RITA WAS BORN IN 1929, 12th OF AUGUST IN CHIAMPO (Vicenza, ITALY) AND SOON MOVED TO THE CITY OF TAVEL, FRANCE, AT THE AGE OF JUST ONE YEAR. THERE SHE LIVED TILL 19 YEARS WHEN IN 1948 SHE RETURNED TO CHIAMPO. MARIUCCIA MARUCCELLI DISCOVERED HER AS A BAUTY OF HER AGE AND IMMEDIATELY SHE BACAME A MODEL IN THE MILANO OF THE 50'S. SHE STARTED HER PROFESSION IN MARUCCELLI'S STUDIO, MILANO CORSO VENEZIA 18th, AT THE AGE OF 21. THEN A TREMENDOUS TUBERCOLOUSIS CRISIS STOPPED HER CAREER AT THE TOP OF HER SUCCESS. SHE WAS NEAR TO MAKE A SHORT FILM AND MANY PHOTOGRAPHER WANTED HER TO COLLABORATE. FORTUNATELY RITA SURVIVED THE CRISIS, BUT NEVER HAD THE STRENGHT TO BE A MODEL AGAIN. SHE MARRIED FRANK LONGONI AND HAD TWO CHILDREN, RODOLFO AND VIRGINIA LONGONI. VIRGINIA IS MY MOTHER, I AM VANESSA T. YORKE, I AM A SINGER, RITA IS MY BELOVED GRANDMOTHER.
