Stunning Claudia Romani leaves modeling to be a football refree

Italian model Claudia Romani is venturing into a new career path in the world of football after passing an exam in order to become a professional referee.The beauty pageant, 32, has hung up her heels to become a referee, something which has been high on her agenda for a number of months.Romani is now qualified to referee fixtures in both Serie A and Serie B - something which she is understandably delighted about.She said: ‘Running around on the pitch with all those players and calling the shots is just an irresistible opportunity.'As thus far no female referee has taken charge of a Serie A game due to the amount of experience it commands.However, that could soon change in the future as Romani looks to take the Italian league by storm.Lets know more about her.Claudia Romani (born April 14, 1982 in L'Aquila, Italy) is a model. She has appeared on covers such as GQ and Maxim, and in 2006 was voted one of the 100 Sexiest Women in the World by FHM Denmark. Since 2010, she is based in Miami, FloridaIn 2006 she has been voted one of the 100 Sexiest Women in the World by FHM Denmark, she won the title of Miss Internet by Clarence as well as "Denmark's Most Beautiful Legs" by Q magazine and "Page 9 Miss Of the Year" by Ekstra Bladet.In February 2013 she was voted among the "Most Beautiful of 2012" by GQ Mexico,ahead of Sofia Vergara, Alyssa Miller, and Megan Fox. She was also named one of the "10 Most Beautiful Italian Women" by The Richest.org in 2013.She was voted best Bikini Body 2012 on the VH1 website in the supermodels category, beating Adriana Lima and Naomi Campbell. Afterwards she won in round 2 with Selena Gomez and in round 3 with Drita D'Avanzo.She was in the final with Beyoncé at the VH1 Bikini Awards Finals; Beyoncé won 52.88% against 47.12% Claudia. Three of Claudia's pictures also made it to the VH1 chart of the 100 Hottest Bikini Photos of 2012. Claudia won the 2014 Mentality Magazine March Hotness Tournament, beating out 64 of the most beautiful women in the world.Claudia has been a spokesperson for Gran Fondo Giro D'Italia, a cycling race organized by Giro D'Italia and Gazzetta dello Sport in Miami.As of 2013 she retains the role[ and has traveled in the US as a spokesmodel for Gran Fondo, working at the Five Boro Bike Tour in New York City[ and the Interbike convention in Las Vegas.On November 10, 2013 she the spokesperson for Gran Fondo Giro in Miami, posing at the start line with professional cyclist Pippo Pozzato, next to event sponsors Lamborghini.In the summer of 2013 Romani was invited along with several French media figures to join the Starwest Celebrity "Petanque" (bocce ball) tournament, in Arcachon, France, with her own team.She is also a spokesperson for Forza l'Aquila alongside the Italian rugby team, in support of her hometown after it was hit by an earthquake.In August 2013 she was invited to the Circolo Tennis L'Aquila, where her grandfather used to play, for a photoshoot and to help with the tennis organization's international image-building after the earthquake.[Also in the summer of 2013 she was chosen to represent her hometown soccer team L'Aquila Calcio