Gigi Una/History

Gigi Una was born ะจหะระ อุนะ (Achara Xuna) but had her name changed to ละลิซะ หเลเนเ อุนะ (Lalisa Helene Xuna) when a fortune teller told her mother that the name would bring love into her life; later on, she would change her last name to Andreas-Una when she was adopted. She identifies herself as Thai with some Italian heritage.

## Life Before Passione

Gigi was the only child of Donatella Una and Solido Nasto; the latter unknowingly died before she was born. Donatella and Gigi briefly lived in Fonnia, Sardinia while the former attempted to reach out to her lover under the belief that he was merely sent away to the military before his village was burned down. Eventually, Donatella received an offer to teach Italian and English in Thailand and decided to move back to her home country when Gigi was five. They would spend the next 10 years in Bangkok, Thailand, where Gigi would attend ประถมศึกษา (Prathom Suksa) and มัธยมศึกษา (Mattayom Suksa) at the International School Bangkok as part of her mother's job offer. Gigi ended up being fluent in both Thai and Italian, as well as conversational English, the latter is greatly improved by the time she arrived in Italy later on.

Gigi described her childhood as an uneventful and her relationship with her mother a loving one. She also grew up believing that her father was merely sent away from the military and hears about how her grandfather tried to separate her father from her mother; however, she has never seen or met her grandfather before and only know his image based on an old photo that she secretly took from her mother. Through Donatella, Gigi developed a taste for high-end fashion and art as well as an interest in luxury brands. Part of this contributed to her attempting to fit in with her classmates in the private school setting, as many of her peers were from wealthy families either within or outside of Thailand, and she was aware of her mother's position as a teacher allowing her to attend the school despite their actual income and subsidies. She also developed her cold and frivolous personality to blend in with her female peers, although she secretly detested how it has developed into her own personality as time passed, and acted in such a way so to also avoid further bullying due to her mixed heritage and lower social standing.

Although Donatella was caring and tended to her daughter while juggling her job as a teacher, she was unaware of Gigi's schooling situation regarding her classmates but willing to provide Gigi with luxury items when she can. Gigi noticed how her mother often yearned to see her father again and often heard stories about their brief romance told repeatedly. She ended up beoming pessimistic about the possibility of seeing her father again, wishing that her mother would stop dwelling on the past and focus more on her current life now, and believed that her father never really cared for them in the first place. Despite loathing her father, she secretly kept a photo of her father with her at all times, guarding it fiercely whenever she was picked on for carrying such memento, until it was stolen by her grandfather later on.

Donatella's job contract eventually ended, along with Gigi's tuition. Her mother decided to return back to Italy after feeling homesick for Sardinia and believing that her daughter should pursue her career in the arts in Italy instead. However, she left her daughter in Thailand due to the latter at the time studying for her upcoming exams and wanting to use the time setting up their new home to find Solido Nasto once more. At the same time, Gigi knew of her mother's weakened heart growing up, and knew that her health conditions were not going to get better. It would be the last time Gigi saw her mother in person.

## Being Escorted By Olio's Team

Unbeknownst to the doctor, Gigi was able to hear is conversation in Italian and correctly speculated that her mother's actual death was a covered-up murder instead of her heart simply giving out. Gigi immediately suspected foul play was put in, believing that whoever was parading as her father must have killed her mother for a reason and therefore would kill Gigi next, but also fearing that her father was actually alive instead and set out to kill her. When she was addressed by the mafiosos under supposed orders of her father, Gigi began to establish herself as a rude brat and demanded that her father provided her with the necessary luxury items needed as a means to compensate for loss time; she further told the mafiosos that her father, as the leader of Passione, should be able to afford such things if he was really that great and as compensation for lost time. She also feigned being excited to see her father, although the act is interpreted as her simply wanting his material worth rather than genuine fear of what's to come.

She was eventually escorted from Thailand to Italy, arriving in Naples for the first time to be under the care of Ogio Engio. From there, she was passed around from different hitman teams, all of whom did not like her due to her high expectations and demands, and some willingly refusing to oversee her. She was eventually put into The Hitman Team as a final mission before confirming Olio Nero's role as the new Capo. She maintained her spoiled brat act, but quickly realized that no one on the team was phased by it, save for Andreas Arancini and initially Zura Grattachecca; it was Anita Cicchetti that she eventually opened up to due to their shared interest, and later on Taehyung Pescatore when she was seen talking about her past with him as she tended his wounds.

She was initially wary of Giorno Giovanna, who often referred to her as Trish on accident, but eventually befriended him too. Clara E. was able to point out that her attitude was merely an act based on how Gigi, despite presenting her as a selfish and vain individual, went out of her way to help the team and even sacrifice herself on the train ride to Florence. This is further proven with Gigi's Stand BLACKPINK was revealed to her and she used it to help the team fight agains their enemies, including her grandfather. She would later on stay behind inside Coco Jumbo to tend Taehyung's wounds after the team's initial encounter with Dr. Doccio Ciocolatta and Secco. During the body switch, she was placed into Andreas' body while Andreas was placed into Zura's and Zura's into Gigi's. Gigi commented on how she wished she could have been in Zura's body instead of a "stinky, unkempt rat" like Andreas, similar to how the original Trish commented on being in the original Mista's body. After the body switch, she shared a laugh with Andreas and apologized for her comment earlier. The two of them tried racing each other to the Colosseum to meet up with Olio Nero.

## Post-Fate of Zephyr

After Giorno was announced to be the supposed leader of Passione, he gave out a statement explaining Gigi's involvement as just an innocent school girl from Thailand taken from a human trafficking ring that was roped into corruption and would eventually be used as a scapegoat had Giorno not step in. Gigi's identity remained anonymous, with bribes solidifying the belief that her name was actually (ภระนปริยะ ศะjะกุล) Pranpriya Sajakul and that she was actually 10 years old instead of 15. The lies not only hid Gigi's identity but also allowed public opinion to sway in Giorno's favor, making his transition to power easier to accept.

Gigi was eventually taken in by Andreas when he retired from his position in The Hitman Team. It was Andreas that offered her a place to stay and legal guardianship while she continued finishing her education and live with him in Olio's old home. After hearing about her interest in producing music and song writing, Andreas and Giorno set up her new living space with the most current music producing technology for her to use. Gigi began to find new friends in her school through her interest in music before being recruited by a talent agency to model and eventually release her first album. This led her to gain international success, garnering herself many fans and ultimately shot her into stardom. Between her rise to stardom and her becoming adopted, she had her name legally changed to Gigi Andreas-Una in order to further preserve her identity and to be officially adopted by Andreas. According to Gigi, the change to new name was her way of transitioning from the pain of losing her parents into a new life with her new family. She has a memorial set up for both her father and mother in Sardinia.

## Comparison to the Original Trish

Both Gigi and Trish share similar traits in terms of names, personality, and backstory. Like Trish, Gigi is named after an American model, Gigi Hadid, and shares the same tastes and distastes, and their life leading them to be caught up in Passione's agenda.

Unlike the real Trish, Gigi is both Italian and Thai and lived in Thailand for the majority of her life instead of Sardinia. Gigi's backstory is more fully described to explain her personality, mainly her preference for higher-end, luxury items, snobbish/rude personality, and personal insecurities. Gigi's Stand is also based on a girl group, namely BLACKPINK, instead of Spice Girl, and her appearance is more closely resembling their members instead of the model she is named after.