Italian beauty queen 'whose boyfriend threw ACID in her face' bares her shocking scars for the first time as she appears on TV to speak candidly about her horrific ordeal

• Gessica Notaro had acid poured onto her face outside her home in Rimini, Italy 
• Beauty spent two months 'imprisoned' in hospital treated for her horrific injuries
• Spoke to visitors through glass and her mother was sterilised before entering
• Bared her scars on TV for the first time; show will air on Thursday 
• Wears a mask and must wait a year before she's well enough for plastic surgery
• 'My face is ruined but my facial features are still there,' she told MailOnline
• Her jilted boyfriend, Jorge Tavares, who denies the attack, is in jail awaiting trial

The Italian beauty queen who allegedly had acid thrown in her face by a jilted ex-boyfriend has bared her scars on TV for the first time.
Gessica Notaro, 27, whose ex denies the attack and is awaiting trial, appeared on Canale 5's Maurizio Costanzo show and told viewers: 'I want you to see what he did to me. This isn't love.'
The aquarium worker has spent two months 'imprisoned' in her hospital room in Cesena, Rimini, being treated for her horrific injuries after she was allegedly ambushed by bodyguard Jorge Edson Tavares.




Gessica Notaro, 27, the Italian beauty queen who allegedly had acid thrown in her face by a jilted ex-boyfriend, has bared her scars on TV for the first time
Speaking about her ordeal, she said: 'While the acid ate away at my face I was on my knees praying. I prayed to God: take away my beauty but at least leave me with my sight.'
The aspiring singer, who met Tavares three years ago when they both worked at a dolphin aquarium in her home city Rimini, could only speak to visitors through a glass window. Her mother had to be sterilised before entering the room.


Now, she faces a year-long wait until she is well enough for plastic surgery, spending £600 a month on medication, eye drops and lotions, to subdue her pain. Meanwhile Tavares, who denies the attack, is in prison awaiting trial.
Speaking to MailOnline last week on her return from hospital, Gessica, 28, told MailOnline: 'I did my own two months of prison. I can't live life as I used to. I can't go out in the sun, am constantly trapped in this mask and my face hurts all the time.