Does This Model Look Like An Ancient Greek Towel Boy?

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Gio Scotti is an Italian model and influencer, and somehow earned a reputation for resembling and Ancient Greek towel boy, stirring up some pretty disturbing online discourse.   For more information, visit: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/gio-scotti-ancient-greek-towel-boy  Check out our new MEME STORE: https://thememestore.com/  Subscribe to our channel to learn more about trending memes, hear interviews from meme personalities and more! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbrPqq29C9Q_TQP7OFFRzcw?sub_confirmation=1  #meme #memes #memesvideos

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00:00How did this model become known for looking like an ancient Greek towel boy?

00:04Most models are known for their beautiful appearance, and until 2022,

00:08so was Italian model and influencer Gio Scotti. Giovanna Scotti has racked up millions of

00:13followers across social media platforms, where she posts content like lipdubs,

00:17makeup tutorials, and other content showing off her beauty, sometimes speaking to the

00:21viewer in Italian. She's collaborated with high-end brands like Prada and Armani,

00:27and overall is a somewhat respected figure in fashion. So how did she become the face of this

00:31weird Greek towel boy meme? It all started with a single tweet. In May of 2022, Twitter user

00:37HinduStallion5 posted a since-deleted tweet, attaching one of Scotti's TikTok videos where

00:42she has short hair, and captioning it, this is what 13-year-old boys looked like in ancient Greece,

00:47and then another line that ties in a certain factoid about ancient Greek society. If you don't know,

00:52ancient Greece is often discussed online for its controversial and widely debated historical

00:56customs, particularly those related to power dynamics and relationships that would be considered

01:01highly inappropriate today. According to HinduStallion5, Gio is what they imagined young

01:06boys involved in such power dynamics would look like, even though Gio is in fact Italian, not Greek,

01:12and is in fact an adult woman and not an adolescent boy. But the user took it a step further,

01:17making an uncomfortable joke that seemed to sympathize with those outdated and deeply problematic

01:21views. Some on Twitter were quick to call out the user for the odd statement, even after the tweet

01:26was deleted. Others apparently thought he was onto something, and would start to spread the same

01:30message, alongside pictures or videos of Gio. Like user Schizofreak, who in October of 2022,

01:36posted a video of Gio with a similarly bizarre and provocative message, once again tying her

01:41appearance to ancient Roman or Greek stereotypes. Another Twitter user shared a similar but more

01:46explicit sentiment, which garnered over 3 million views in just three days. The tweets inspired

01:51discourse about the comparison once again, with many pointing out just how inane the entire concept

01:55seemed. The discourse eventually got so big as to make its way back to Gio, who responded to it in

02:00February of 2023. She posted a response in Italian and an Instagram story in English which read,

02:06For those who don't speak Italian, I'm referring to the meme of months ago, according to which I

02:10should be a 13-year-old Greek boy. And since I don't use Twitter, I have only now discovered

02:14everything that is being created behind it. I don't even know what to think.

02:17After the meme was introduced, it wasn't long before the internet found other notable women

02:22with which to compare to ancient Greek towel boys. The next victim was German professional

02:26soccer player Charlotte Boll. Several notable tweets surfaced, also looping her into the meme,

02:31noting her particular kind of ancient Greek boy-adjacent beauty. Memes about Gio Scottie

02:35and the Greek towel boy discourse are still common to see, as many still equate feminine beauty with

02:40outdated and inappropriate archetypes in uncomfortable ways. What do you think about Gio Scottie and the

02:45ancient Greek towel boy meme? Let us know in the comments, and make sure to like and subscribe

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