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  • Nicknamed for her body's shapely resemblance to a Coca-Cola bottle, Isabel "Coca" Sarli reigned as Miss Argentina in 1955 and starred in more than 30 films in a three-decade career that made her one of South America's greatest sex symbols.

    Psychos and Suckers 2010

  • Sarli for his Spring-Summer 2010 high fashion collection unveiled in Rome, Saturday, Jan. 30

    Kansas City Star: Front Page 2010

  • The same year, at barely 30, Sarli was invited to present a small collection in Florence, then competing with Milan and Rome as a centre of Italian couture.

    The Guardian World News Veronica Horwell 2010

  • But unlike Schuberth, for whom the stage was fundamental and cinema a novelty, Sarli could see the potential in newer media.

    The Guardian World News Veronica Horwell 2010

  • His family wanted Sarli to be a naval officer but settled for him studying business management.

    The Guardian World News Veronica Horwell 2010

  • Sarli graduated from being a fan to setting up performances, then offered to refurbish the marionette wardrobe.

    The Guardian World News Veronica Horwell 2010

  • Sarli, who was divorced, is survived by five sons.

    FOXNews.com 2010

  • As a boy, Sarli wanted to be a puppeteer, and acted as an assistant to a professional showman who lived near his family.

    The Guardian World News Veronica Horwell 2010

  • Sarli married Jolanda, the girl who went to mass in his mother's curtains.

    The Guardian World News Veronica Horwell 2010

  • He was personally almost as retiring as Christian Dior, though Italian in self-presentation Dior would never have worn velvet trousers as a work uniform, as Sarli did, or a white suit and dark shirt for his catwalk bow, but his gift was for the public state occasion.

    The Guardian World News Veronica Horwell 2010

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