Gia Valenti

The Sicilian sophisticate has come out to play.

Sicilian by blood, raised all over the world, I'm an international sort of girl with a slightly sideways way of seeing things. I'm open-minded and philosophical, and also quite pragmatic about how most things really are.

I carry the island in my blood: long, lazy lunches that slip into evening, salt drying on warm skin, and the slow burn of a Sicilian summer night. I believe in taking pleasure seriously. I'd rather spend three hours tangled up in conversation with someone fascinating than three minutes with someone who isn't.

I want someone with curiosity and nerve. You know how to hold a gaze a moment too long, you'll argue about a film over a second bottle, and you understand that the best nights are the ones nobody planned. Charm will catch my eye. Wit, warmth and a little danger will keep me up all night.

I'm a saucy little minx looking for some mischief. Let's sneak through the city on a night-time safari and taste everything life has to offer, because pleasure is my middle name. Take me to the opera, to a gallery opening, to a long, lingering degustation. Then take me home and devour me whole.

Music keeps my heart beating. Without it, life would be a blank page. I have an endless love of poetry, a soft spot for indie film, and above all a devotion to the sensuality of life.

So tell me. Do you burn? Do you want more? Is there an ache deep down that won't go away?

Under the polished surface is something wild and untameable: a fire like Etna, a sea that won't settle, a storm that never ends.

Say the word, and burn with me.