Miss Grand Sicily is an Italian regional female beauty pageant, founded in 2019 by an Augusta-based event organizer, Gianni Saija. The winners of the contest represent the region of Sicily in the Miss Grand Italy, a national preliminary pageant for Miss Grand International.
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.
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. Several local pageants were then organized to select the finalists for the region-level contest, which later happened on 29 August 2019, at the Piazza delle Grazie in Augusta, and a model Maria Giorgia Accolla was named the winner. From 2020 to 2022, the competition license was taken over by Massimo Pantano, who is the chairperson of Massimo Pantano Model Agency, and was then transferred to Giuseppe Caggegi in 2023.
Besides the main winner, some runners-up were also sent to compare in the national pageant.
Editions The following table details Miss Grand Sicily's annual editions since 2019.
Edition Date Final venue Winner 1stMaria Giorgia Accolla2nd12 August 2020Colonia don Bosco, Catania (CT)Samantha Chiarenza3rd12 September 2021Romano Palace Luxury Hotel, Viale Kennedy (CT)Francesca Bertolini4thAlessia Stissi5th3 June 2023Jaaneta Beach Disco Club, Lungomare Schisò, Giardini Naxos (ME)Lidia Castorina6th16 August 2024Villa Aldo Moro, Cesarò (ME)Miriana Nunnari7th27 August 2025Piazza della Madonna della Catena, Castiglione di SiciliaRebecca D’Agostino
National competition The following is a list of representatives of the region of Sicily in the Miss Grand Italy national pageant.
Year Representative Original state title Placement at Miss Grand Italy 2019Maria Giorgia AccollaMiss Grand Sicily 20192020Samantha ChiarenzaMiss Grand Sicily 20202021Francesca BertoliniMiss Grand Sicily 20212022Alessia StissiMiss Grand Sicily 20222023Lidia CastorinaMiss Grand Sicily 20232024Miriana NunnariMiss Grand Sicily 2024Top 10
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