{{Short description|Italian regional beauty pageant}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox organization | name = Miss Grand Sicily | logo = Flag of Sicily.svg | caption = | formation = {{Start date and age|2019|8|29|df=y}} | type = [[Beauty pageant]] | founder = Gianni Saija | headquarters = [[Sicily]] | location = [[Italy]] | membership = [[Miss Grand Italy]] | language = [[Italian language|Italian]] | parent_organization = | leader_title = Director | leader_name = {{bulletedlist|Gianni Saija ''(2019)''|Massimo Pantano ''(2020–2022)''|Giuseppe Caggegi ''(2023–2024)''}} | key_people = | num_staff = | budget = | website = }} '''Miss Grand Sicily''' is an [[Italian language|Italian]] regional female [[beauty pageant]],<ref name=pre2023>{{cite web|url=https://www.lasicilia.it/notizie/miss-gran-internation-italy-stasera-la-finale-a-giardini-naxos-1809899/|title=Miss Gran Internation Italy, stasera la finale a Giardini Naxos|trans-title=Miss Gran Internation Italy, tonight the final in Giardini Naxos|date=3 June 2023|accessdate=31 May 2024|language=it|author=Enza Barbagallo|work=[[La Sicilia]]|archivedate=30 May 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240530210425/https://www.lasicilia.it/notizie/miss-gran-internation-italy-stasera-la-finale-a-giardini-naxos-1809899/}}</ref><ref name=final23>{{cite web|url=http://www.siciliafelix.it/eventi/il-3-giugno-a-giardini-naxos-si-terra-la-finale-regionale-di-miss-grand-international-italy-2023/|title=Il 3 giugno a Giardini Naxos si terrà la finale regionale di Miss Grand International Italy 2023|date=1 June 2023|accessdate=31 May 2024|language=it|trans-title=The regional final of Miss Grand International Italy 2023 will be held on June 3rd in Giardini Naxos|website=www.siciliafelix.it|archivedate=30 May 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240530211209/http://www.siciliafelix.it/eventi/il-3-giugno-a-giardini-naxos-si-terra-la-finale-regionale-di-miss-grand-international-italy-2023/}}</ref><ref name=venue19sicily1>{{cite web|url=https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/evento/prima-finale-regionale-sicilia/|title=Prima Finale Regionale Sicilia|date=2019|accessdate=24 May 2024|language=it|work=Miss Grand Italy|archivedate=24 May 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240524212909/https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/evento/prima-finale-regionale-sicilia/}}</ref> founded in 2019 by an [[Augusta, Sicily|Augusta]]-based event organizer, Gianni Saija.<ref name=2019winner/> The winners of the contest represent the region of [[Sicily]] in the [[Miss Grand Italy]],<ref name=pre2023/><ref name=final23/> a national preliminary pageant for [[Miss Grand International]].<ref name=y2023>{{cite web|url=https://www.primapaginaonline.it/2023/06/06/bellezza-miss-grand-international/|title=Bellezza, tutte le marchigiane per Miss Grand International|date=2023|accessdate=30 May 2024|language=it|website=www.primapaginaonline.it|archivedate=30 May 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240530151913/https://www.primapaginaonline.it/2023/06/06/bellezza-miss-grand-international/|trans-title=Beauty, all the Marches for Miss Grand International}}</ref><ref name=y22>{{cite web|url=https://marcheinfinite.com/2022/08/25/finale-regionale-marche-miss-grand-international-italy-2022-il-27-agosto-alla-giara-di-pesaro/|title=Finale Regionale Marche Miss Grand International Italy 2022 il 27 agosto alla Giara di Pesaro|date=25 August 2022|accessdate=30 May 2024|language=it|trans-title=Marche Regional Final Miss Grand International Italy 2022 on August 27th at the Giara in Pesaro|archivedate=30 May 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240530151310/https://marcheinfinite.com/2022/08/25/finale-regionale-marche-miss-grand-international-italy-2022-il-27-agosto-alla-giara-di-pesaro/|website=marcheinfinite.com}}</ref>
Since the inception of the [[Miss Grand Italy]] pageant, [[Sicily]] candidates have never won the contest yet. The highest placement they obtained was the top 10 finalist won in 2020 by a regional finalist, Camilla Checchi; however, other placements they reached remain unclarified due to a lack of national competition results publicized by both regional and national organizers.<ref name=top10>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=658549004802577&set=a.654913998499411|title=Vi presentiamo le TOP 10 della finalissima nazionale 2020 di Miss Grand International italy svoltasi nella stupenda location di Cinecittà World Roma|date=18 October 2020|language=it|accessdate=31 May 2024|work=Massimo Pantano Models Agency}}</ref>
