Miss USA Hopeful: I’m the Product Of a Rape

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Photo Credit: Getty Images A stunning Miss USA hopeful revealed Thursday that she was conceived when her mother was attacked and raped at knifepoint when she was 19 years old…

At a very young age, her mother told her: “Something bad happened to me. A very bad man hurt me, but God gave me you,” she said on the “Today” show.

Gatto’s mom kept the pregnancy a secret and intended to give her baby up for adoption.

But Gatto’s great-grandmother encouraged the new mom to keep her bundle of joy. “God doesn’t give you more than you can handle,” her great-grandmother said, according to Gatto’s online bio.

Now the pageant contestant uses the traumatic experience to teach others about the reality of sexual violence.

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