Miss Italia
Miss Italia | |
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Created by | Enzo Mirigliani |
Developed by | , , |
Directed by | |
Presented by | |
Composer | |
Country of origin | Italy |
Original language | Italian |
No. of seasons | 80 |
Production | |
Production location | Jesolo |
Running time | 180 minutes |
Production companies | Rai Infront |
Release | |
Original network | RAI, Rai 1 Radio: Rai Radio 2 Web: RaiPlay, |
Original release | 1939 September 6, 2019 | –
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Miss Italia is the name of a beauty pageant awarding prizes every year to young, female contestants from Italy. Since the first edition of the contest in 1939 many of the contestants have gone on to notable careers in television and film.
History[]
The forerunner of Miss Italia was (Miss Smile) started in 1939 by , and sponsored by a brand of toothpaste. Contestants were judged by their photographs rather than competing on a runway.
After a break during World War II, the contest resumed in 1946 and adopted the present-day name of Miss Italia. It was held in Stresa, which had managed to maintain its hotel infrastructure despite the war. The venue then changed several times before it was established that Salsomaggiore Terme would be the permanent, annual host to the pageant.
Like contemporary Italian society itself, Miss Italia has gone through many changes over the years. In 1950 it was first broadcast on the radio. But since 1987 it has been broadcast live on television. As of 1990 the chest, waist, and hip measurements of the contestants are no longer judged, and in 1994 the contest was opened to married women and mothers. (The 1987 winner had been disqualified when it was later discovered she was married.) In 1996, Denny Mendez became the first Miss Italia woman of colour.
Among the participants finding later success in cinema and the entertainment industry at large (although many not having actually won the crown of Miss Italia itself) include: Silvana Pampanini, Sophia Loren, Marcella Mariani, Lucia Bosè, Stefania Sandrelli, , Simona Ventura, Patrizia Deitos, Anna Falchi and Martina Colombari.
Since 1959 the organizer of Miss Italia has been Enzo Mirigliani, to whose work the contest owes much of its current success. The jury groups that elect Miss Italia have included celebrities such as Totò, Giorgio de Chirico, Giovannino Guareschi, Luchino Visconti, Vittorio De Sica, Gina Lollobrigida, Alberto Lattuada, Marcello Mastroianni, Ugo Tognazzi, Lina Wertmüller, Dino Risi, Alberto Sordi, and Claudia Cardinale.
Besides the title of "Miss Italia", during the pageant other consolation prizes are also awarded, including "Miss Elegance" and "Miss Cinema". In 1991 a separate pageant was instituted, called "Miss Italia Nel Mondo", a competition for Italian women living abroad.
Miss Italia will no longer be held in Salsomaggiore Terme, for economic reasons. This was announced in April 2011 and a long list of cities have expressed interest in hosting the pageant. Cities include Sanremo, Rome, Fiuggi, Taormina and many more. It was officially announced that Miss Italia 2011 will be held in Montecatini Terme. Milly Carlucci will not return as host of the pageant. Fabrizio Frizzi has replaced her for Miss Italia 2011. The pageant will only take place over two nights, rather than three.[citation needed] This year the beauty pageant contest, back in a national broadcast television. The contest will be produced by Infront and rai, The host will be Alessandro Greco. A program by Casimiro Lieto, Luca Parenti and Alessandro Migliaccio. Directed by Francesco Ebner [1][2]
