz :it:Mercante in fiera |Mercante in fiera, hosted by Pino Insegno on Italia 1, and in the same period she posed again for a nude calendar for the sports magazineControcampo achieving success again. In 2007 Stephens led, with Daniele Bossari, the television quiz :it:Azzardo |Azzardo aired by Italia 1. In the summers of 2007 and 2008 she presented, on Rai 3 with Stefano Nones Orfei, the variety Circo Massimo Show. In 2008 she hosted, along with Taiyo Yamanouchi, the third season of the comedy program of Rai 3 :it:Tintoria |La Tintoria. Ainett took part in the cast of the Saturday Night Live from Milano, a comedy show aired on Italia 1 from 2006 to 2011. She took part in Ciao Darwin in 2007 and 2010 as showgirl and model. She led on RAI eight editions of the International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo and the International Circus Festival of Tomorrow, two summer events dedicated to the circus. She joined again Pino Insegno in the early evening quiz :it:Mercante in fiera |Mercante in fiera, aired on Italia 1 in 2009-2010 and then in 2012, :it:Mercante in fiera |Mercante in fiera YOUNG, playing the dual role of Black Cat and White Cat. On 8 March 2010 she was the guest star of the final episode of :it:Grande Fratello |Big Brother 10, aired on Canale 5, and then shortly after she took part, with Juliana Moreira and Nicola Savino, in the variety of Italia 1 :it:Matricole & Meteore|Matricole & Meteore. Between 2009 and 2011 Ainett took part, as model and showgirl, to the Chiambretti Night, a late night show hosted on Mediaset by Piero Chiambretti. In early 2011 Stephens made her debut as actress for cinema reciting in Amici miei - Come tutto ebbe inizio, a film directed by Neri Parenti. In 2013 she presented, together with Andrea Lehotská and David Larible, the summer program of Rai 3 :it:Circo Massimo |Circo Estate. Ainett Stephens from September 2013 took part in television programs of Rai 2:it:Detto fatto|Detto Fatto and :it:Quelli che |Quelli che il calcio. In May–June 2014 Stephens took part, as a pundit and showgirl, to the cast, together with Chiara Nasti and Sofia Valleri, of the :it:Chiambretti Supermarket|Chiambretti Supermarket, a late night show hosted on Italia 1 by Piero Chiambretti.
Personal life
After 9 years of engagement, Ainett Stephens on 3 September 2015 married Nicola Radici, an Italian businessman; on 27 October 2015 Christopher Radici, the couple's firstborn, was born.
