Miss Grand Italy
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| Formation | 10 September 2019 |
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| Founder | Giuseppe Puzio |
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Benevento |
| Location | |
Official language | Italian |
National Director | Giuseppe Puzio |
Parent organization |
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| 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]
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]
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 Pompei 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.
| Year | Edition | Date | Final venue | Entrants | Winner | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1th | 10 September | Il Triclinio del Fauno, Benevento, Campania | 40 | Basilicata – Mirea Sorrentino | [1][14] |
| 2020 | 2nd | 11 October | Cinecittà World, Rome | 24 | Campania – Filomena Venuso | [3][15] |
| 2021 | 3rd | 26 September | 40 | Lazio – Marika Nardozi | [16][8] | |
| 2022 | 4th | 18 September | Grand Hotel Pianeta Maratea, Maratea, Potenza | 39 | Apulia – Miriam Malerba | [17][18] |
| 2023 | 5th | 11 June | 45 | Aosta Valley – Andrea Zanettin | [19][20] | |
| 2024 | 6th | 1 September | Cinecittà World, Rome | 39 | Piedmont – Micaela Vietto | [21][22] |
| 2025 | 7th | 14 September | 37 | Lazio – Elisa Crocchianti |
Contestant selection
International competition
The following is a list of Italian representatives at the Miss Grand International contest.
- Color keys
- : Declared as the winner
- : Ended as a runner-up (Top 5)
- : Ended as a finalist (Top 10)
- : Ended as a semifinalist (Top 20/21)
- : Ended as special awards winner
| Year | Region | Miss Grand Italy | Title | Placement | Special Awards | National Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Lazio | Elisa Crocchianti[46] | Miss Grand Italy 2025 | Unplaced | Giuseppe Puzio | |
| 2024 | Piedmont | Micaela Vietto[22] | Miss Grand Italy 2024 | Unplaced | ||
| 2023 | Aosta Valley | Andrea Zanettin[19] | Miss Grand Italy 2023 | Unplaced | ||
| 2022 | Apulia | Miriam Malerba [47][48] | Miss Grand Italy 2022 | Unplaced | ||
| 2021 | Lazio | Marika Nardozi[4][8][a] | Miss Grand Italy 2021 | Unplaced | ||
| 2020 | Campania | Filomena Venuso[2][3] | Miss Grand Italy 2020 | Unplaced | ||
| 2019 | Basilicata | Mirea Sorrentino[1][14] | Miss Grand Italy 2019 | Unplaced | ||
| Did not compete between 2017 - 2018 | ||||||
| 2016 | Sardegna | Martina Corrias[11] | Eccellenze di Sardegna 2016[b] | Unplaced | Maurizio Ciaccio | |
| 2015 | Sardegna | Maria Grazia Murazzani[49] | Bellezza Italiana Porto Rotondo 2015[c] | Unplaced | ||
| 2014 | Emilia-Romagna | Jennifer Casula[51] | Miss Cinema 2013[d] | Did not compete | Antonio Marzano | |
| 2013 | Lazio | Katarina Chabrecekova[9] | Finalist Miss World Italy | Unplaced | ||
Winners' gallery
Maria Grazia Murazzani (2015)
Marika Nardozi (2021)
Miriam Malerba (2022)
Andrea Zanettin (2023)
Micaela Vietto (2024)
Elisa Crocchianti (2025)
