Alice Sabatini: From Miss Italia to Basketball Passion and Beyond

Alice Sabatini, Miss Italia in 2015, has laid down her crown. She chose to return to playing basketball, her passion. She plays in series B with the women's team of Varese, her city that wanted her back. Now for her, as she tells Corriere della Sera, it's a return to the past. A past that reminds her of when she was little and wanted to become a great player. "When I was younger, I played with the commitment of someone who wants to become strong. I believed I would make it, however, life changed with Miss Italia: I had to choose and I rode what happened to me." A Miss Italia with short hair. "I do things on instinct, they must represent myself. Since I was a child, I have had short hair: I had a grandfather who was a barber, he cut them for me with pride. I have never regretted the look." A girl who has never spared herself, who has tried to do everything, without ever backing down. From sports to being an actress but also in fashion, on TV as in advertising. "I studied to become an actress: it's a difficult world, into which I am entering on tiptoe, also taking some nos. I have been in fashion since I was 3 years old: it is the "comfort zone" where I feel best. Being a player finally satisfies a passion. And passions should be followed." The danger of social networks. Of her victory at Miss Italia, there are still those who crucify her for a joke. She said, remembers the Corsera: "I would like to be in 1942 to experience World War II, given the pages dedicated by books: anyway, being a woman, I would not do the military and would be at home with fear..." Today, "I don't talk about it anymore: I have explained the meaning of that phrase many times, those who want to understand, understand." For Alice, the fall of Chiara Ferragni teaches that in life you have to stay grounded and be careful: one mistake and you're ruined. In certain contexts, you cannot not be on social networks, but you must separate the private from the public, remembering that social networks do not reflect reality and that they should be a place of stimulation, not debasement. Alice Sabatini on her own skin for example understood that "from the days of Miss Italia I understood the difference between those who know you and those who don't: some things have to be let slide. Finally, I enjoy what I have without envy." The ex-boyfriend too jealous and the new love. Question from Corriere della Sera: Is it true that she left a boyfriend who was too jealous? Answer: "It happened before Miss Italia. But it didn't happen because of jealousy, we didn't get along anymore. Moreover, I find being possessive and morbid unacceptable." In general: "We must teach that love is not possession. The message must be passed in the family that you cannot die for love." Now her future is with Gabriele Benetti, a basketball player in JuVi Cremona with whom she also shares a clothing line. Who does Alice see herself in today? "In the feminine, I see myself in Linda Evangelista. The male symbol? I don't choose a public figure, I prefer to say that I have discovered great things in Gabriele, the one I have by my side: he has overcome many obstacles with a smile and with a strength that I would not have had."