Miss World Italy

{{Short description|Beauty pageant}} {{pp-sock|small=yes}} {{refimprove|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox organization | name = Miss Mondo Italia | image = | image_border = | image_size = | caption = | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | formation = 1954 | type = [[Beauty pageant]] | headquarters = [[Rome]] | location = [[Italy]] | membership = [[Miss World]] | language = [[Italian language|Italian]] | leader_title = | leader_name = | num_staff = | budget = | website = {{URL|http://missmondo.it/}} }}

'''Miss Mondo Italia''', or '''Miss World Italy''', is an Italian beauty pageant in Italy that selects the Italian representative for the [[Miss World]] pageant. The pageant was first organized in 1954 and it is not related to [[Miss Italy]] or [[Miss Universo Italia]], although some delegates have crossed over from one format to the other throughout the years.

==History== While the official winner or 1st Runner-up of [[Miss Italia]] represented Italy at the [[Miss World]] on a few occasions (from 1959 to 1962, and in 1964 1971 and 1978), the candidate was otherwise selected via castings or independent pageant. The contest gained notoriety in 2000, when winner [[Giorgia Palmas]] went on to become the 1st runner-up at [[Miss World 2000]], and found its final incarnation in 2005 as '''Miss Mondo Italia - La sfida italiana'''. After a streak of 25 consecutive missed placements from 1974 to 2000, a number of Italian delegates have had strong showings over the last few years: Sofia Bruscoli was a Top 6 finalist in 2005, Giada Pezzaioli made it to the Top 7 in 2010, and Tania Bambaci was a semifinalist in 2011.

==Titleholders== ;Color key {{plainlist| * {{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}} Declared as Winner * {{Color box|#FFFF66|border=darkgray}} Ended as runner-up * {{Color box|#FFFACD|border=darkgray}} Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists }} {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center" !width="60" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Year !width="250" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Miss World Italy !width="250" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Region !width="250" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Placement at Miss World |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66;" ! 2005 | Sofia Bruscoli | [[Emilia-Romagna]] | Top 6 [[Miss World 2005|Continental Queen of Europe]] [[Miss World 2005|Performing Talent]] (Top 5) [[Miss World 2005|Beach Beauty]] (Top 19) |- ! 2006 | [[Lisa Franzen|Elizaveta Migatcheva]] | [[Lazio]] | [[Miss World 2006|Performing Talent]] (1st Runner-up) [[Miss World 2006|Best World Dress Designer]] (Top 20) [[Miss World 2006|Sports and Fitness]] (Top 24) [[Miss World 2006|Beach Beauty]] (Top 25) |- ! 2007 | [[Giada Wiltshire]] | [[Emilia-Romagna]] | [[Miss World 2007|Performing Talent]] (Top 20) [[Miss World 2007|Beach Beauty]] (Top 21) |- ! 2008 | [[Claudia Russo]] | [[Sicily]] | [[Miss World 2008|Top Model]] (Top 32) |- ! 2009 | [[Alice Taticchi]] | [[Umbria]] | [[Miss World 2009|Best Dress Designer Award]] (Top 12) [[Miss World 2009|Top Model]] (Top 12) |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66;" ! 2010 | Giada Pezzaioli | [[Lombardy]] | Top 7 [[Miss World 2010|Beach Beauty]] (Top 40) |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" ! 2011 | [[Tania Bambaci]] | [[Sicily]] | Top 15 [[Miss World 2011|Top Model]] (1st Runner-up) [[Miss World 2011|Beach Beauty]] (Top 10) |- ! 2012 | Jessica Bellinghieri | [[Sicily]] | [[Miss World 2012|Beach Beauty]] (Top 40) |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" ! 2013 | Sarah Baderna | [[Emilia-Romagna]] | Top 20 [[Miss World 2013|Top Model]] (Top 10) [[Miss World 2013|Beach Beauty]] (Top 11) [[Miss World 2013|Sports and Fitness]] (Top 20) |- ! 2014 | Silvia Cataldi | [[Apulia]] | [[Miss World 2014|Beach Beauty]] (Top 10) [[Miss World 2014|Top Model]] (Top 15) |- ! 2015 | Greta Galassi | [[Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol|Trentino-Alto Adige]] | [[Miss World 2015|Top Model]] (1st Runner-Up) |- ! 2016 | Giada Tropea | [[Calabria]] | Unplaced |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" ! 2017 | Conny Notarstefano | [[Lazio]] | Top 40 [[Miss World 2017|Performing Talent]] (Top 5) [[Miss World 2017|Sports and Fitness]] (Top 23) |- ! 2018 | Nunzia Amato | [[Campania]] | [[Miss World 2018|Miss World Top Model]] (Top 32) [[Beauty with a Purpose]] (Top 25) |- ! 2019 | Adele Sammartino | [[Campania]] | [[Miss World Top Model]] (Top 40) |- | '''2020''' | colspan=4 {{n/a|Due to the impact of [[COVID-19 pandemic]], no pageant in 2020}} |- ! 2021 | Claudia Motta<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.italy24news.com/News/202618.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927163235/https://www.italy24news.com/News/202618.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=September 27, 2021|title= Miss World 2021, Claudia Motta from Lazio will represent Italy at the final in Puerto Rico|date=September 27, 2021|website=italy24news.com}}</ref> | [[Lazio]] | [[Miss World 2021|Sports]] (Top 32) |- | '''2022''' | colspan=4 {{n/a|[[Miss World 2021]] was rescheduled to 16 March 2022 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] outbreak in [[Puerto Rico]], no edition started in 2022}} |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" ! 2023 | Rebecca Arnone<ref>{{cite web|title=Miss Mondo Italia 2022 è la torinese Rebecca Arnone|url=https://www.lastampa.it/spettacoli/showbiz/2022/06/19/news/miss_mondo_italia_2022_e_la_torinese_rebecca_arnone-5420886/amp/}}</ref> | [[Metropolitan City of Turin|Turin]] | Top 40 |- | '''2024''' | colspan=5 {{n/a|No competition held}} |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" ! 2025 | Chiara Esposito<ref>{{Cite news|title=Miss Mondo Italia è campana: Chiara Esposito, 20 anni, di Curti, in provincia di Caserta|url=https://napoli.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/23_giugno_12/miss-mondo-italia-e-campana-chiara-esposito-20-anni-di-curti-in-provincia-di-caserta-e54f52d2-3295-4605-9b1d-883e76723xlk.shtml|work=Corriere della Sera|language=it}}</ref> | [[Campania]] | Top 20 |- ! 2026 | Lucrezia Mangilli | [[Friuli-Venezia Giulia]] | TBA |- |}

