Miss Grand Basilicata

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Miss Grand Basilicata
Formation31 August 2019;5 years ago (2019-08-31)
FounderDario Marena
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Basilicata
Location
Membership
Miss Grand Italy
Official language
Italian
Director
  • Dario Marena (2019)
  • Canio Loguercio (2021)
  • Franco Capasso (2023–present)

Miss Grand Basilicata is an Italian regional female beauty pageant, [1] [2] [3] founded in 2019 by Dario Marena. [1] [4] The winners of the contest represent the region of Basilicata in the Miss Grand Italy national pageant. [1] [2] [5]

Contents

Since their first participation in the Miss Grand Italy pageant, Basilicata representatives won the contest once in 2019 by Mirea Sorrentino, [6] and was placed among the top 10 finalists in 2020 with the representation of Michela Cardillo Stagno. [7]

History

After the Miss Grand Italy director, Giuseppe Puzio, began franching the regional competitions to local organizers in 2019, the license for Basilicata was granted to Dario Marena. [4] In cooperation with the director of Miss Grand Campania, Crescenzo De Carmine, the first contest of Miss Grand Basilicata was then held parallelly with Miss Grand Campania on 31 August of that year at the Centro Commerciale Liz Gallery in Montesarchio, [1] [2] [8] The contest featured 20 contestants, of whom, a model Mirea Sorrentino was named the Miss Grand Basilicata 2019, [1] [9] [10] while Erika Argenziano was elected as Miss Grand Campania. [1] [10]

Several local contests and auditions were organized annually to determine the finalists for the region-level pageants. [4] In 2021 and 2023, the competition license was transferred to Canio Loguercio and Franco Capasso, respectively. [11] [12]

Editions

The following table details Miss Grand Basilicata's annual editions since 2019.

EditionDateFinal venueEntrantsWinnerRef.
1st [lower-alpha 1] 31 August 2019Centro Commerciale Liz Gallery, Montesarchio (BN)20Mirea Sorrentino [8] [9]
2nd [lower-alpha 2] 6 September 2020Relais Il Feudo Hotel, Ceppaloni (BN)N/AMichela Cardillo Stagno [13] [14]
3rd9 September 2021MH Matera Hotel, Matera (MT)No data available
4th [lower-alpha 3] 3 June 2023Via Madre Teresa di Calcutta, San Martino Valle Caudina (AV)N/ALucia Pia Vitolo [12] [15]
Notes
  1. Held parallelly with the Miss Grand Campania 2019 pageant. [1] [8] [9]
  2. Held parallelly with the Miss Grand Campania 2020 pageant. [3] [13] [14]
  3. Held parallelly with the Miss Grand Campania 2023 and Miss Grand Molise 2023 pageants. [12]

National competition

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

YearRepresentativeOriginal regional titlePlacement at Miss Grand ItalyRef.
2019Mirea SorrentinoMiss Grand Basilicata 2019Winner [6] [9]
2020Michela Cardillo StagnoMiss Grand Basilicata 2020Top 10 [7] [14]
2023Lucia Pia VitoloMiss Grand Basilicata 2023No data available [15]

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