She is a beautiful Italian (8)

I believe the answer is:

isabella

'she' is the definition.

'is a beautiful italian' is the wordplay.
'beautiful italian' becomes 'bella' ('beautiful' in Italian).
'is'+'a'+'bella'='ISABELLA'

(Other definitions for isabella that I've seen before include "sludgy colour" , "Consort of Edward II" , "Mother of Edward III" , "foreign girl" , "Spanish queen who was patron of Christopher Columbus" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and The Sun.

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