Formation | August 29, 2019 |
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Founder | Luca De Simone |
Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Campania |
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Membership | Miss Grand Italy |
Official language | Italian |
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Miss Grand Campania is an Italian regional female beauty pageant, [1] [2] [3] [4] founded in 2019 by Luca De Simone and Crescenzo De Carmine who organized two separated regional events in Mirabella Eclano and Montesarchio, respectively. [5] [6] [7] The winners of the contest represent the region of Campania in the Miss Grand Italy national pageant. [1] [8] [9] [10]
Since the foundation of the Miss Grand Italy pageant, Campania candidates obtained the main title once in 2020, won by Filomena Venuso. [11] [12] The other placements they obtained remain unclarified due to a lack of national competition results publicized by both regional and national organizers.
After the Miss Grand Italy director, Giuseppe Puzio, began franching the regional competitions to local organizers in 2019, the license for Campania was granted to Crescenzo De Carmine. [13] [14] [15] In cooperation with the director of Miss Grand Basilicata, Dario Marena, the first contest of 'Miss Grand Campania' was then held parallelly with Miss Grand Basilicata on August 31 of that year at the Centro Commerciale Liz Gallery in Montesarchio, [13] [14] [16]
The contest featured 20 contestants, of whom, a model Erika Argenziano was named Miss Grand Campania 2019, [13] [17] while Mirea Sorrentino was elected Miss Grand Basilicata. [13] [18] [17] Other two regional final of Miss Grand Campania 2019 happened in Mirabella Eclano and San Bartolomeo in Galdo; the winner of which also qualified for the national stage. [5] [19] [20] The competition license was then transferred to Emanuele Porcelli in 2021. [21] [22]
Later in 2022, the license was then taken over by Franco Capasso. [2] [23] Under his direction, several local pageants, such as in Naples and San Martino Valle Caudina, was organized to determined the candidates for the region-level contest. [2] [24] Capasso also served as the pageant director in 2023 and 2024. [1] [25]
Besides the main winner, some regional runners-up were also sent to compete in the national round. [26] [18] [27]
The following table details Miss Grand Campania's annual editions since 2019.
Edition | Date | Final venue | Entrants | Winner | Ref. |
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1st | August 29, 2019 | Piazza XXIV Maggio, Mirabella Eclano (AV) | 21 | Federica Rizza | [19] [5] |
August 18, 2019 | Via Pasquale Circelli, San Bartolomeo in Galdo (BN) | No data available | |||
2nd [lower-alpha 1] | August 31, 2019 | Centro Commerciale Liz Gallery, Montesarchio (BN) | 20 | Erika Argenziano | [13] [16] [18] |
3rd [lower-alpha 2] | September 6, 2020 | Relais Il Feudo Hotel, Ceppaloni (BN) | N/A | Erika De Marino | [29] [30] |
4th | August 2021 | No data available [lower-alpha 3] | [21] [22] | ||
5th | September 9, 2022 | Antiche Terme Jacobelli, Telese Terme (BN) | 14 | Lucia Pia Vitolo | [31] [23] [26] |
6th [lower-alpha 4] | June 3, 2023 | Via Madre Teresa di Calcutta, San Martino Valle Caudina (AV) | N/A | Rossella Crisci | [8] [25] [32] |
7th | August 13, 2023 | Piazza Medaglie d'Oro, Montefalcone di Val Fortore (BN) | N/A | Mayara Dos Santos | [27] [33] |
The following is a list of representatives of the region of Campania in the Miss Grand Italy national pageant.
Year | Representative | Original regional title | Placement at Miss Grand Italy | Ref. | |
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2019 | Federica Rizza | Miss Grand Campania 2019 (Mirabella Eclano-based pageant) | No data available | [5] | |
Erika Argenziano | Miss Grand Campania 2019 (Montesarchio-based pageant) | No data available | |||
2020 | Erika De Marino | Miss Grand Campania 2020 | No data available | [30] | |
Filomena Venuso | No data available | Winner | |||
2021 | No data available [lower-alpha 3] | ||||
2022 | Lucia Pia Vitolo | Miss Grand Campania 2022 | No data available | [31] [26] | |
2023 | Rossella Crisci | Miss Grand Campania 2023 | No data available | [8] [32] | |
2024 | Mayara Dos Santos | Miss Grand Campania 2024 | [ to be determined ] | [33] |
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