Maria Rosaria “Mara” Carfagna (born December 18, 1975) is an Italian politician and former showgirl and model. After obtaining a degree in law, Carfagna worked for several years on Italian television shows and as a model.

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She later entered politics and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for Forza Italia party in 2006. From 2008 to 2011 she served as Minister for Equal Opportunity in Berlusconi IV Cabinet. Carfagna had been named “the most beautiful minister in the world”, and was ranked number one on Maxim’s “World´s Hottest Politicians”. Spokeswoman of the parliamentary group of Forza Italian at Chamber of Deputies. In the last municipal elections in Naples was the most voted councilor in Italy, with more than six thousand personal preferences.