=== 1954-2004 === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center" !width="60" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Year !width="250" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Miss World Italy !width="250" style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Placement at Miss World |- | 2004 | Valeria Altobelli | Unplaced |- | 2003 | Silvia Cannas | Unplaced |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD; " | 2002 | Susanne Zuber | Top 20 |- | 2001 | Paola d'Antonino | Unplaced |- |- style="background-color:#FFFF66; " | 2000 | [[Giorgia Palmas]] | 1st Runner-up |- | 1999 | Gloria Nicoletti | Unplaced |- | 1998 | Concetta Travaglini | Unplaced |- | 1997 | Irene Lippi | Unplaced |- | 1996 | Mara de Gennaro | Unplaced |- | 1995 | Rosanna Santoli | Unplaced |- | 1994 | Arianna Novacco | Unplaced |- | 1993 | [[Barbara Chiappini]] | Unplaced |- | 1992 | Paola Irrera | Unplaced |- | 1991 | Sabina Pellati | Unplaced |- | 1990 | Cristina Gavagnin | Unplaced |- | 1989 | Paola Mercurio | Unplaced |- | 1988 | Giulia Gemo | Unplaced |- | 1987 | Barbara Martinuzzi | Unplaced |- | 1986 | Enrica Patane | Unplaced |- | 1985 | Cosetta Antoniolli | Unplaced |- | 1984 | Federica Tersch | Unplaced |- | 1983 | Barbara Previato | Unplaced |- | 1982 | Raffaella del Rosario | Unplaced |- | 1981 | Marisa Tutone | Unplaced |- | 1980 | Stefania de Pasquaci | Unplaced |- | 1979 | Rossana Serratore | Unplaced |- | 1978 | Loren Mai | Unplaced |- | 1976 | Antonella Lombrosi | Unplaced |- | 1975 | Vanna Bortolini | Unplaced |- | 1974 | Zaira Zoccheddu | Unplaced |- |- style="background-color:#FFFACD; " | 1973 | Marva Bartolucci | Top 15 |- | 1972 | Laura Romano | Unplaced |- | 1971 | Maria Pinnone | Unplaced |- | 1970 | Marika de Poi | Unplaced |- | 1968 | Pia Gianporcaro | Unplaced |- |- style="background-color:#FFFACD; " | 1967 | Tamara Baroni | Top 15 |- |- style="background-color:#FFFACD; " | 1966 | Gigliola Carbonara | Top 15 |- | 1965 | Guya Libraro | Unplaced |- |- style="background-color:#FFFF66; " | 1964 | Mirka Sartori | 6th Runner-up |- | 1962 | Raffaella da Carolis | Unplaced |- | 1961 | Franca Cattaneo | Unplaced |- |- style="background-color:#FFFACD; " | 1960 | Layla Rigazzi | Top 10 |- | 1959 | Paola Falchi | Unplaced |- |- style="background-color:#FFFACD; " | 1958 | Elisabetta Velinsky | Top 10 |- | 1957 | Anna Gorassini | Unplaced |- | 1956 | Angela Portaluri | Unplaced |- | 1955 | Franca Incorvaia | Unplaced |- | 1954 | Cristina Fantoni | Unplaced |}

==Notes== Miss World started in 1951, but Italy send its first delegate, Cristina Fantoni, only in 1954. Italy withdraws three times: in 1963, in 1969 and in 1977. The highest placement from Italian representative was placing by [[Giorgia Palmas]] as the 1st Runner-up and awarding as Queen of Europe in 2000.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.missmondo.it/ Miss World Italy website] {{in lang|it}}

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