{{Short description|Italian female beauty pageant}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox organization | name = Miss Grand Basilicata | logo = Flag of Basilicata.svg | caption = | formation = {{Start date and age|2019|8|31|df=y}} | type = [[Beauty pageant]] | founder = Dario Marena | headquarters = [[Basilicata]] | location = [[Italy]] | membership = [[Miss Grand Italy]] | language = [[Italian language|Italian]] | parent_organization = | leader_title = Director | leader_name = {{bulletedlist|Dario Marena ''(2019)''|Canio Loguercio ''(2021)''|Franco Capasso ''(2023–present)''}} | key_people = | num_staff = | budget = | website = }} '''Miss Grand Basilicata''' is an Italian regional female [[beauty pageant]],<ref name=co2019/><ref name=co19>{{cite web|url=https://www.napolitime.it/112821-finalissima-interregionale-miss-grand-international-campania-basilicata.html|title=Finalissima Interregionale Miss Grand International Campania-Basilicata|date=2019|accessdate=28 May 2024|language=it|website=www.napolitime.it|archivedate=27 May 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240527211710/https://www.napolitime.it/112821-finalissima-interregionale-miss-grand-international-campania-basilicata.html|trans-title=Miss Grand International Campania-Basilicata Interregional Final}}</ref><ref name=2020co>{{cite web|url=https://www.corrieresannita.it/miss-campania-e-basilicata-domenica-la-scelta-presso-il-relais-il-feudo/|accessdate=28 May 2024|language=it|archivedate=27 May 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240527212811/https://www.corrieresannita.it/miss-campania-e-basilicata-domenica-la-scelta-presso-il-relais-il-feudo/|title=Miss Campania e Basilicata, domenica la scelta presso il Relais il Feudo|date=3 September 2020|trans-title=Miss Campania and Basilicata, chosen on Sunday at the Relais il Feudo|website=www.corrieresannita.it}}</ref> founded in 2019 by Dario Marena.<ref name=co2019/><ref name=2019licensee/> The winners of the contest represent the region of [[Basilicata]] in the [[Miss Grand Italy]] national pageant.<ref name=co2019/><ref name=co19/><ref name=20co>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvsette.net/domenica-6-settembre-scelta-delle-miss-per-la-campania-e-la-basilicata-per-miss-grand-international/|title=Domenica 6 Seyyembre Scelta delle Miss per la Campania e la Basilicata per Miss Grand International|date=3 September 2020|accessdate=28 May 2024|language=it|work={{ill|TV7 Benevento|it}}|archivedate=27 May 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240527213343/https://www.tvsette.net/domenica-6-settembre-scelta-delle-miss-per-la-campania-e-la-basilicata-per-miss-grand-international/|trans-title=Sunday 6th September, the Election of the Misses from Campania and Basilicata for Miss Grand International}}</ref>
Since their first participation in the [[Miss Grand Italy]] pageant, [[Basilicata]] representatives won the contest once in 2019 by Mirea Sorrentino,<ref name=2019nat>{{cite web|url=https://lostrillone.tv/pompei-mirea-sorrentino-trionfa-a-miss-grand-international-italy/19804.html|accessdate=28 May 2024|language=it|archivedate=27 May 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240527214906/https://lostrillone.tv/pompei-mirea-sorrentino-trionfa-a-miss-grand-international-italy/19804.html|title=Pompei. Mirea Sorrentino trionfa a Miss Grand International Italy|date=11 September 2019|trans-title=Pompeii. Mirea Sorrentino triumphs at Miss Grand International Italy|website=lostrillone.tv}}</ref> and was placed among the top 10 finalists in 2020 with the representation of Michela Cardillo Stagno.<ref name=top10-2020/>
==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.<ref name=2019licensee>{{cite web|url=https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/2019/02/06/agente-regione-basilicata/|title=Agente Regionale Basilicata|date=6 February 2019|accessdate=26 May 2024|language=it|work=Miss Grand Italy|archivedate=26 May 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240526110722/https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/2019/02/06/agente-regione-basilicata/}}</ref> 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]],<ref name=co2019/><ref name=co19/><ref name=venue19campania2/> The contest featured 20 contestants, of whom, a model Mirea Sorrentino was named the Miss Grand Basilicata 2019,<ref name=co2019/><ref name=2019winner/><ref name=co19winner/> while Erika Argenziano was elected as [[Miss Grand Campania]].