Riccione Could Host Miss Italy this Year

The company Area di Salsomaggiore composed of the Municipality, Spa and business associations of the city, stated yesterday that it was a bitter decision not to host this year the beauty contest Miss Italy. The difficult decision was taken together with Mirigliani, the patron of the competition, following the difficulties of Salsomaggiore to raise the amount needed to host the event.

Riccione is been dreaming to host this important competition, and now it could become a candidate. The Councillor for Tourism Simone Gobbi, said he was contacted by Mirigliani already in August, and spoke of this possibility . Gobbi sadly reported that the ability to host Miss Italy is really small, considering the astronomical sums required to host the competition. It is true that hope is the last to die, but to host the prestigious competition more than a million € are requires and this would mean giving up all or most of the events that are held in Riccione. It is also essential to find sponsors, but in the context of the economical crisis, is not as simple as that. Gobbi said that the dream remains and that Riccione will apply to host Miss Italy this year.