Miss Grand Apulia

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Miss Grand Apulia
Miss Grand Puglia
FormationAugust 21, 2021;2 years ago (2021-08-21)
FounderGiuseppe Romanelli
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Martina Franca
Location
Membership
Miss Grand Italy
Official language
Italian
Director
Giuseppe Romanelli (2021–present)

Miss Grand Apulia (Italian : Miss Grand Puglia) is an Italian regional female beauty pageant, [1] [2] founded in 2022 by a Martina Franca-based entrepreneur, Giuseppe Romanelli. [3] [4] The winners of the contest represent the region of Apulia in the Miss Grand Italy national pageant. [5] [6]

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Since their first participation in the Miss Grand Italy pageant, Apulia representatives won the contest once in 2022 by Miriam Malerba, [5] [7] who then competed internationally in the international tournament in Indonesia, [5] but was unplaced. [8] [9] Other placements they obtained remain unclarified due to a lack of summarized national competition results publicized by both regional and national organizers.

History

After Miss Grand Italy began franchising the regional license to local organizers, the Apulia franchise was awarded to entrepreneur Giuseppe Romanelli of Martina Franca, who has been serving as the director of Miss Grand Apulia since 2021. [3] [4] [10] [11] Under his directorship, the first contest of Miss Grand Apulia happened on August 21, 2021, at the Club L'egizio Restaurant in Martina Franca, [3] in which four candidates were elected as the region representatives to the Miss Grand Italy 2021 pageant. [4] The contest has been held annually since then. [12] [1] [13]

Besides the regional winner, some runners-up were also sent to compete in the national contest. [13] Several local auditions and contests were organized annually to elect the finalists for the region-level pageant. [14] [15]

Editions

The following table details Miss Grand Apulia's annual editions since 2021.

EditionDateFinal venueEntrantsWinnerRef.
1stAugust 21, 2021Club L'egizio Restaurant, Martina Franca (TA)N/ANone [lower-alpha 1] [3] [4]
2ndAugust 25, 2022Villa dei Sogni, Martina Franca (TA)15Miriam Malerba [12] [7]
3rdDecember 10, 2022Hotel Villa Rosa, Martina Franca (TA)N/AMarika Giannattasio [1] [13]
4thJune 23, 2024 [16]
Note
  1. Three candidates were elected to compete at the Miss Grand Italy 2021 pageant; no actual Miss Grand Apulia 2021 was crowned. [4]

National competition

The following is a list of representatives of the region of Apulia in the Miss Grand Italy national pageant.

YearRepresentativeOriginal state titlePlacement at Miss Grand ItalyRef.
2021Anna NoceraWinners of the 2021 Apulia qualification stageNo data available [4]
Swami Di Noia
Miriam Circelli
2022Miriam MalerbaMiss Grand Apulia 2022Winner [7]
2023Marika GiannattasioMiss Grand Apulia 2023No data available [13]

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