UN bikini, a couple of heels and a smile that tells a dream: to become a model. On the stage of a Regional selection of “Miss Italy” in Campania It might seem to be all normal until a detail has shifted attention from glamor to controversy: the age of the competitor, just thirteen years old. Really too small to participate in a beauty contest. The criticisms pushed the patron of Miss Italy, Patrizia Mirigliani, to intervene with an immediate and without hesitation decisionrecalling the respect of rules created to protect the youngest participants.
The episode of “Miss Italia Mascotte” in Campania
Protagonist of the evening, the young man showed up with determination in front of the jury. His words, reported in full, were clear and direct: «Good evening to all, good evening jury, I am 13 years old and competing like mascot. I am a very determined girl full of dreams, I would like to be a model And from today social networks give me an extra push to believe myself ».
A declaration that reveals a precise ambition and awareness of the digital world. But that alone it certainly cannot be enough to justify the episode. Also because The election of Miss Italia of a 13 year old is contrary to the competition regulation in Misso Italia.
The explanation of the local organizer
To bring out the case was Selvaggia Lucarelli in his newsletter Everything is true. Who deepened the story by interviewing The exclusivity of the competition for Campania, Antonio Contaldo. His explanation, to justify the presence of the thirteen year old on stage in bikini and heels, was lapidary and destined to make people discuss: “The girl wanted to play and made it play.” And, again: “Here in Campania there are other Miss competitions, they make the 13 -year -old girls parade in the thong, I make them put the sake, whatever they see them with the c..o outside!”. A defensive line that, however, was not enough to appease criticism or convince the national leaders.
Miss Italy, the hard line of Patrizia Mirigliani
Patrizia Mirigliani’s reaction was in fact clear and peremptory. The competition regulation is designed to accompany the girls over time. The title of “Miss Mascotte” is reserved exclusively at 17 year oldswhich thus obtain the right to access the selections for Miss Italy the following yearat the age of majority. The violation led to an inevitable consequence, as formalized in the official press release: «The Miss Italy competition has ordered The immediate revocation of the Insect of Regional Excivivist of Campania to Antonio Contaldo ».
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