Giulia Talia, the first candidate for Lesbian Miss Italia: "I am happy to focus on this issue"

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As a child I did not dream of participating in

"But I remember when

won

I was ten years old, and my grandmother said: one day you will go too." Grandma

died of Covid. And

(24), from

, will know tomorrow if she will be among the 20 finalists who will compete for the title of Miss Italia 2021 or among the ten who will compete for that of Miss Italia Social. What she already knows is that her participation marks a new page in the history of Italy's oldest beauty pageant: she is the first openly homosexual contestant.

"I am happy to be able to focus on this issue," says

by telephone.

"I have lived with my partner, Barbara, for almost three years. We met at a club with friends, a month later we were in Santorini for a weekend a week and seven months later we lived together. "

The discovery of her sexual orientation was gradual.

"I think I have always had this awareness, but it was relegated to a corner,

I was dating Andrea for a long time. Then, in the first year of college, I realized that the looks of the girls excited me like those of the boys, if not more. And then I let myself go. "

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Giulia Talia graduated in scenography from the

and has just finished a master's degree in interior design: she will defend her final work in March. Then she wants to open her own studio: "Be my own boss and furnish the houses to make those who live there feel good." Meanwhile in the morning he does an internship in an architecture studio and at night he works in a pub, where he is in charge of the reception. "They meet

at the club

Not in the studio, but simply because no one asked me if I was engaged, "she admits. And she tells how at first it was not easy even for her to tell her friends that she had a girlfriend:" She was afraid of being judged.

Then I realized that we are all different and that there will always be someone you are not good to.

there is no point in chasing acceptance from others. "There was no need for words in the family." At one point I wanted to introduce Barbara to my parents.

My sister

, four years younger than me, was the first one I confessed to and nothing has changed.

My mother told me that she already knew. "

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Giulia and Barbara, a physiotherapist, are already planning their future.

"We fantasize about marriage: I would like to celebrate it in a village, her by the sea. We will see. We would like to have children, but we will think about it when the time comes. For now we train with Marshmallow, the pit bull we have adopted."

Patrizia Mirigliani,

Director of Miss Italia, notes with satisfaction the way the pageant is adapting to include all women.

"We have changed the regulation to better represent Italians. We have opened the contest to married women, those with a size 44, with disabilities, born in Italy to foreign parents. Having a lesbian competitor is another step in the history of our society and I'm proud of it. "

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