(ANSA) - TERNI, 01 DEC - Anna Giulia Fossatelli, the 18-year-old from Terni competing in the Miss Italia selection, insulted on social media because she is considered, due to her olive complexion, dark eyes and hair, is willing to report to the police. " non-Italian ". To report the comments posted on Instagram by a user, under one of the photos published by the girl - who has no foreign origin - is the Messenger.
"Even if you have an Italian surname, you are not Italian, you are a mestizo", "You are half Arab", or "Join the competition of your country!" some of the sentences addressed to the young woman.
Which, contacted by ANSA, explains that it will file a complaint. "Not for a personal matter, being Italian - she explains -, but for girls who really have foreign origins and who can have serious problems due to these facts. These things must be reported because they cannot happen".
In the last few hours, the young woman has received numerous messages of solidarity, including that of the mayor of Terni, LeonardoLatini. "The city - he wrote - feels proudly represented by Anna Giulia Fossatelli, to whom my full support goes for the insults received. Sorry to read some idiotic and vulgar comments against her".
According to the senator of the Lega Valeria Alessandrini, whoever insults the young person "does not deserve any consideration".
"Affection and closeness" are also expressed by the Pd of Terni, according to which the same is "a victim of the ignorance and grace of the usual keyboard lions".
As part of the Miss Italia selections, the eighteen year old, who is attending the last year of the Tacito classical high school in Terni, won the Miss Sorriso sash last week.
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