Miss Grand Italy

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Miss Grand Italy
FormationSeptember 10, 2019;5 years ago (2019-09-10)
FounderGiuseppe Puzio
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Benevento
Location
Official language
Italian
National Director
Giuseppe Puzio
Parent organization
  • MUPI SRL. (2019–present)
  • Venus Dea (2015–2016)
  • Gateway Celebrities Management (2013–2014)
Affiliations Miss Grand International
Website Official website

Miss Grand Italy (Italian : Miss Grand Italia) or Miss Grand International Italy is a national female beauty pageant in Italy, held annually since 2019, aiming to select the country representative for Miss Grand International, [1] [2] [3] [4] which is an annual international beauty pageant promoting World Peace and against all kinds of conflicts. [5] [6] The pageant has been being managed by a Benevento-based event organizer MUPI SRL., chaired by Giuseppe Puzio, since its establishment. [3] [7] [8]

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Since the establishment of Miss Grand International, to date, Italy representatives have never won the contest. The current titleholder is Marika Nardoz of Lazio, who was crowned on 26 September 2021 at Cinecittà World in Rome, outclassing other 39 finalists. [4] [8]

Background

History

Before the franchise acquiring of the current Italian national director Giuseppe Puzio in 2019, Italy has ever sent its representatives to compete at the Miss Grand international three times, including Katarina Chabrecekova in 2013, [9] Maria Grazia Murazzani in 2015, [10] and Martina Corrias in 2016. [11] However, all mentioned representatives have been appointed to the position by different licensees. The inaugural edition of Miss Grand Italy was held under the leadership of Puzio in Benevento on 10 September and was broadcast nationwide via the Italian Satellite television channel, Sky Italia N° 180, [12] in which Mirea Sorrentino from Pompeii was announced the winner, outclassing 39 other finalists, [13] and the contest has been held annually since then.

The national organizer has been franchising the regional competitions to individual agencies since their first edition in 2019, twelve regions held their regional pageants to select the national finalists for the first national edition, including Sicilia, Calabria, Basilicata, Campania, Molise, Lazio, Umbria, Marche, Trentino-Alto Adige, Veneto, Lombardia, and Sardegna. [12] In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the national participants was dropped to 24. [2] [3]

Editions

The following list is the edition detail of the Miss Grand Italy contest, since its inception in 2019.

YearEditionDateFinal venueEntrantsWinnerRef.
20191th10 SeptemberIl Triclinio del Fauno, Benevento, Campania 40 Basilicata – Mirea Sorrentino [1] [14]
20202nd11 OctoberCinecittà World, Rome 24 Campania – Filomena Venuso [3] [15]
20213rd26 September
40
Lazio – Marika Nardozi
 [16] [8]
2022 4th18 SeptemberGrand Hotel Pianeta Maratea, Maratea, Potenza 39 Apulia – Miriam Malerba [17] [18]
2023 5th11 June
45
 Aosta Valley – Andrea Zanettin [19] [20]
2024 6th1 SeptemberCinecittà World, Rome 39 Piedmont – Micaela Vietto [21] [22]

Contestant selection

Miss Grand Italy region-level contest held in the Region of Marche on June 3, 2023, at the La Giara Ristorante Pizzeria, Pesaro. Miss Grand Marche 2023 Grand Gala Finals.png
Miss Grand Italy region-level contest held in the Region of Marche on June 3, 2023, at the La Giara Ristorante Pizzeria, Pesaro.

Since its establishment in 2019, the national finalists' selection of the Miss Grand Italy has been operated via three systems, including:

The selection summary process is shown below:

Miss Grand Italy national finalists selection procedure
(2019–present)
Stage/SystemMultiplex RegionalSimple RegionalCentrally Direct
Stage 1Local Pageant (s)Local Casting (s)Online Challenge [lower-alpha 1]
Stage 2Regional PageantRegional Pageant
2-3 Finalists/Month
Stage 3National Pageant
Note
  1. ↑ The tract no longer existed since 2024

Regional pageants

Since 2019, several regions have organized their local contests to select representatives to compete in the Miss Grand Italy pageant, as detailed below.

International competition

YearRegionDelegateCompetition PerformanceNational directorRef.
PlacementsOther Award(s)
2013 Lazio Katarina ChabrecekovaUnplaced— [9]
2014 Emilia-Romagna Jennifer Casula [lower-alpha 1] Did not compete [46]
2015 Sardegna Maria Grazia Murazzani [lower-alpha 2] Unplaced—Maurizio Ciaccio [48]
2016 Sardegna Martina Corrias [lower-alpha 3] Unplaced— [11]
2017 No representatives
2018
2019 Basilicata Mirea SorrentinoUnplaced—Giuseppe Puzio [1] [14]
2020 Campania Filomena VenusoUnplaced— [2] [3]
2021 Lazio Marika Nardozi [lower-alpha 4] Unplaced— [4] [8]
2022 Apulia Miriam MalerbaUnplaced— [49] [50]
2023 Aosta Valley Andrea ZanettinUnplaced— [19]
2024 Piedmont Micaela ViettoTBATBA [22]
Note
  1. ↑ Also Miss Cinema 2013. [45]
  2. ↑ Also Bellezza Italiana Porto Rotondo 2015. [47]
  3. ↑ Also Eccellenze di Sardegna 2016.
  4. ↑ Later 1st runner-up Miss World Italy 2022.
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