Italy at major beauty pageants

This is a list of Italy's representatives and their placements at the Big Four international beauty pageants, considered the most important in the world.

The criteria for the Big Four inclusion is based on specific standards such as the pageants global prominence and prestige approved by worldwide media, the quality and quantity of crowned delegates recognized by international franchisees and pageant aficionados, the winner's post pageant activities; the pageants longevity, consistency, and history; the sincerity of the pageant's specific cause, platform, and advocacy; the overall pre-pageant activities, production quality and global telecast; the enormity of internet traffic; and the extent of popularity amongst pageant fans across the globe.[1][2][3]

Erika Jorger (applied for Miss Universo Italia 1965) photographed by Paolo Monti in 1964

Italy's Big Four titleholders

Color Key
  •      Ended as Runner-up
  •      Ended as one of the Finalists or Semi-finalists
YEAR MISS UNIVERSE MISS WORLD MISS INTERNATIONAL MISS EARTH
2018 TBA Nunzia Amato
TBA		 TBA Sofia Pavan
TBA
2017 Maria Polverino Conny Notarstefano
Top 40		 x Fabiana Barra
2016 Sophia Sergio Giada Tropea x Denise Frigo
Top 16
2015 Giada Pezzaioli Greta Galassi Valentina Paganotto Aurora Pianegonda
2014 Valentina Bonariva
Top 15		 Silvia Cataldi Giulia Brazzarola Beatrice Valente
2013 Luna Voce Sarah Baderna
Top 20		 Sara Cavagnari Debora Bon
2012 Grazia Pinto Jessica Bellinghieri Giulia Masala Giulia Capuani
Top 16
2011 Elisa Torrini Tania Bambaci
Top 15		 Anthea Luca Angelica Parisi
2010 Jessica Cecchini Giada Pezzaioli
Top 7		 Veronica Iafelice Ilenia Arnolfo
Top 14
2009 Laura Valenti Alice Taticchi x Luna Voce
2008 Claudia Ferraris
Top 10		 Claudia Russo Luna Voce Caterina Pasquale
2007 Valentina Massi Giada Wiltshire x Bernadette Mazzu
2006 x Elizaveta Migatcheva x Maria Lucia Leo
2005 Teresa Francville Sofia Bruscoli
Top 6		 x x
2004 Laia Manetti Valeria Altobelli x x
2003 Silvia Ceccon Silvia Cannas x x
2002 Anna Rigon Susanne Zuber
Top 20		 x x
2001 Stefania Maria Paola d'Antonino x Monica Rosetti
2000 Annalisa Guadalupi Giorgia Palmas
1st Runner-up		 x ↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 2001 in Manila, Philippines)
1999 Gloria Bellicchi Gloria Nicoletti x
1998 Claudia Trieste Concetta Travaglini x
1997 Denny Mendez
Top 6		 Irene Lippi x
1996 Anna Valle Mara de Gennaro x
1995 Alessandra Meloni Rosanna Santoli x
1994 Arianna David
Top 10		 Arianna Novacco x
1993 Elisa Jacassi Barbara Chiappini x
1992 x Paola Irrera Nicole Cinquetti
1991 Pia Biscotti Sabina Pellati Mikaela Monari
Top 15
1990 Annamaria Malipiero Cristina Gavagnin Silvia Paci
1989 Cristiana Bertasi Paola Mercurio Barbara Tarcci
1988 Simona Ventura Giulia Gemo Fabiola Rizzi
1987 Roberta Capua
1st Runner-up		 Barbara Martinuzzi Luisa Rigamonti
1986 Susanna Huckstep Enrica Patane Caterina Fanciulli
1985 Beatrice Papi Cosetta Antoniolli Gabriela Ongaro
1984 Raffaella Baracchi Federica Tersch Monica Gallo
1983 Federica Moro
Top 12		 Barbara Previato Federica Tersch
Top 15
1982 Cinzia De Ponti
2nd Runner-up		 Raffaella del Rosario Antonella Cracchi
Top 15
1981 Anna Kanakis Marisa Tutone x
1980 Lory Del Santo Stefania de Pasquaci Angela Marcat
1979 Elvira Puglisi Rossana Serratore Nives Bordignon
1978 Andreina Mazzotti Loren Mai Gloria Aita
1977 Paola Bresciano x Livia Jannoni
1976 Diana Scapolan Antonella Lombrosi Joanna Avana
1975 Diana Salvador Vanna Bortolini Silvana Coppa
1974 Loretta Persichetti Zaira Zoccheddu Feliciana Del Spirito
Top 15
1973 Antonella Barci Marva Bartolucci
Top 15		 x
1972 Isabella Specia Laura Romano Rita Pistolozzi
1971 Mara Palvarini Maria Pinnone Rossana Barbieri
1970 Anna Zamboni
Top 12		 Marika de Poi Rossela Ambrosiani
1969 Diana Coccorese x Juliana Lamberti
1968 Cristina Businari Pia Gianporcaro Vanna Torri
1967 Paola Rossi
Top 12		 Tamara Baroni
Top 15		 Gilda Giuffrida
Top 15
1966 Paola Bassolino Gigliola Carbonara
4th Runner-up		 ↑ No pageant held
1965 Erika Jorger Guya Libraro Faida Fagioli
2nd Runner-up
1964 Emanuela Stramanna
Top 15		 Mirka Sartori
6th Runner-up		 x
1963 Gianna Serra
Top 15		 x Anna Rispoli
1962 Isa Stoppi Raffaella da Carolis Maria Vianello
1961 Viviana Romano Franca Cattaneo Anna Vincenzini
1960 Daniela Bianchi
1st Runner-up		 Layla Rigazzi
Top 10		 Grazia Jacomell
Top 15
1959 Grazia Buccella Paola Falchi ↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 1960 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1968 in Tokyo, Japan)
1958 Clara Coppola Elisabetta Velinsky
Top 10
1957 Valeria Fabrizi
Top 12		 Anna Gorassini
1956 Rossana Galli
4th Runner-up		 Angela Portaluri
1955 Elena Fancera Franca Incorvaia
1954 Teresa Paliani
Top 12		 Cristina Fantoni
1953 Rita Stazzi
Top 16		 ↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 1951 in England, United Kingdom. Italy sent their first delegate in 1954.)
1952 Giovanna Mazzotti
1951 ↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 1952 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1960 in Florida, United States.)
1950


× Did not compete
↑ No pageant held
( * ) "unknown contestant name"

Pageant Placements Best result
Miss Universe 16 1st Runner-up (1960 • 1987)
Miss World 13 1st Runner-up (2000)
Miss International 7 2nd Runner-up (1965)
Miss Earth 3 Top 14 (2010)
Total 38

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
  2. ↑ International Beauty Pageant Ranking
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-14. Retrieved 2014-10-14.

See also

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