==History== After [[Miss Grand Italy]]'s director, Giuseppe Puzio, began franchising the regional competitions to local organizers in 2019, the license for the [[Sicily]] region was granted to a local organizer, Gianni Saija.<ref name=2019winner/> Several local pageants were then organized to select the finalists for the region-level contest,<ref name=catania2019>{{cite web|url=https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/2019/08/13/tappa-selezione-regionale-sicilia-flora-ammare-lido-acquarius-aci-castello-ct/|title=Tappa Selezione Regionale Sicilia Flora Ammare Lido Acquarius - ACI Castello (CT)|date=13 August 2019|accessdate=26 May 2024|language=it|work=Miss Grand Italy|archivedate=26 May 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240526004844/https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/2019/08/13/tappa-selezione-regionale-sicilia-flora-ammare-lido-acquarius-aci-castello-ct/}}</ref><ref name=syra2019>{{cite web|url=https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/2019/08/05/tappa-di-selezione-regionale-sicilia-grecale-cafe-brucoli-sr/|date=5 August 2019|accessdate=26 May 2024|title=Tappa di Selezione Regionale Sicilia Grecale Cafe - Brucoli (SR)|language=it|work=Miss Grand Italy|archivedate=26 May 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240526005337/https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/2019/08/05/tappa-di-selezione-regionale-sicilia-grecale-cafe-brucoli-sr/}}</ref><ref name=messina2019>{{cite web|url=https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/2019/07/29/tappa-di-selezione-regionale-sicilia/|title=Tappa di Selezione Regionale Sicilia|date=29 July 2019|accessdate=26 May 2024|language=it|work=Miss Grand Italy|archivedate=26 May 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240526011512/https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/2019/07/29/tappa-di-selezione-regionale-sicilia/}}</ref> which later happened on 29 August 2019, at the Piazza delle Grazie in [[Augusta, Sicily|Augusta]],<ref name=venue19sicily/> and a model Maria Giorgia Accolla was named the winner.<ref name=2019winner/> From 2020 to 2022, the competition license was taken over by Massimo Pantano,<ref name=venue21sicily/><ref name=venue22sicily/> who is the chairperson of Massimo Pantano Model Agency,<ref name=model>{{cite web|url=https://www.messinaweb.eu/features-2/k2/categories/item/5453-a-catania-nasce-una-nuova-realt%C3%A0-nel-campo-della-moda-sicily-model-agency.html|language=it|accessdate=31 May 2024|date=2024|title=A Catania nasce una nuova Realtà nel Campo della Moda Sicily Model Agency|website=www.messinaweb.eu|archivedate=30 May 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240530215754/https://www.messinaweb.eu/features-2/k2/categories/item/5453-a-catania-nasce-una-nuova-realt%C3%A0-nel-campo-della-moda-sicily-model-agency.html}}</ref> and was then transferred to Giuseppe Caggegi in 2023.<ref name=pre2023/><ref name=final23/><ref name=venue24sicily/>
Besides the main winner, some runners-up were also sent to compare in the national pageant.<ref name=2019winner/><ref name=sicily24result/>
==Editions== The following table details Miss Grand Sicily's annual editions since 2019. {{table alignment}} {| class="wikitable defaultcenter col2left col3left col5left" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Edition !! Date !! Final venue !! Winner!! {{tooltip|Ref.|References}} |- !1st |{{left|29 August 2019}}||{{left|Piazza delle Grazie, [[Augusta, Sicily|Augusta]] ([[Province of Syracuse|SR]])}}||Maria Giorgia Accolla||{{center|<ref name=venue19sicily>{{cite web|url=https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/evento/finalissima-regionale-sicilia/|title=Finalissima Regionale Sicilia|date=2019|accessdate=24 May 2024|language=it|work=Miss Grand Italy|archivedate=24 May 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240524202421/https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/evento/finalissima-regionale-sicilia/}}</ref><ref name=2019winner>{{cite web|url=https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/2019/09/02/finale-regionale-sicilia-augusta-sr/|title=Finale Regionale Sicilia Augusta (SR)|date=2 September 2019|accessdate=26 May 2024|archivedate=26 May 2024|language=it|work=Miss Grand Italy|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240526000939/https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/2019/09/02/finale-regionale-sicilia-augusta-sr/}}</ref>}} |- !2nd |12 August 2020||Colonia don Bosco, [[Catania]] ([[Metropolitan City of Catania|CT]])||Samantha Chiarenza||<ref name=2020venua>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=615191186732788&id=358139708222784&substory_index=615191186732788|title=Miss Grand International Tour Nazionale 2020|date=31 July 2020|accessdate=31 May 2024|language=it|work=Miss Grand International Italy Sicilia}}</ref><ref name=2020winner>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02zLV6nsf7vC5twqkuFDuSsdQ33ZRS9xKYjHwmD5KCH1ibprfQ3W5ULRbnhroSqjWfl&id=358139708222784|title=Per le selezioni Siciliane ecco a voi la nuova Miss Grand International: Samantha Chiarenza!|date=14 August 2020|accessdate=31 May 2024|language=it|work=Miss Grand International Italy Sicilia}}</ref> |- !3rd |12 September 2021||Romano Palace Luxury Hotel, Viale Kennedy ([[Metropolitan City of Catania|CT]])||Francesca Bertolini||<ref name=venue21sicily>{{cite web|url=https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/evento/finale-regionale-sicilia/|title=Finale Regionale Sicilia|date=2021|accessdate=24 May 2024|language=it|work=Miss Grand Italy|archivedate=24 May 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240524123952/https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/evento/finale-regionale-sicilia/}}</ref><ref name=2021winner>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02nGZJPyZXzsDX356hp4j9oddFFqnkgHPUVhrFZk2ojBkkHZFSSj9yqTHACSzmoMY9l&id=358139708222784|title=Finale Regionale Miss Grand International!|date=13 September 2021|accessdate=31 May 2024|language=it|work=Miss Grand International Italy Sicilia}}</ref> |- !4th |{{left|10 September 2022}}||{{left|Qubba Night Club, [[Misterbianco]] ([[Metropolitan City of Catania|CT]])}}||Alessia Stissi||{{center|<ref name=venue22sicily>{{cite web|url=https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/evento/finale-regionale-sicilia-3/|title=Finale Regionale Sicilia|date=2022|accessdate=24 May 2024|language=it|work=Miss Grand Italy|archivedate=23 May 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240523212755/https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/evento/finale-regionale-sicilia-3/}}</ref><ref name=venue22sicily2>{{cite web|url=https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/evento/finale-regionale-sicilia-2/|title=Finale Regionale Sicilia|date=2022|accessdate=24 May 2024|language=it|work=Miss Grand Italy|archivedate=23 May 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240523220411/https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/evento/finale-regionale-sicilia-2/}}</ref>}} |- !5th |3 June 2023||Jaaneta Beach Disco Club, Lungomare Schisò, [[Giardini Naxos]] ([[Metropolitan City of Messina|ME]])||Lidia Castorina||<ref name=pre2023/><ref name=venue24sicily>{{cite web|url=https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/evento/finale-regionale-sicilia-4/|title=Finale Regionale Sicilia|date=2023|accessdate=23 May 2024|language=it|work=Miss Grand Italy|archivedate=23 May 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240523173440/https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/evento/finale-regionale-sicilia-4/}}</ref><ref name=2023winner>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0vPUM5sEnii1qzU7cHVrdGG2GvStGPvQGgwEnQNKTtK7rb1fNEAfPQqRnDGjpxnnGl&id=100079873705817|title=Grande successo per la Finale Regionale Siciliana di Miss Grand International Italy Giardini Naxos - Sabato 3 giugno si è svolta al Jaaneta Beach, la Finale Regionale del Concorso di bellezza Internazionale "Miss Grand International"|date=6 June 2023|accessdate=31 May 2024|work=Miss Grand International Italy Sicilia|trans-title=Great success for the Sicilian Regional Final of Miss Grand International Italy Giardini Naxos - The Regional Final of the “Miss Grand International” International Beauty Competition took place on Saturday 3 June at Jaaneta Beach}}</ref> |- !6th |16 August 2024||Villa Aldo Moro, [[Cesarò]] ([[Metropolitan City of Messina|ME]])||Miriana Nunnari||<ref name=2024venue>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0x1uXjKCTcpP1SgGfZ6WPd89qxyrvfNMycBL1pj74o8VUnwh6xijsyuSwPQWz1f4l&id=100079873705817&locale=it_IT|title=Miss Grand International Italy 2024: Una Notte di Bellezza e Spettacolo a Cesarò (ME)|trans-title=Miss Grand International Italy 2024: A Night of Beauty and Spectacle in Cesarò (ME)|language=it|date=5 August 2024|accessdate=19 