# Miss Grand Italy 2023

Miss Grand Italy 2023 was the fifth edition of the Miss Grand Italy pageant, held on 11 June 2023, at the Grand Hotel Pianeta Maratea, in the Province of Potenza. Forty-five candidates from different regions of the country competed for the title, of whom a 24-year-old Venezuelan-Italian professional model representing Aosta Valley, Andrea Zanettin, was named the main winner, while a 14-year-old girl from Naples, Aurora Fretta, was announced the winner of the Mascot category.
The winner of the contest, Andrea Zanettin, was expected to represent the country at the international stage, Miss Grand International 2023, to be held in Vietnam on 25 October.
The grand gala final of the pageant was hosted by Matilde Brandi [it] and Pippo Pelo [it], and was also attended by many television personalities, such as Rossella Erra, Pippo Franco, and Vincenzo Alighieri.

## Background
### Selection of contestants

The national finalists of Miss Grand Italy 2023 were chosen by the regional organizers, entitled by the central organ MUPI SRL to select their representatives, through the regional pageants. Several regional organs held multiple audition events or local contests to determine the finalists for their regional pageant. For the autonomous region of Aosta Valley, which made its debut in Miss 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.
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.

### Regional pageants

Several regions hold their preliminary pageants to select their representatives for the national stage. In addition, a third-level contest (city-level) has also been observed, and the winners of such qualified for the regional contests.
The following list is the regions that organized the regional pageants for Miss Grand Italy 2023.
List of Miss Grand Italy 2023 regional and local pageants, by the grand final coronation date (as of 9 May 2023) :
| Region | Regional final date and venue | Numbers of | Numbers of | Numbers of | Numbers of | Ref. |
| Region | Regional final date and venue | Local preliminary events | Entrants | Qualified candidates | Qualified candidates | | Ref. |
| Region | Regional final date and venue | Local preliminary events | Entrants | Miss (Age 17-28) | Mascotte (Age 13-16) | Ref. |
| Abruzzo | 3 December 2022 at the Castello Orsini-Odescalchi, Avezzano (AQ) | — | N/A | 1 | 1 | |
| Tuscany | 24 April 2023 at the Lido Le Panteraie Club, Montecatini Terme (PT) | 2 events January 5: Montecatini Terme (PT)April 24: Montecatini Terme (PT) | 30 | 4 | 1 | |
| Sardinia | 6 May 2023 at the La Terrazza Domus Restaurant, Villasimius (SU) | 3 events 22 December 2022: Sassari (SS)February 25: Cagliari (CA)March 25: Nuoro (NU) | N/A | 3 | 2 | |
| Apulia | 7 May 2023 at the Castello Spagnolo, Statte (TA) | 4 events 10 December 2022: Martina Franca (TA)January 28: Cerignola (FG)March 14: Melissano (LE)May 7: Taranto (TA) | N/A | 3 | 3 | |
| Liguria | 27 May 2023 at the Holiday Inn Genoa City, Genoa (GE) | 2 events 18 December 2022: Genoa (GE)March 24: Genoa (GE) | N/A | 3 | 0 | |
| Lombardy | 27 May 2023 at the Holiday Inn Genoa City, Genoa (GE) | 1 event 10 December 2022: Bergamo (BG) | N/A | 3 | 0 | |
| Trentino-Alto Adige | 28 May 2023 at Hotel Villa Pigalle, Belvedere (VI) | 2 events April 1: Vicenza (VI)May 6: Padua (PD) | No data available | No data available | No data available | |
| Friuli Venezia Giulia | 28 May 2023 at Hotel Villa Pigalle, Belvedere (VI) | 2 events April 1: Vicenza (VI)May 6: Padua (PD) | N/A | 1 | 0 | |
| Veneto | 28 May 2023 at Hotel Villa Pigalle, Belvedere (VI) | 2 events April 1: Vicenza (VI)May 6: Padua (PD) | N/A | 6 | 0 | |
| Umbria | 1 June 2023 at the Da Faliero e la Maria Restaurant, Montebuono (RI) | 3 events 25 November 2022: Assisi (PG)March 17: Umbertide (PG)May 6: Padua (PD) | N/A | 3 | 1 | |
| Calabria | 2 June 2023 at the Village Camping Due Elle, Corigliano-Rossano (CS) | 3 events February 12: Castrovillari (CS)March 19: Corigliano-Rossano (CS)May 12: Corigliano-Rossano (CS) | No data available | No data available | No data available | |
| Campania | 3 June 2023 at the Via Madre Teresa di Calcutta, San Martino Valle Caudina (AV) | 3 events April 2: Ceppaloni (BN)April 28: Naples (NA)May 1: Naples (NA) | N/A | 2 | 2 | |
| Molise | 3 June 2023 at the Via Madre Teresa di Calcutta, San Martino Valle Caudina (AV) | 3 events April 2: Ceppaloni (BN)April 28: Naples (NA)May 1: Naples (NA) | N/A | 1 | 2 | |
| Basilicata | 3 June 2023 at the Via Madre Teresa di Calcutta, San Martino Valle Caudina (AV) | 3 events April 2: Ceppaloni (BN)April 28: Naples (NA)May 1: Naples (NA) | N/A | 1 | 2 | |
| Emilia-Romagna | 3 June 2023 at the Bikini Disco Dinner Club, Cattolica (RN) | — | 25 | 3 | 4 | |
| Marche | 3 June 2023 at La Giara Restaurant, Pesaro (PU) | — | 17 | 2 | 2 | |
| Sicilia | 3 June 2023 at the Jaaneta Beach Club, Giardini Naxos (ME) | — | N/A | 3 | 3 | |
| Aosta Valley | 4 June 2023 at the Grand Hotel Billia-Saint Vincent, Saint-Vincent (AO) | 3 events 19 December 2022: VerrèsFebruary 4: VerrèsApril 22: San Sebastiano da Po | 16 | 2 | 0 | |
| Lazio | No data available | 1 event May 7: Colleferro (RM) | No data available | No data available | No data available | |
| Piemonte | No data available | No data available | No data available | No data available | No data available | No data available |

