Melissa Satta (born February 7, 1986 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States) is an Italian television presenter. She spent her youth in the island of Sardinia, land of origin of her parents. She was a showgirl in the Italian satirical series Striscia la notizia. Satta has appeared in Maxim magazine and was featured in the 2010 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. Satta lives and works in Italy.
Satta was born to Italian parents, native to the island of Sardinia, Mariangela Muzzu and Enzo Satta, on February 7, 1986 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She has spent the early years of her childhood living in both the U.S. and in Sardinia. Satta's father, Enzo Satta, is an architect and he was a Sardinian government and central government politician in politics of Sardinia and political consultant and business partner to Prince Aga Khan IV from 1986 until 2003, in which he politically represented Costa Smeralda and was responsible for the architectural planning of Costa Smeralda in Sardinia. Satta has two brothers; an older brother, Riccardo, a business incubator and entrepreneur resident in the Principality of Monaco, and a younger brother, Maximilian. After graduating from high school in the United States; Satta enrolled at the faculty of Communication studies at the private university IULM, but there is no evidence of the achievement of the diploma and the end of her studies.