Here we go...this is a picture of her fuller faced and with a tan at the time of her win. Maybe now she'll fit your conception of "Italian looking" better...
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TGaFUPJleS4/R2QMYCOVK8I/AAAAAAAAFyI/KwI0-K2W60o/s1600-h/Daniela.JPG
Or perhaps this picture will help.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ygL9bizW1...AHho/BmZC5nAzISQ/s1600/daniela+ferolla_16.jpg
As to Croatians, all I can tell you is that the Croatians in New York, among whom I have many acquaintances and friends, from the Dalmatian coast and the islands at that, must be very atypical looking indeed. There is indeed some overlap, and some might indeed pass as Italian, especially as northeastern Italians (these are neighboring countries after all), but as a whole they have a decidedly more "eastern", vibe. I've always thought that they look much more "Slavic" than you would expect given their location and autosomal breakdown, even when they're noticeably "dark". They look more like this:
Miss Croatia 2009
http://adventuresofabeautyqueen.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/croatia.jpg
Miss Croatia
http://dalje.com/slike/slike_3/r1/g2009/m06/x192206215787145243_2.jpg
So, congratulations on your very pretty Italian looking relatives.
@Moesan,
I'm sorry to disagree, Moesan, but real variation in Italy is not necessarily covered by anthropological plates or generalizations. I think we can be trusted to know what our own people look like. In my own case, I don't have her big eyes or full mouth, unfortunately, and my forehead is definitely higher and maybe a bit rounder, I think, but that's my head shape so far as I can tell, and that's definitely my face shape, jaw line, chin, cheekbones, neck etc., and no one is more Italian than I am. Even 23andme says so...
Nor do I look out of place in my home precincts, as it were.