Zeudi di Palma, a 20-year-old
sociology student and model from Naples, was crowned Miss Italia
at the final of the competition in Venice overnight.
"Congratulations to Zeudi Di Palma, the winner of Miss Italia
2021," tweeted Naples Mayor Gaetano Manfredi.
"Pride of Scampia and of all of Naples. We await you at (city
hall in) Palazzo San Giacomo".
The closing stages of the competition were made all the more
dramatic by a error in which it appeared that di Palma had been
eliminated at the last-three stage, but the mistake was quickly
rectified.
Di Palma is from Scampia, a suburb of Naples with big problems
with crime and poverty.
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