Miss Grand Basilicata is an Italian regional female beauty pageant, founded in 2019 by Dario Marena. The winners of the contest represent the region of Basilicata in the Miss Grand Italy national pageant.
Since their first participation in the Miss Grand Italy pageant, Basilicata representatives won the contest once in 2019 by Mirea Sorrentino, and was placed among the top 10 finalists in 2020 with the representation of Michela Cardillo Stagno.
History After the Miss Grand Italy director, Giuseppe Puzio, began franching the regional competitions to local organizers in 2019, the license for Basilicata was granted to Dario Marena. In cooperation with the director of Miss Grand Campania, Crescenzo De Carmine, the first contest of Miss Grand Basilicata was then held parallelly with Miss Grand Campania on 31 August of that year at the Centro Commerciale Liz Gallery in Montesarchio, The contest featured 20 contestants, of whom, a model Mirea Sorrentino was named the Miss Grand Basilicata 2019, while Erika Argenziano was elected as Miss Grand Campania.
Several local contests and auditions were organized annually to determine the finalists for the region-level pageants. In 2021 and 2023, the competition license was transferred to Canio Loguercio and Franco Capasso, respectively.
Editions The following table details Miss Grand Basilicata's annual editions since 2019.
Edition Date Final venue Entrants Winner 1st31 August 2019Centro Commerciale Liz Gallery, Montesarchio (BN)20Mirea Sorrentino2nd6 September 2020Relais Il Feudo Hotel, Ceppaloni (BN)Michela Cardillo Stagno3rd9 September 2021MH Matera Hotel, Matera (MT)colspan=2 4th3 June 2023Via Madre Teresa di Calcutta, San Martino Valle Caudina (AV)Lucia Pia Vitolo5th 22 August 2024colspan=2 Notes
National competition The following is a list of representatives of the region of Basilicata in the Miss Grand Italy national pageant.
Year Representative Original regional title Placement at Miss Grand Italy 2019Mirea SorrentinoMiss Grand Basilicata 20192020Michela Cardillo StagnoMiss Grand Basilicata 2020Top 102023Lucia Pia VitoloMiss Grand Basilicata 20232024Doriana NigroMiss Grand Basilicata 2024Unplaced
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