Ditonellapiaga wins legal dispute with Patrizia Mirigliani: the album can be called “Miss Italy”

The surreal legal dispute over the title of her latest album has been settled in favor of Ditonellapiaga: the Court of Rome has rejected the appeal filed by Patrizia Mirigliani, organizer of the beauty pageant, against the use of the title "Miss Italy", confirming that the album can keep its original name.

The organizers of the historic pageant had opposed the move, raising doubts about the content of the title track, which they deemed potentially damaging to the dignity of contestants. The case had gone to a hearing on April 8; the ruling now clarifies the legitimacy of using the title.

The Roman artist, born Margherita Carducci, was assisted alongside her label BMG by lawyers Domenico Capra and Donato Brienza. Commenting on the ruling, Ditonellapiaga champions the value of creative freedom: "It's important that the freedom to express oneself artistically be protected, as long as it doesn't harm anyone else's dignity. In 'Miss Italy' I distilled a personal imagery made of fragility, a sense of inadequacy, and the acceptance of imperfection. I'm glad this meaning came across."

For Ditonellapiaga, "Miss Italy" isn't just the title of the beauty queen, it's first and foremost a cliché — that of "the winner, the perfect woman, someone who never makes mistakes and embodies an absolute idea of success," as she has explained in interviews. It's a figure gradually brought back down, across the album, to a more fragile dimension, as in the title track, a biting reflection on the construction of image in which the figure of the Miss is hollowed out and called into question ("⟦Q1⟧").

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