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Olympic gymnast Giorgia Villa is sponsored by parmesan and takes many photos with a wheel of cheese (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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https://gabrieleseghizzi.com/stories/giorgia-villa-parmigiano-reggiano/

https://www.si.com/olympics/italy-gymnast-giorgia-villa-parmesan-cheese-endorsement-deal

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They're fake, made of plastic

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I really doubt that... Why would they go through the cost of producing a plastic version of their product when they could simply use the actual article? I worked in a cheese shop for years, these particular wheels are VERY durable - I legitimately can't think of any benefit in using a fake cheese wheel, aside from TheTetrapod's correct comment about these wheels sweating oil (which makes most people's skin breakout into acne) which can be easily and immediately solved by using a rag.

edit: and again, having worked closely with this exact cheese many many many times, that is exactly what they look like as whole wheels. I have zero reason to believe this is plastic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I'm Italian, those prop cheese wheels are pretty common, for store displays and such. Google "Forma parmigiano plastica" and you'll find a lot of them.