Following the trend set from the selection of eight personalities representing the five continents and the three pillars of Olympism at the ... Tout ยป Salt Lake 2002 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony, the flag was brought this time into the stadium by eight women:
* Sophia Loren, Italian born actress who was the patroness of the Ceremonies; * Isabel Allende, Chilean novelist; * Nawal El Moutawakel Member of the IOC from Morocco, the first Muslim woman to win an Olympic gold medal; * Susan Sarandon, Amer
* Sophia Loren, Italian born actress who was the patroness of the Ceremonies; * Isabel Allende, Chilean novelist; * Nawal El Moutawakel Member of the IOC from Morocco, the first Muslim woman to win an Olympic gold medal; * Susan Sarandon, Amer
