Miss Progress International

Miss Progress International

Formation	2010
Type	Beauty pageant
Purpose	Humanitarian
Headquarters	Carosino
Location	Italy
Official language	English Italian Spanish
President	Giuseppina Nobile
Slogan	Women for Progress
Current titleholder	Odalis Soza Nicaragua
Website	www.womenforprogress.it

Miss Progress International is an annual international beauty pageant that promotes projects related to health, human rights, and the environment. It was established in 2010 in Italy under the leadership of its founder, Giuseppina Nobile, who is also the President.

The primary goal of the event is to implement the winning project by organizing a fundraising effort, in collaboration with the winner, to cover the necessary costs.

The current titleholder is Odalis Soza from Nicaragua. She was crowned on September 23, 2023 at the Mercato delle Idee in Muro Leccese, in the Italian province of Lecce. ^[1]

History

The organization is managed by the Associazione Culturale In Progress based in Carosino, Italy, which also holds the copyrights to the pageant. Each national director selects contestants through regional and national competitions to represent their country as the national Ambassador of Progress. The first edition of Miss Progress International took place from September 19 to 26, 2010, in Puglia, Italy, under the moral patronage of the Italian Ministry of Tourism, the Regione Puglia, and the municipalities of Taranto and Ostuni. ^[2]

Due to health issues faced by one of the founders of Associazione Culturale In Progress, the event was suspended until 2014, when the second edition was held from May 9 to 18, once again in Puglia, and received formal recognition from the President of the Italian Republic, Giorgio Napolitano. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

All nine editions of Miss Progress International have been held in Puglia, a region recognized by National Geographic as one of the most beautiful tourist destinations in the world. The COVID-19 pandemic forced the organizers to suspend the event and postpone the eighth edition from 2020 to 2021. ^[7]

Titleholders

Edition	Year	Miss Progress International	Project Theme	Location	Date	Ref.
9th	2023	Odalis Soza   Nicaragua	Environment	Muro Leccese	September 23, 2023	[8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [1]
8th	2022	Francesca Speranza   Italy	Environment	Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy	September 17, 2022	[14] [15] [16] [17] [18]
2020-2021		COVID-19 pandemic
7th	2019	Vanesa Giraldo Lopez   Colombia	Environment	Carosino, Italy	October 4, 2019	[19] [20] [21]
6th	2018	Eyra Luz Baquero Mola   Colombia	Human Rights	Leporano, Italy	September 27, 2018	[22] [23] [24]
5th	2017	Jedaver Pancho Opingo   Philippines	Human Rights	Carosino, Italy	October 21, 2017	[25] [26] [27] [28]
4th	2016	Natascha Fischer   Benelux	Human Rights	Francavilla Fontana, Italy	September 30, 2016	[29] [30] [31] [32] [33]
3rd	2015	Liz Arévalos   Paraguay	Health	Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy	May 15, 2015	[34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39]
2nd	2014	Arantza Barba   Bolivia	Environment	Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy	May 23, 2014	[40] [41] [42]
1st	2010	Julieth William Lugembe   Tanzania	Human Rights	Taranto, Italy	September 24, 2010	[43] [44] [45] [46]

Countries/Territories by number of wins

Country/Territory	Titles	Year(s)
Colombia	2	2018, 2019
Nicaragua	1	2023
Italy		2022
Philippines		2017
Benelux		2016
Paraguay		2015
Bolivia		2014
Tanzania		2010

Special awards

One winner is selected for each theme, and the contestant with the highest overall score is awarded the title. Beginning with the second edition, the title of Miss Progress Cultural Integration has been chosen by the contestants through a vote, selecting the individual they believe best embodies the values of integration, including peaceful coexistence, friendliness, and congeniality.

Year	Miss Progress Health	Miss Progress Environment	Miss Progress Human Rights	Miss Progress Cultural Integration	Best in National Costume	Miss Progress Elegance	Miss Progress Internet	Ref.
2023	Kana Sagara   Japan	Odalis Soza   Nicaragua	Kimberley Luna   Mexico	Nicole Herzan   Peru	Arya Naik   India	Jilldeen Ezeudu   Canada	Trixa Parmerola   Spain
2022	Andrea Pineda   Colombia	Francesca Speranza   Italy	Beatriz Awatin   Philippines	Gabriela Monserrate   Puerto Rico	Andrea Pineda   Colombia	Gigela Neyra   Peru	Beatriz Awatin   Philippines	[47] [48]
2019	Sarah M. Joson   Philippines	Vanesa Giraldo Lopez   Colombia	Kome Adheke   Nigeria	Gabriella Ochoa   United States	Kisanet Molla   Ethiopia	Adélaide De Boisvilliers   France	Heather Rodriguez   Honduras
2018	Hannah Higgins   United Kingdom	Sarah Bona   Philippines	Eyra Luz Baquero Mola   Colombia	Natali Guerrero   Guatemala	Brenda Vélasquez Haro   Mexico	Yurika Watanabe   Japan	Audrey Awor   Kenya
2017	Natalia Carmen Guerrero   Peru	Claudia Baroni   Italy	Jedaver Pancho Opingo   Philippines	Daria Freshchenkova   Ukraine	Ianaiara Gonzalez Nieradka   Paraguay	Constanza De Mattheu   Brazil	Naomi Train   United Kingdom
2016	Bethany Cammack   United Kingdom	Marianella Chavez Serrano   Costa Rica	Natascha Fischer   Benelux	Yameesha Rasadi   Sri Lanka	Rafaela Torres   Brazil	Tal Ben Haim   Israel	Carmelle Martinez   Canada	[49]
2015	Liz Arévalos   Paraguay	Kelly Van den Dungen   Netherlands	Susanna Schrabak   United States	Neidy Robles   Mexico	Laila Khan Niazi   Pakistan	Neidy Robles   Mexico	Diane Rosa   Brazil	[50]
2014	Jorreni Marcon   Brazil	Arantza Barba   Bolivia	Marie Darline Exume   Haiti	Esterina Rumé   Italy	Kristina Velez Toledo   Puerto Rico	Not awarded	Dorota Barthewska   Sweden
2010	Dian Biemans   Netherlands	Kendis Brown   Bahamas	Julieth William Lugembe   Tanzania	Carolina Palmegiani   Venezuela	Kendis Brown   Bahamas	Not awarded	Not awarded	[51] [52]

See also

• List of beauty pageants

References

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50. Redazione (5 October 2016). "L'olandese Natascha Fischer è Miss Progress International 2016". Giornale Armonia (in Italian). Retrieved 18 October 2024.
51. "thebahamasweekly.com - Lakendes Brown respresents The Bahamas in Miss Progress International 2010". The Bahamas Weekly. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
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Citations

• "Miss Progress International 2017". viaggiareinpuglia.it. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
• "A Matera una tappa di Miss Progress International 2016". SassiLive.it. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
• "Miss Progress nel Salento: a Leuca venti ragazze". corrieredelmezzogiorno.corriere.it. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
• "Miss Progress International 2015: sul palco Justine Mattera e Angelo Mellone". unotv.com. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
• "Miss Progress International - Donne per il progresso Ad Alberobello venti Miss provenienti dai cinque continenti del pianeta". Comune di Alberobello. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
• "Miss Progress Bahamas wins Best Costume and makes it to top 4". BahamasLocal.com. Retrieved 3 October 2010.

External links

• Official website