| Miss Grand Italy 2023 | |
|---|---|
 Andrea Zanettin, the winner of the contest | |
| Date | 11 June 2023 |
| Presenters | |
| Venue | Grand Hotel Pianeta Maratea,Maratea,Potenza |
| Broadcaster | |
| Entrants | 45 |
| Placements | 24 |
| Winner | Andrea Zanettin (Aosta Valley) |
| Mascot winner | Aurora Fretta (Campania) |
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Miss Grand Italy 2023 was the fifth edition of theMiss Grand Italy pageant, held on 11 June 2023,[1][2] at the Grand Hotel Pianeta Maratea, in theProvince of Potenza.[3][4] Forty-five candidates from different regions of the country competed for the title,[5] of whom a 24-year-old Venezuelan-Italian professional model representingAosta Valley, Andrea Zanettin, was named the main winner,[5][6][7] while a 14-year-old girl fromNaples, Aurora Fretta, was announced the winner of the Mascot category.[5][6]
The winner of the contest, Andrea Zanettin, was expected to represent the country at the international stage,Miss Grand International 2023,[8] to be held inVietnam on 25 October.[9][10]
The grand gala final of the pageant was hosted byMatilde Brandi [it] andPippo Pelo [it], and was also attended by manytelevision personalities, such asRossella Erra,Pippo Franco, and Vincenzo Alighieri.[5][6]
The national finalists of Miss Grand Italy 2023 were chosen by the regional organizers,[1][11][12] entitled by the central organ MUPI SRL to select their representatives, through the regional pageants.[2][13][14] Several regional organs held multiple audition events or local contests to determine the finalists for their regional pageant.[13][14][15] For the autonomous region ofAosta Valley, which made its debut inMiss Grand Italy this year, the winner of an annual regional pageant, Miss Paradisia, will automatically qualify for the national pageant of Miss Grand Italy 2023.[16][17][18][19]
In addition to the regional contests, the central organizer also arranged an online voting challenge to determine a challenging winner to automatically qualify for the national pageant; the challengers were divided into 13 group stages, in which the qualified applicants competed virtually for the duration of 14 to 15 days, after which the candidates with the most voting points qualified to the final challenging round and competed again to determine the final winner.[citation needed]
Several regions hold their preliminary pageants to select their representatives for the national stage.[2][11][19] In addition, a third-level contest (city-level) has also been observed, and the winners of such qualified for the regional contests.[13][15]
The following list is the regions that organized the regional pageants for Miss Grand Italy 2023.
| Region | Regional final date and venue | Numbers of | Ref. | |||
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| Local preliminary events | Entrants | Qualified candidates | ||||
| Miss (Age 17-28) | Mascotte (Age 13-16) | |||||
 Abruzzo | 3 December 2022 at theCastello Orsini-Odescalchi,Avezzano (AQ) | — | N/A | 1 | 1 | [20] |
 Tuscany | 24 April 2023 at the Lido Le Panteraie Club,Montecatini Terme (PT) | 2 events
| 30 | 4 | 1 | [21] |
 Sardinia | 6 May 2023 at the La Terrazza Domus Restaurant,Villasimius (SU) | N/A | 3 | 2 | [22] | |
 Apulia | 7 May 2023 at the Castello Spagnolo,Statte (TA) | N/A | 3 | 3 | [2][23] | |
 Liguria | 27 May 2023 at the Holiday Inn Genoa City,Genoa (GE) | N/A | 3 | 0 | ||
 Lombardy | 3 | 0 | ||||
 Trentino-Alto Adige | 28 May 2023 at Hotel Villa Pigalle, Belvedere (VI) | No data available | [24] | |||
 Friuli Venezia Giulia | N/A | 1 | 0 | |||
 Veneto | 6 | 0 | ||||
 Umbria | 1 June 2023 at the Da Faliero e la Maria Restaurant,Montebuono (RI) | N/A | 3 | 1 | [25] | |
 Calabria | 2 June 2023 at the Village Camping Due Elle,Corigliano-Rossano (CS) | 3 events
| No data available | [11] | ||
 Campania | 3 June 2023 at the Via Madre Teresa di Calcutta,San Martino Valle Caudina (AV) | N/A | 2 | 2 | [13][26] | |
 Molise | 1 | 2 | ||||
 Basilicata | 1 | 2 | ||||
 Emilia-Romagna | 3 June 2023 at the Bikini Disco Dinner Club,Cattolica (RN) | — | 25 | 3 | 4 | [27] |
 Marche | 3 June 2023 at La Giara Restaurant,Pesaro (PU) | — | 17 | 2 | 2 | [3] |
 Sicilia | 3 June 2023 at the Jaaneta Beach Club,Giardini Naxos (ME) | — | N/A | 3 | 3 | [4] |
 Aosta Valley | 4 June 2023 at theGrand Hotel Billia-Saint Vincent,Saint-Vincent (AO) | 3 events
| 16 | 2 | 0 | [16][28] |
 Lazio | No data available | 1 event
| No data available | [29] | ||
 Piemonte | No data available | |||||
The following list is the candidates who have been confirmed to participate, categorized by region.[30]
| Team Abruzzo[20] | Team Aosta Valley[28] | Team Apulia[23] | Team Basilicata[26] | |||||
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| Team Lazio | Team Liguria | Team Lombardy | Team Marche[3] | |||||
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| Team Trentino-Alto Adige | Team Tuscany[21] | Team Umbria[25] | Team Veneto | |||||
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