Chiara Bordi, 18, lost her leg in a bike accident when she was 13. But she did not let her injury dictate her dreams or her life.
She has now made it to this year¡¯s Miss Italy finals and dodged all kinds of abuses from online trolls who said she was only in the contest because she was ¡®crippled¡¯.
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In response to the trolls Bordi wrote,"I'm missing a leg, but you're missing a heart and brain"
She proudly displayed her prosthetic leg during the beauty pageant while she competed in the swimsuit and evening-wear rounds.
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"There are all sorts of frustrations and dissatisfactions behind this nastiness," Bordi wrote.?
"I'm not interested in winning, but showing the world that life is still beautiful (even) when reborn after a dramatic event," Bordi told AFP.?
More power to you, Chiara Bordi!
Inputs AFP.?