Miss Grand Italy 2023 | |
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Date | 11 June 2023 |
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Venue | Grand Hotel Pianeta Maratea, Maratea, Potenza |
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Entrants | 45 |
Placements | 24 |
Winner | Andrea Zanettin (Aosta Valley) |
Mascot winner | Aurora Fretta (Campania) |
Miss Grand Italy 2023 was the fifth edition of the Miss Grand Italy pageant, held on 11 June 2023, [1] [2] at the Grand Hotel Pianeta Maratea, in the Province of Potenza. [3] [4] Forty-five candidates from different regions of the country competed for the title, [5] of whom a 24-year-old Venezuelan-Italian professional model representing Aosta Valley, Andrea Zanettin, was named the main winner, [5] [6] [7] while a 14-year-old girl from Naples, Aurora Fretta, was announced the winner of the Mascot category. [5] [6]
The winner of the contest, Andrea Zanettin, was expected to represent the country at the international stage, Miss Grand International 2023, [8] to be held in Vietnam on 25 October. [9] [10]
The grand gala final of the pageant was hosted by Matilde Brandi and Pippo Pelo , and was also attended by many television personalities, such as Rossella Erra, Pippo Franco, and Vincenzo Alighieri. [5] [6]
The national finalists of Miss Grand Italy 2023 were chosen by the regional organizers, [1] [11] [12] entitled by the central organ MUPI SRL to select their representatives, through the regional pageants. [2] [13] [14] Several regional organs held multiple audition events or local contests to determine the finalists for their regional pageant. [13] [14] [15] For the autonomous region of Aosta Valley, which made its debut in Miss Grand Italy this year, the winner of an annual regional pageant, Miss Paradisia, will automatically qualify for the national pageant of Miss Grand Italy 2023. [16] [17] [18] [19]
In addition to the regional contests, the central organizer also arranged an online voting challenge to determine a challenging winner to automatically qualify for the national pageant; the challengers were divided into 13 group stages, in which the qualified applicants competed virtually for the duration of 14 to 15 days, after which the candidates with the most voting points qualified to the final challenging round and competed again to determine the final winner.
Several regions hold their preliminary pageants to select their representatives for the national stage. [2] [11] [19] In addition, a third-level contest (city-level) has also been observed, and the winners of such qualified for the regional contests. [13] [15]
The following list is the regions that organized the regional pageants for Miss Grand Italy 2023.
Region | Regional final date and venue | Numbers of | Ref. | |||
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Miss (Age 17-28) | Mascotte (Age 13-16) | |||||
Abruzzo | 3 December 2022 at the Castello Orsini-Odescalchi, Avezzano (AQ) | — | N/A | 1 | 1 | [20] |
Tuscany | 24 April 2023 at the Lido Le Panteraie Club, Montecatini Terme (PT) | 2 events
| 30 | 4 | 1 | [21] |
Sardinia | 6 May 2023 at the La Terrazza Domus Restaurant, Villasimius (SU) | N/A | 3 | 2 | [22] | |
Apulia | 7 May 2023 at the Castello Spagnolo, Statte (TA) | N/A | 3 | 3 | [2] [23] | |
Liguria | 27 May 2023 at the Holiday Inn Genoa City, Genoa (GE) | N/A | 3 | 0 | ||
Lombardy | 3 | 0 | ||||
Trentino-Alto Adige | 28 May 2023 at Hotel Villa Pigalle, Belvedere (VI) | No data available | [24] | |||
Friuli Venezia Giulia | N/A | 1 | 0 | |||
Veneto | 6 | 0 | ||||
Umbria | 1 June 2023 at the Da Faliero e la Maria Restaurant, Montebuono (RI) | N/A | 3 | 1 | [25] | |
Calabria | 2 June 2023 at the Village Camping Due Elle, Corigliano-Rossano (CS) | 3 events
| No data available | [11] | ||
Campania | 3 June 2023 at the Via Madre Teresa di Calcutta, San Martino Valle Caudina (AV) | N/A | 2 | 2 | [13] [26] | |
Molise | 1 | 2 | ||||
Basilicata | 1 | 2 | ||||
Emilia-Romagna | 3 June 2023 at the Bikini Disco Dinner Club, Cattolica (RN) | — | 25 | 3 | 4 | [27] |
Marche | 3 June 2023 at La Giara Restaurant, Pesaro (PU) | — | 17 | 2 | 2 | [3] |
Sicilia | 3 June 2023 at the Jaaneta Beach Club, Giardini Naxos (ME) | — | N/A | 3 | 3 | [4] |
Aosta Valley | 4 June 2023 at the Grand Hotel Billia-Saint Vincent, Saint-Vincent (AO) | 3 events
| 16 | 2 | 0 | [16] [28] |
Lazio | No data available | 1 event
| No data available | [29] | ||
Piemonte | No data available |
The following list is the candidates who have been confirmed to participate, categorized by region. [30]
Team Abruzzo [20] | Team Aosta Valley [28] | Team Apulia [23] | Team Basilicata [26] | |||||
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Team Calabria | Team Campania [26] | Team Emilia-Romagna [27] | Team Friuli Venezia Giulia | |||||
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Team Lazio | Team Liguria | Team Lombardy | Team Marche [3] | |||||
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Team Molise [26] | Team Piemonte | Team Sardinia [22] | Team Sicilia | |||||
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Team Trentino-Alto Adige | Team Tuscany [21] | Team Umbria [25] | Team Veneto | |||||
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