<ref name=co2019>{{cite web|url=https://www.ilgiornaledicaivano.it/2019/09/03/elette-le-miss-campania-e-basilicata-di-miss-grand-international/|title=Elette le Miss Campania e Basilicata di Miss Grand International|date=3 September 2019|accessdate=28 May 2024|language=it|author=Francesco Celiento|website=www.ilgiornaledicaivano.it|archivedate=27 May 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240527210349/https://www.ilgiornaledicaivano.it/2019/09/03/elette-le-miss-campania-e-basilicata-di-miss-grand-international/|trans-title=The Miss Campania and Basilicata of Miss Grand International have been elected}}</ref><ref name=co19winner>{{cite web|url=https://puntomagazine.it/oldpunto/lifestyle/erika-argenziano-e-miss-grand-international-campania.html|language=it|accessdate=28 May 2024|archivedate=27 May 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240527214259/https://puntomagazine.it/oldpunto/lifestyle/erika-argenziano-e-miss-grand-international-campania.html|title=Erika Argenziano è Miss Grand International Campania|website=puntomagazine.it|trans-title=Erika Argenziano is Miss Grand International Campania|date=2 September 2019}}</ref>
Several local contests and auditions were organized annually to determine the finalists for the region-level pageants.<ref name=2019licensee/> In 2021 and 2023, the competition license was transferred to Canio Loguercio and Franco Capasso, respectively.<ref name=venue21basi/><ref name=venue24campania/>
==Editions== The following table details Miss Grand Basilicata's annual editions since 2019. {{table alignment}} {| class="wikitable defaultcenter col2left col3left col5left" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Edition !! Date !! Final venue !! Entrants !! Winner!! {{tooltip|Ref.|References}} |- !1st{{efn|Held parallelly with the [[Miss Grand Campania]] 2019 pageant.<ref name=co2019/><ref name=venue19campania2/><ref name=2019winner/>|name=C}} |31 August 2019||Centro Commerciale Liz Gallery, [[Montesarchio]] ([[Province of Benevento|BN]])||20||Mirea Sorrentino||<ref name=venue19campania2>{{cite web|url=https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/evento/finalissima-regionale-campania-e-basilicata/|title=Finalissima Regionale Campania e Basilicata|date=2019|accessdate=24 May 2024|language=it|work=Miss Grand Italy|archivedate=24 May 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240524204654/https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/evento/finalissima-regionale-campania-e-basilicata/}}</ref><ref name=2019winner>{{cite web|url=https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/2019/09/03/finalissima-regionale-basilicata/|title=Finalissima Regionale Basilicata|date=3 September 2019|accessdate=26 May 2024|language=it|work=Miss Grand Italy|archivedate=26 May 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240526000040/https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/2019/09/03/finalissima-regionale-basilicata/}}</ref> |- !2nd{{efn|Held parallelly with the [[Miss Grand Campania]] 2020 pageant.<ref name=2020co/><ref name=venue21campania/><ref name=2020winner/>|name=B}} |6 September 2020||Relais Il Feudo Hotel, [[Ceppaloni]] ([[Province of Benevento|BN]])||{{n/a|''N/A''}}||Michela Cardillo Stagno||<ref name=venue21campania>{{cite web|url=https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/evento/finale-regionale-campania-basilicata/|title=Finale Regionale Campania-Basilicata|date=2021|accessdate=24 May 2024|language=it|work=Miss Grand Italy|archivedate=24 May 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240524154012/https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/evento/finale-regionale-campania-basilicata/}}</ref><ref name=2020winner>{{cite web|url=https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/2020/09/12/finalissima-regionale-campania-e-basilicata/|title=Finalissima Regionale Campania e Basilicata|date=12 September 2020|accessdate=26 May 2024|language=it|work=Miss Grand Italy|archivedate=25 May 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240525231321/https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/2020/09/12/finalissima-regionale-campania-e-basilicata/}}</ref> |- !3rd |9 September 2021||MH Matera Hotel, [[Matera]] ([[Province of Matera|MT]])||colspan=2 {{n/a|''No data available''}}||{{center|<ref name=venue21basi>{{cite web|url=https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/evento/finale-regionale-basilicata/|title=Finale Regionale Basilicata|date=2021|accessdate=24 May 2024|language=it|work=Miss Grand Italy|archivedate=24 May 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240524123522/https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/evento/finale-regionale-basilicata/}}</ref>}} |- !4th{{efn|Held parallelly with the [[Miss Grand Campania]] and Miss Grand Molise pageants.