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The beautiful Monica Bellucci appeared in the press this morning in the above shots -

she's currently filming the new Dolce & Gabbana campaign in Portofino, Italy.

The actress has a close relationship with D&G having worked with them many times...

she's sexy and Italian, what more do you want?!

Depending on which newpaper you read, there were various comments about how Ms Bellucci is a "real woman" with "curves"....the usual description applied to anyone who isn't a size 4/6 stick insect.

The other female model - who is also very beautiful - is 20 years younger.

What is wrong with the world when someone as sexy, sensual, confident, experienced and beautiful as Ms Bellucci is in some way criticised - for being too old/curvy/irrelevant/not what she was.

It's absolutely ridiculous!! And it that's what "losing your looks" looks like.....please??!!

I could only dream of looking that stunning.

I would much rather see someone like her modelling than some emaciated and colourless waif -

thank goodness that Dolce & Gabbana have a genuine appreciation of the female body in all its shapes and sizes.

Oh yes, and she's 47 years old. Get over it!!

"And God Created Monica...."

(photographed here with her four month old daughter Leonie - isn't it beautiful?)

Monica Bellucci

Photographed by Ruven Afanador for Tatler February 2011 issue

Location : Le Meurice hotel, Paris

Beautiful photos of Italian actress Monica Bellucci in Tatler's "And God Created Monica....".

Like Penelope Cruz, to me she appears to be the quintessential European woman....living in Paris, London and Rome....she has two children with French film director Vincent Cassel.....an Italian "siren" following in the footsteps of Gina Lollobrigida and Sophia Loren. And she's a wonderful actress - who is 40-something - how fabulous she is!

There are so many actresses out there who are pretty, attractive....beautiful....but I think there are few who really exude real sex appeal...Monica Bellucci definitely does - and probably does because she doesn't appear to try, it's just innate.

Some years ago, I was in a store in London standing really close to Sophia Loren - although I was quite young then and probably not even aware of the powers of sex appeal, I could sense - apart from her beauty - something else about her....a confidence and a presence, something that just radiated from her and certainly mesmerised everyone around her. The two actresses come from different backgrounds but I think it's a quality they both share....they just have "it".

The new Martini Gold ad featuring Monica with Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana....and Rome which looks absolutely stunning!

And I just had to share this one too since Monica looks so stunning....