Metro – London 19th February, 2010
Silvio Berlusconi invites ‘pretty’ dental hygienist Nicole Minetti into his party
Silvio Berlusconi can’t leave the ladies alone – even when he’s in pain. Italy’s prime minister was treated by dental hygienist Nicole Minetti after a protester attacked him.
![Nicole Minetti](https://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2010/02/19/article-1266581025463-085A0E33000005DC-996803_636x801.jpg)
Despite a lack of political experience, she is now one of several ‘pretty’ candidates chosen to stand for his People of Freedom Party in regional elections.
Ms Minetti once appeared as a show girl on Italian TV but qualified as a dental hygenist in November – a month before Mr Berlusconi, 73, visited her for treatment to two broken teeth.
Last year Mr Berlusconi’s wife, Veronica Lario, 53, said she wanted a divorce after it emerged he was planning to run several attractive women as prospective MEPs.