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Miss Italia

National beauty pageant competition in Italy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For the Patty Pravo album, see Miss Italia (album).

Miss Italia is a beauty pageant awarding prizes every year to young, female contestants from Italy. Since the first edition of the contest, in 1939, many of the contestants have gone on to notable careers in television and film.

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Early history and beginnings (1927-1935)

From 1927 to 1935, there were contests held in vein of the modern day Miss Italia contest, with the winners often referred to as Miss Italy. This is mainly to chose Italy's representatives for both the International Pageant of Pulchritude (also known as "Miss Universe") and later on, Miss Europe.

More information Year, International Pageant ...
Year Miss Italy International Pageant
1927 Maria Gallo 1927 International Pageant of Pulchritude
1928 Livia Marracci 1928 International Pageant of Pulchritude
1929 Derna Giovannini Miss Europe 1929
1930 Mafalda Morittino Miss Europe 1930
1931 Claudia Bracetti Miss Europe 1931
1932 Rosetta Montali Miss Europe 1932
1933 Ivana Fusco Miss Europe 1933
1934 Tosca Giusti Miss Europe 1934 and
1935 International Pageant of Pulchritude
1935 Vanna Panzarasa Miss Europe 1935
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Miss Sorriso (1939-1941)

The main forerunner of Miss Italia was Miss Sorriso (Miss Smile), started in 1939 by Dino Villani and sponsored by a brand of toothpaste. Contestants were judged by their photographs rather than competing on a runway.[citation needed]

Founding of the modern day contest (1946-present)

After a break during World War II, the contest resumed in 1946 and adopted the present-day name of Miss Italia. It was held in Stresa, which had managed to maintain its hotel infrastructure despite the war. The venue then changed several times before it was established that Salsomaggiore Terme would be the permanent, annual host of the pageant.[citation needed]

Like contemporary Italian society itself, Miss Italia has gone through many changes over the years. In 1950 it was first broadcast on the radio. But since 1987 it has been broadcast live on television. As of 1990 the chest, waist, and hip measurements of the contestants are no longer judged, and in 1994 the contest was opened to married women and mothers (the 1987 winner had been disqualified when it was later discovered she was married). In 1996, Denny Méndez became the first Miss Italia woman of colour.[citation needed]

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Among the participants finding later success in cinema and the entertainment industry at large (although many of them have not won the crown of Miss Italia itself) include: Silvana Pampanini, Sophia Loren,[citation needed] Marcella Mariani,[1] Lucia Bosè, Stefania Sandrelli, Mirca Viola, Simona Ventura, Patrizia Deitos, Anna Falchi and Martina Colombari.[citation needed]

From 1959 to 1988 the sole organizer of Miss Italia had been Enzo Mirigliani, to whose work the contest owes much of its current success. The jury groups that elect Miss Italia have included celebrities such as Totò, Giorgio de Chirico, Giovannino Guareschi, Luchino Visconti, Vittorio De Sica, Gina Lollobrigida, Alberto Lattuada, Marcello Mastroianni, Ugo Tognazzi, Lina Wertmüller, Dino Risi, Alberto Sordi, and Claudia Cardinale.[citation needed]

In 1989, Mirigliani and his daughter Patrizia Mirigliani started to organize the contest together until Enzo Mirigliani stepped down in May 2010 and died in 2011. After that Patrizia Mirigliani became the sole organizer of the contest.

Besides the title of "Miss Italia", during the pageant other consolation prizes are also awarded, including "Miss Elegance" and "Miss Cinema". In 1991 a separate pageant was instituted, called "Miss Italia nel Mondo", a competition for Italian women living abroad.[citation needed]

Miss Italia will no longer be held in Salsomaggiore Terme, for economic reasons. This was announced in April 2011 and a long list of cities have expressed interest in hosting the pageant. Cities include Sanremo, Rome, Fiuggi, Taormina and many more. It was officially announced that Miss Italia 2011 will be held in Montecatini Terme. Milly Carlucci will not return as host of the pageant. Fabrizio Frizzi has replaced her for Miss Italia 2011. The pageant will only take place over two nights, rather than three.[2] This year the beauty pageant contest, back in a national broadcast television. The contest will be produced by Infront and RAI, The host will be Alessandro Greco. A program by Casimiro Lieto, Luca Parenti and Alessandro Migliaccio. Directed by Francesco Ebner.[3][4]

In 2021, for the first time in the history of the pageant, the final was held in Venice.[5] The new format, created by Giorgio John Squarcia[6], removed sashes and numbers from the final, introduced three different types of "talent show"-style challenges, included contestants as unaware protagonists of social experiments filmed with hidden cameras, and, for the first time in history, allowed eliminated finalists to serve on the jury.

