DAME CLARISSA BURT
SPECIAL MENTION: In June of 2022, Clarissa was Knighted by The Royal Order of Constantine the Great and Saint Helen joining the ranks of 350 Dames worldwide.
Clarissa Burt is an internationally acclaimed award-winning media personality, producer, director, writer, author, public speaker and former supermodel and winner of the Celebrity Survivor show! With hundreds of television and film credits to her name, this Who’s Who of International and American Women brings over 35 years of entertainment industry experience in both International and American markets.
Clarissa is the Founder and CEO of In the Limelight Media, a multi-media platform consisting of TV/video, a podcast and a digital magazine. Her shows can be seen on ROKU, Amazon Fire, Apple TV, etc. and her podcast is heard on 15 different distribution platforms.
Her bestselling book entitled The Self-Esteem Regime published by Roman and Littlefield published on November 11th, 2021. The audiobook was published by Recorded Books two weeks later.
She was the first American to present Russian TV at the Kremlin, has had two private audiences with Pope John Paul II honoring her social work.
As the Ambassador to the United States, she actively helped African women win the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011.
RECENT AWARDS:
Entrepreneurial Excellence Award by the Women’s Economic Forum
USA Chair for the G100 Club/All Ladies League for Television and Broadcasting, Certificate Global Honor from Pune University, India,
Diploma of Recognition from the National Italian American Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Italian Consulate Los Angeles/Phoenix Honorary Member Recognition Award
BOARDS:
Honorary Board Member Italy-USA Foundation
Honorary Board Member Sons & Daughters of Italy in Italy
Advisory Board – The Wounded Blue
Chair Eliances Media Committee
Back Story: At 18, Clarissa signed with the Wilhelmina Modeling Agency in Manhattan. Soon after she moved to Milan and quickly began appearing on hundreds of magazine covers such as Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, and Cosmopolitan. Known as one of the top 30 runway girls in the world in the ‘80s, Clarissa graced the most important designer catwalks in Milan, Rome, Paris, New York, and Japan. Soon after, she would be called by global cosmetic houses such as Revlon, Dior, and Carita’, Helena Rubenstein and was chosen as “The Face” for Orlane Cosmetics for 10 years.
Cinema: Clarissa has performed in over 20 movies and can be remembered in award-winning films such as Warner Brother’s “The Neverending Story, part II,” where she played the mean queen, “Xayide” and as Giulia in the Italian production “Caruso Pascosky di Padre Polacco”. Starring in hundreds of television shows, Clarissa quickly became a household name in Italy.
Television Producer: Clarissa added television producer to her credits in 1999. Clarissa Burt Media Group founded in Italy began with productions that included the nationally broadcast three-hour live
