Posted on 08/01/2024 7:39:58 AM PDT by Red Badger
Italian gymnast Giorgia Villa poses with her beloved Parmesan. Photograph: Gabriele Seghizzi - Parmigiano Reggiano
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Giorgia Villa won silver with Italy in the women’s team final. But her passion for parmesan has also gained attention
Three years ago Italian gymnast Giorgia Villa was cruelly denied her first shot at Olympic glory when she injured her ankle less than two weeks before getting on the plane for Tokyo. On Tuesday, the 21-year-old from Brescia helped Italy to their first medal in artistic gymnastics since 1928, teaming with Angela Andreoli, Alice D’Amato, Manila Esposito and Elisa Iorio to win a historic silver behind the United States.
The Italian quintet have become overnight celebrities back home, where they have been dubbed le fate d’argento (the silver fairies). But Villa’s profile has managed to transcend gymnastics in the days since her landmark medal thanks to a viral tweet which unearthed her endorsement deal with parmesan cheese.
The images speak for themselves. There’s Villa posing in her leotard next to a wheel of parmesan. There’s Villa seated proudly with three wheels of parmesan, performing an aerial cartwheel over a wheel of parmesan, doing the splits on four wheels of, yep, parmesan. There’s Villa giving a warm embrace to her “best friend” – you guessed it – a wheel of parmesan. More than 20 sponsored posts across Villa’s social media channels have featured her showing off wheels, blocks and bite-size packets of the hard cheese.
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I don’t care. They are all competing in an event that kicked off in an extravaganza that mocked Jesus Christ, and elevated complete perversion.
Celebrating them is like celebrating the court jesters of King Herod.
I live on a strange planet.
FINALLY! An Olympics article I can enjoy!
Italian=awesome.
“The images speak for themselves.”
That’s quite a cheesecake!
I hear she sold out to Big Parma...
Gotta love the Italians. Heck, they even babysit Brandon at world meetings.
Thanks RB for helping us to forget the horrendous images associated with the Olympic Opening Ceremony.
That’s a Gouda one!...................
Sorry. They’re all participants in the attack on Western Civilization.
You win the interwebs comment of the day.
Well, that’s stupid. Got 3 wheels of cheese filthy and germy for nothing. Just a continuation ick from these games. I am sick of their games.
She likes really big and hard..........................cheese........................
They are covered in wax...............
Yes, +1.
What a nice, wholesome looking young lady. One would wish her well.
“Behold the Power of Cheese”.
Gold medal for the cutest thing ever.
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