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- ↑ Drogo, Marco (December 24, 2021). "La torinese Elecktra Bionic svetta nella gara tra le drag queen: è sua la vittoria". Torino Today (in Italian). Archived from the original on December 24, 2021. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
- ↑ De Tommasi, Alessandra (13 April 2022). "Elecktra Bionic: "La mia rinascita interiore"". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
- ↑ Lorenzetti, Simona (December 22, 2018). "Torino, drag queen aggredita picchia e mette in fuga gli assalitori". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Archived from the original on February 27, 2022. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
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