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- Winning a competition can be life-changing, and for Sister Cristina Scuccia, that is exactly what happened.
- The former nun won the Italian version of popular singing show, 'The Voice'.
- Years after winning, she decided to move to Spain and start work as a waitress.
A woman who won the Italian version of The Voice has quit serving as a nun. Sister Cristina Scuccia won the Italian version of the popular television singing contest 'The Voice' ('La Voz' in Italy) in 2014. It has emerged that she is no longer a nun and is now a waitress living in Spain.
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Her rendition of Alicia Keys' 'No One' moved the world. Nine years later, the talented singer works a regular job to keep herself afloat. She appeared on Italian TV recently, surprising viewers with the new revelations about her life.
Scuccia says she still performs and sings and has some success after winning the TV song contest, performing in musicals like Sister Act and Titanic.
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"Sister Cristina is within me. I am who I am now thanks to Sister Cristina," she said. Scuccia, who was born in Sicily in 1988, added that she had "followed a wonderful path in which there have been difficulties" but that right now, she can smile "even more than before".
She reassured her fans that she "continues to believe in God" and that she has "no intention" of renouncing her faith, adding that she is "grateful for everything she has experienced in life up until now".
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Speaking about why she quit being a nun, Scuccia explained that "this media exposure, over time, was the engine of many questions" and that during the Covid pandemic, when everything shut down, she was able to be introspective and reflect on her happiness.
She explained that she sought help from a psychologist, is doing much better now and believes she will find love one day. "It's not my priority right now. You have to take care of yourself and love yourself before you can love others," she added.
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