The final was originally scheduled for 19 December 2021, but due to two contestants testing positive for COVID-19, the decision to postpone the event to the following February was announced on 15 December.[7] The winner of this edition was Neapolitan contestant Zeudi Di Palma.[8]

In July 2023, in response to Miss Nederland being won by an openly transgender woman (Rikkie Kollé), Miss Italia instituted a blanket ban on trans women from competing.[9][10] As a response, several trans men applied to enter the contest.[11]

Miss Italia Crown Revolution

The 2021 final night was preceded by Miss Italia - Crown Revolution, a five-episode miniseries filmed in docu-reality style, created by Giorgio John Squarcia[12] and hosted by Alessandro Di Sarno. Set in Venice, the series focused on introducing the finalists and showcasing some of the challenges they had to face, guided by judge-coaches.[13]

Directorship and Organizer History

  • Dino Villani (1939-1959)
  • Enzo Mirigliani (1959-1988)
  • Enzo Mirigliani and Patrizia Mirigliani (1989-2009)
  • Patrizia Mirigliani (2010-present)

Regional rankings

More information Titles, Region ...
TitlesRegionWinning Years
12 Lazio1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1993, 2000, 2015, 2020, 2022
11 Sicily1954, 1966, 1976, 1977, 1988, 1995, 2003, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014
11 Lombardy1940, 1941, 1947, 1956–1960, 1965, 1978, 1982, 1985, 1990, 2019, 2023
6 Veneto1957, 1964, 1989, 1992, 2002, 2007
6 Tuscany1946, 1973, 1980, 1996, 2016, 2024
5 Friuli-Venezia Giulia1948, 1970, 1974, 1984, 1987
5 Calabria1955, 1968, 1997, 2009, 2011
5 Piedmont1939, 1983, 2004, 2005, 2023
4 Campania1959, 1986, 2001, 2021
4 Marche1949, 1969, 1981, 2018
3 Emilia-Romagna1958, 1991, 1998
2 Trentino-Alto Adige2006, 2017
2 Umbria1962, 2010
2 Sardinia1963, 1994
2 Liguria1961, 1975
1 Apulia1999
1 Abruzzo1979
0 Aosta Valley
0 Basilicata
0 Molise
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The winners of Miss Italia

Miss Sorriso
1939Isabella Verney1940Gianna Maranesi1941Adriana Serra
1942No pageant1943No pageant1944No pageant
1945No pageant  
Miss Italia
1946Rossana Martini1947Lucia Bosè1948Fulvia Franco
1949Mariella Gianpieri1950Anna Maria Bugliari1951Isabella Valdettaro
1952Eloisa Cianni1953Marcella Mariani1954Eugenia Bonino
1955Brunella Tocci1956Nives Zegna1957Beatrice Faccioli
1958Paola Falchi1959Marisa Jossa1960Layla Rigazzi
1961Franca Cattaneo1962Raffaella De Carolis1963Franca Dallolio
1964Giorgio Bonino1965Alba Rigazzi1966Daniela Giordano
1967Cristina Businari1968Graziella Chiappalone1969Anna Zamboni
1970Alba Balestra1971Maria Pinnone1972Adonella Modestini
1973Margareta Veroni1974Loredana Piazza1975Livia Jannoni
1976Paola Bresciano1977Anna Kanakis1978Loren Cristina May
1979Cinzia De Ponti1980Cinzia Lenzi1981Patrizia Nanetti
1982Federica Moro1983Raffaella Baracchi1984Susanna Huckstep
1985Eleonora Resta1986Roberta Capua1987Michela Rocco di Torrepadula[14]
1988Nadia Bengala1989Eleonora Benfatto1990Rosangela Bessi
1991Martina Colombari1992Gloria Zanin1993Arianna David
1994Alessandra Meloni1995Anna Valle1996Denny Mendez
1997Claudia Trieste1998Gloria Bellicchi1999Manila Nazzaro
2000Tania Zamparo2001Daniela Ferolla2002Eleonora Pedron
2003Francesca Chillemi2004Cristina Chiabotto2005Edelfa Chiara Masciotta
2006Claudia Andreatti2007Silvia Battisti2008Miriam Leone
2009Maria Perrusi2010Francesca Testasecca2011Stefania Bivone
2012Giusy Buscemi2013Giulia Arena2014Clarissa Marchese
2015Alice Sabatini2016Rachele Risaliti2017Alice Rachele Arlanch
2018Carlotta Maggiorana2019Carolina Stramare2020Martina Sambucini
2021Zeudi Di Palma2022Lavinia Abate2023Francesca Bergesio
2024Ofelia Passaponti20252026

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