Miss Italia nel Mondo celebrates the beauty of women of Italian heritage
from around the world with its 19 annual Pageant program this year.
Italian-American women who reside in the United States are invited to
compete for the crown beginning in individual State competitions. Winners of
the State competitions will travel to the Finale Show next spring 2009 and
will be crown Miss Italia USA 2009.
Miss Italia USA 2009 will travel than to Italy on June 2009 to compete
against forty-nine young ladies from other nations for the title of Miss
Italia nel Mondo.
The final pageant will be held in Jesolo, outside Venice. RAI 1 and RAI
International will broadcast the competition.
In order to participate in the Miss Italia USA competition, a woman must be
a resident of United States for at least six months before June 30, 2009, be
of Italian origin, having one Italian parent or at least one Italian
grandparent. Candidate must have a basic knowledge of the Italian language
and be between the ages of 17 and 26 by December 31, 2009.

For more informations on applying for this pageant write at
info@missitaliausa.net, call 646.498.1292 and leave a messagge or visit www.missitalianelmondo.it