August 2024|work=Miss Grand International Italy Sicilia|via=[[Archive Today]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240819145700/https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0x1uXjKCTcpP1SgGfZ6WPd89qxyrvfNMycBL1pj74o8VUnwh6xijsyuSwPQWz1f4l&id=100079873705817&locale=it_IT|archive-date=2024-08-19}}</ref><ref name=sicily24result>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/freestyledivamanagement/posts/pfbid0PVbxoUfgwW58cyAS9tMxSnG6iiy268EpqZpSJ9mVnZ3Ut2i7PqFtFWMprbrgW42El|title=Cesarò - Grande successo per la finale di Miss Grand International Italy 2024 condotto da Francesco Mazzullo|date=17 August 2024|accessdate=29 August 2024|language=it|author=Giuseppe Caggegi|work=Free Style Diva Management|via=[[Archive Today]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240828191907/https://www.facebook.com/freestyledivamanagement/posts/pfbid0PVbxoUfgwW58cyAS9tMxSnG6iiy268EpqZpSJ9mVnZ3Ut2i7PqFtFWMprbrgW42El|archive-date=2024-08-28}}</ref><ref name=finalsicily24>{{cite web|url=https://www.amnotizie.it/2024/08/27/successo-per-la-due-giorni-di-sinagra-moda-e-musica-video|title=Successo per la due giorni di "Sinagra Moda e Musica" – VIDEO|language=it|accessdate=29 August 2024|date=27 August 2024|website=www.amnotizie.it|archivedate=28 August 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240828193330/https://www.amnotizie.it/2024/08/27/successo-per-la-due-giorni-di-sinagra-moda-e-musica-video/}}</ref> |- !7th |27 August 2025||Piazza della Madonna della Catena, Castiglione di Sicilia||Rebecca D’Agostino||<ref name=y2025>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/freestyledivamanagement/posts/pfbid0yrgApEPLamvCmJAQY3PnM5tSCcg5znJRJ13mfhwmY3GitgNTbBw2ePui3ZZq4PCql|title=Successo per Miss Grand Sicilia 2025 a Castiglione di Sicilia con Francesco Mazzullo|language=it|trans-title=Success for Miss Grand Sicily 2025 in Castiglione, Sicily with Francesco Mazzullo|date=30 August 2025|accessdate=31 August 2025|author=Giuseppe Caggegi|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250830182448/https://www.facebook.com/freestyledivamanagement/posts/pfbid0yrgApEPLamvCmJAQY3PnM5tSCcg5znJRJ13mfhwmY3GitgNTbBw2ePui3ZZq4PCql|archive-date=2025-08-30}}</ref> |}
==National competition== The following is a list of representatives of the region of [[Sicily]] in the [[Miss Grand Italy]] national pageant.
{{table alignment}} {| class="wikitable defaultcenter col2left" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Year !! Representative !! Original state title !! Placement at Miss Grand Italy !! {{tooltip|Ref.|References}} |- !2019 |Maria Giorgia Accolla||Miss Grand Sicily 2019||{{n/a|''No data available''}}||<ref name=2019winner/> |- !2020 |Samantha Chiarenza||Miss Grand Sicily 2020||{{n/a|''No data available''}}||<ref name=2020winner/> |- !2021 |Francesca Bertolini||Miss Grand Sicily 2021||{{n/a|''No data available''}}||<ref name=2021winner/> |- !2022 |Alessia Stissi||Miss Grand Sicily 2022||{{n/a|''No data available''}}||<ref name=onlinere>{{cite web|url=https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/contest/|accessdate=3 September 2022|date=2 September 2022|work=Miss Grand International Italy|language=it|archivedate=3 September 2022|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20220903113631/https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/contest/?fbclid=IwAR33JygsdGfz6bZvvG1YSGmqs4qGd4W6S1DVCpYL_bxJzj8Ptm0wlFVWv0Q%231617878036605-bba68c90-55a3|title=Vota la tua preferita}}</ref><ref name=22candidates>{{cite web|url=https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/contest/%231617878036605-bba68c90-55a3|title=2022 Miss Grand International Italy|date=14 September 2022|language=it|work=Miss Grand International Italy|via=[[Internet Archive]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220915171142/https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/contest/%231617878036605-bba68c90-55a3|archive-date=2022-09-15}}</ref> |- !2023 |Lidia Castorina||Miss Grand Sicily 2023||{{n/a|''No data available''}}||<ref name=2023winner/><ref name=sumcan>{{cite web|url=https://www.missgrandinternationalitaly.it/contest/#1617878036605-bba68c90-55a3|title=Miss Grand International Italy 2023 candidates|date=2023|accessdate=10 June 2023|language=it|publisher=Miss Grand Italy|via=[[Archive Today]]}}</ref> |- !2024 |Miriana Nunnari||Miss Grand Sicily 2024||bgcolor=#FFFF33|Top 10||<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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