Regional rankings[]
Titles | Region | Winning Years |
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11 | ![]() |
1954, 1966, 1976, 1977, 1988, 1995, 2003, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014 |
11 | ![]() |
1940, 1941, 1947, 1956–1960, 1965, 1978, 1982, 1985, 1990, 2019 |
11 | ![]() |
1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1993, 2000, 2015, 2020 |
6 | ![]() |
1957, 1964, 1989, 1992, 2002, 2007 |
5 | ![]() |
1948, 1970, 1974, 1984, 1987 |
5 | ![]() |
1955, 1968, 1997, 2009, 2011 |
5 | ![]() |
1946, 1973, 1980, 1996, 2016 |
4 | ![]() |
1949, 1969, 1981, 2018 |
4 | ![]() |
1939, 1983, 2004, 2005 |
3 | ![]() |
1959, 1986, 2001 |
3 | ![]() |
1958, 1991, 1998 |
2 | ![]() |
2006, 2017 |
2 | ![]() |
1962, 2010 |
2 | ![]() |
1963, 1994 |
2 | ![]() |
1961, 1975 |
1 | ![]() |
1999 |
1 | ![]() |
1979 |
0 | ![]() |
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0 | ![]() |
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0 | ![]() |
The Winners of Miss Italia[]
Miss Sorriso | |||||
1939 | 1940 | 1941 | Adriana Serra | ||
1942 | No pageant | 1943 | No pageant | 1944 | No pageant |
1945 | No pageant | ||||
Miss Italia | |||||
1946 | Rossana Martini | 1947 | Lucia Bosè | 1948 | Fulvia Franco |
1949 | 1950 | 1951 | |||
1952 | Eloisa Cianni | 1953 | Marcella Mariani | 1954 | |
1955 | 1956 | 1957 | |||
1958 | 1959 | Marisa Jossa | 1960 | ||
1961 | 1962 | 1963 | Franca Dallolio | ||
1964 | 1965 | 1966 | Daniela Giordano | ||
1967 | Cristina Businari | 1968 | 1969 | ||
1970 | 1971 | 1972 | |||
1973 | 1974 | 1975 | |||
1976 | 1977 | Anna Kanakis | 1978 | ||
1979 | Cinzia De Ponti | 1980 | 1981 | ||
1982 | Federica Moro | 1983 | Raffaella Baracchi | 1984 | Susanna Huckstep |
1985 | 1986 | Roberta Capua | 1987 | [3] | |
1988 | 1989 | 1990 | |||
1991 | Martina Colombari | 1992 | 1993 | ||
1994 | Alessandra Meloni | 1995 | Anna Valle | 1996 | Denny Mendez |
1997 | 1998 | 1999 | |||
2000 | 2001 | 2002 | Eleonora Pedron | ||
2003 | Francesca Chillemi | 2004 | Cristina Chiabotto | 2005 | Edelfa Chiara Masciotta |
2006 | Claudia Andreatti | 2007 | 2008 | Miriam Leone | |
2009 | Maria Perrusi | 2010 | Francesca Testasecca | 2011 | |
2012 | 2013 | Giulia Arena | 2014 | ||
2015 | Alice Sabatini | 2016 | Rachele Risaliti | 2017 | Alice Rachele Arlanch |
2018 | Carlotta Maggiorana | 2019 | Carolina Stramare | 2020 |
Hosts[]
- Corrado Mantoni: 1946–56
- Nunzio Filogamo: 1952
- Enzo Mirigliani: 1959, 1961–78
- : 1960
- Mike Bongiorno: 1970, 1975, 2007
- Daniele Piombi: 1974
- Gabriella Farinon: 1974
- Pippo Baudo: 1976
- Alberto Lupo: 1977
- Vanna Brosio: 1979
- Andrea Giordana: 1980–1981, 1984, 1987
- Memo Remigi: 1982
- : 1983
- Michele Gammino: 1983
- Milly Carlucci: 1983, 2009, 2010
- Marco Columbro: 1986
- Fabrizio Frizzi: 1988–2002, 2011, 2012
- Carlo Conti: 2003–06, 2008
- Loretta Goggi: 2007
- Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, Prince of Venice: 2010
- Massimo Ghini: 2013
- Cesare Bocci: 2013
- Francesca Chillemi: 2013
- Simona Ventura: 2014, 2015
- Francesco Facchinetti: 2016–18
- Diletta Leotta: 2018
- : 2019-2020
See also[]
- Miss Universo Italia
- Miss Italia nel Mondo
- Miss World Italy
Notes[]
- ^ "Miss Italia".
- ^ "Alessandro Greco a Blogo: "Non si può dire di no a Miss Italia. Ecco cosa cambierò rispetto al passato"". 12 August 2019.
- ^ Rocco was chosen as winner following the disqualification of the previously declared winner, of Forlì. Viola was discovered to be married, and a mother, and the initial results of the pageant were overruled.
External links[]
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