Del Santo started her TV career at sixteen as a valletta [it] in the 1975 edition of Festivalbar,[1] the first edition that took place at the Verona Arena, which from that moment will become permanent venue for the final evening of the musical festival and place for the most important live concerts.[2] After graduating from high school she leaves Verona for Rome and Milan alone, without her mother's consent, to attempt a career in film and fashion.