Eralda Hitaj

Describe where you were raised and what your childhood was like.
Being raised in Tirana is a unique experience that makes you grow up strong and brave. What I've learned by living my childhood in my country is to recognize and give importance to the small emotional things that sometimes people don't value when they grow up. I have grown up by playing and sharing everything with my friends who I still consider the biggest treasures of my childhood. Even though we have never had fancy toys or big amusement parks like Disneyland, we have learned to share everything and have fun with what we have. Now I know that my childhood has been richer and much more beautiful because it has been full of real emotions.

What makes you unique and different from the other contestants?
I am part of the new generation that has made true and big changes in my country by doing what we believe is right. Although the prejudices we face everyday challenge us step by step, I believe that this has made me stronger and braver in admitting and doing what I think is right.