## Candidates

The following list is the candidates who have been confirmed to participate, categorized by region.
| | Team Abruzzo | Team Aosta Valley | Team Apulia | Team Basilicata |
| | Miss category: Adele Mariani Mascotte category: Giorgia Tacchia | Miss category: Giorgia Giacobbe Andrea Zanettin | Miss category: Marika Giannattasio Alessia D'Argenio Claudia Cristofalo Mascotte category: Alessia Andriani Desireè Fasciano Arianna De Bernardis | Miss category: Lucia Pia Vitolo Mascotte category: Rebecca Tulino Chiara Cioffi |
| | Team Calabria | Team Campania | Team Emilia-Romagna | Team Friuli Venezia Giulia |
| | | Miss category: Rossella Crisci Clara Fiore Cinzia Angelino Lucia Pia Vitolo Carmen Pesa Mascotte category: Aurora Fretta Virginia Pepillo | Miss category: Loretta Graziani Viola Missiroli Vittoria Alvino Mascotte category: Giulia Berretti Vittoria Chiarini Gioia Parente Emily Arpino | Miss category: Emma Paolino |
| | Team Lazio | Team Liguria | Team Lombardy | Team Marche |
| | Miss category: Veronica Corrente | Miss category: Milena Acosta Yepez Aya Blluomu Dayanancy Pena | Miss category: Jessica Chanel Grigolato Alessia Gatti Lala Calvi Giulia Bianchi | Miss category: Pesaro Cecilia Rinaldi Clarissa Cola Mascotte category: Sara Arduini Beatrice Georgiana Gregorescu |
| | Team Molise | Team Piemonte | Team Sardinia | Team Sicilia |
| | Miss category: Manuela Leopaldi Mascotte category: Angelina Lyubenko Rita Scognamiglio | Miss category: Asia Frison | Miss category: Elisa Sechi Martina Serra Jasmin Rahbar Lobna Ibba Mascotte category: Alessia Mulas Silvia Baldino | Miss category: Julieta herrera Jennifer Lo Piero Lidia Castorina Maria Bruna Alleruzzo |
| | Team Trentino-Alto Adige | Team Tuscany | Team Umbria | Team Veneto |
| | | Miss category: Giulia Cashaj Morgana Manuali Noemi Robes Jennyfer Gervasi Mascotte category: Emma Cantelli | Miss category: Yasmine Seckruf Francesca Crulli Sharon Chukwurah Mascotte category: Jennifer Mery Coulibaly | Miss category: Anna Toniutti Arianna Musobelliu Eleonora Perusin Serena Forzutti Stefania Carausu Valentina Fabbri |
| Note ^α : Directly qualified for the national contest after winning a voting challenge held online by the central licensee. |||||||||