Giuli Talia is the first openly lesbian contestant of Miss Italia. The 24-year-old Roman, who has been living with her partner Barbara for three years, is said to be "happy to turn on a lighthouse on this issue".
Crowned Miss Cinema Roma 2020, she entered the pre-finals by right. Tomorrow, November 30th, her fate will be known: will she be among the twenty finalists of the main competition or among the ten who will compete for the scepter of Miss Italia Social?
"I never dreamed of participating in Miss Italy - he says in an interview with Corriere -. But when Miriam Leone won I was ten and my grandmother told me that one day I would go too".
Grandmother Sandra was right, but she will not be able to enjoy her granddaughter's participation in Miss Italy, she died due to Covid.
The discovery of her sexual orientation: “I think I always knew, but this awareness was relegated to a corner. I was engaged to Andrea for a long time, then in the first year of university I realized that the looks of the girls excited me more and I let myself go ".
Then he met Barbara: “We met in a club with friends, a month later we were in Santorini on vacation and seven months later we were living together”.
Talking about oneself was not easy: "I was afraid of being judged, then I realized that we are all different and that there will always be someone for whom you are not good, that's why we might as well live your life as you want". In the family: “My sister was the first to whom I confessed, at one point I wanted to introduce Barbara to my parents. My mother told me she already knew ”.
Now she dreams of a marriage and children, she is not afraid of possible attacks or insults - especially social media -, on the other hand Erika Mattina, finalist of Miss World Italy, was even threatened for her orientation: "I expect the same things, but I'm not scared . On the contrary, I can't wait ”.
(Unioneonline / L)
