A Mini-Biography from SoapNet
 | Gina Tognoni, Dinah Marlar on Guiding Light, was born in St. Louis and raised in Syracuse, New York and Rhode Island. |
 | She struggled in school, her family not knowing until much later that she had Attention Deficit Disorder. She could not memorize well. |
 | She adjusted to this by playing the clown and always entertaining everyone. When she was put into special classes, other children mocked her, calling her dummy. |
 | In her junior year of high school, through sheer perseverance, the made the Rhode Island Honor Society and was accepted by Emerson College. |
 | Gina began entering beauty pageants, and winning. |
 | She was Miss Rhode Island Teen of 1991, and was a finalist for the national title. She was Miss Rhode Island Teen All-American for 1992. Page Two |