<ref name=venue24campania/>|name=A}} |3 June 2023||Via Madre Teresa di Calcutta, [[San Martino Valle Caudina]] ([[Province of Avellino|AV]])||''{{n/a|N/A}}''||Lucia Pia Vitolo||<ref name=venue24campania>{{cite web|url=https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/evento/finale-interregionale-campania-molise-basilicata/|title=Finale Regionale Campania, Molise, Basilicata|date=2023|accessdate=23 May 2024|language=it|work=Miss Grand Italy|archivedate=23 May 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240523172215/https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/evento/finale-interregionale-campania-molise-basilicata/}}</ref><ref name=2023winner>{{cite web|url=https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/2023/06/05/finale-interregionale-campania-molise-basilicata/|title=Finale Interregionale Campania-Molise-Basilicata|date=5 June 2023|accessdate=25 May 2024|language=it|work=Miss Grand Italy|archivedate=5 June 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230605191535/https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/2023/06/05/finale-interregionale-campania-molise-basilicata/}}</ref> |- !5th{{efn|name=A}} | 22 August 2024||colspan=2 {{n/a|No data available}}||{{left|Doriana Nigro}}||{{center|<ref name=2024winner>{{cite web|url=https://www.lumagazine.it/index.php/component/k2/item/482-doriana-nigro-dalle-passerelle-di-miss-grand-international-al-red-carpet-della-mostra-del-cinema-di-venezia-2024|title=Doriana Nigro, dalle passerelle di Miss Grand International al red carpet della Mostra del Cinema di Venezia 2024|date=11 September 2024|accessdate=20 February 2025|language=it|website=www.lumagazine.it|trans-title=Doriana Nigro, from the catwalks of Miss Grand International to the red carpet of the Venice Film Festival 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250219212958/https://www.lumagazine.it/index.php/component/k2/item/482-doriana-nigro-dalle-passerelle-di-miss-grand-international-al-red-carpet-della-mostra-del-cinema-di-venezia-2024|archive-date=2025-02-19}}</ref>}} |} ;Notes {{notelist}}
==National competition== The following is a list of representatives of the region of [[Basilicata]] in the [[Miss Grand Italy]] national pageant.
{{table alignment}} {| class="wikitable defaultcenter col2left" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Year !! Representative !! Original regional title !! Placement at Miss Grand Italy !! {{tooltip|Ref.|References}} |- !2019 |Mirea Sorrentino||Miss Grand Basilicata 2019||bgcolor=orangered|{{white|'''Winner'''}}||<ref name=2019nat/><ref name=2019winner/> |- !2020 |Michela Cardillo Stagno||Miss Grand Basilicata 2020||bgcolor=yellow|Top 10||<ref name=top10-2020>{{cite web|url=https://casertaweb.com/notizie/filomena-venuso-nola-eletta-miss-grand-international-italy-2020/|title=Filomena Venuso, da Nola, eletta Miss Grand International Italy 2020|archivedate=27 May 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240527212233/https://casertaweb.com/notizie/filomena-venuso-nola-eletta-miss-grand-international-italy-2020/|language=it|accessdate=28 May 2024|date=14 October 2020|author=Alfonso Voccia|trans-title=Filomena Venuso, from Nola, elected Miss Grand International Italy 2020|website=casertaweb.com}}</ref><ref name=2020winner/> |- !2023 |Lucia Pia Vitolo||Miss Grand Basilicata 2023||{{n/a|''No data available''}}||<ref name=2023winner/> |- !2024 |Doriana Nigro||Miss Grand Basilicata 2024||Unplaced||<ref name=result24>{{cite web|url=https://www.metamagazine.it/micaela-vietto-nuova-miss-grand-international-italia-2024/|title=Micaela Vietto nuova Miss Grand International Italia 2024|date=2 September 2024|accessdate=3 September 2024|language=it|website=www.metamagazine.it|archivedate=2 September 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240902184659/https://www.metamagazine.it/micaela-vietto-nuova-miss-grand-international-italia-2024/}}</ref><ref name=finalist>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMA03eCUe2A&ab_channel=GRANDITALYTV|date=4 October 2024|accessdate=5 October 2024|language=it|work=Grand Italy TV|title=Finale Nazionale Miss Grand International 2024}}</ref> |}
==References== {{reflist}}
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