(Beatrice Faccioni, winner of the Miss Italy in 1957, held in Pescara)
Salsomaggiore not host more Miss Italy, after 41 years. Had already happened in the past that in times of austerity the venue change.
Between 1972 and 1983 the most beautiful girls in Italy were received from localities of Calabria and Puglia, and then also from Reggio Emilia, Viareggio, Gallio (Vicenza) Form and Sanremo.
Going back in time, however, between the cities that have embraced the beauty tricolor are Rimini (1954 to 1956) and, unbelievable, Pescara (1957). He won, for the record, the Verona Beatrice Faccioli, and posters emblazoned on the photo of her godmother Sophia Loren, who had just fifteen I attended 7 years ago.
Mayor of the spa town of Emilia, Massimo Tedeschi said with a tinge of regret:
"600 000 € were too many as an expense to be incurred, I can not close a nursery to host Miss Italy. Even my employees public, because of cuts to local authorities, must give up to 280 000 € bonuses.
Mirigliani Patrick, who organized the event, has left the door open: if Salsomaggiore in the future would find the funds and ability to bind his name to our festival, will be fast-tracked. While writing
sorry to hear the news of this break and the vicissitudes of local authorities, there are also points that do not fully convinced of this vicenda.Miss Italy is in fact a contest of great importance, transmitted by RAI for several evenings (at least three ), has important industrial sponsors, so there should be no problem to find other companies associating their brand to the event.
also speak of a figure, 600 000 €, insignificant in the face of a chance to showcase such a prestigious body.
The host community may in fact participate in the revenue of the sponsors, at least for As regards the coverage of organizational costs to date have been against him. It would be enough to rely on a special advertising agency, and still does not seem an insurmountable problem: with a minimum commitment from politicians all over it.
It is perplexing that the mayor of Salsomaggiore, has been unable to resolve the issue.
The venue is yet to be determined, therefore, for 2011, and a city that thrives on tourism as Pescara can not miss the opportunity. This is not to pull out money, rather than invest it and retrieve it easy to attract sponsorship and totally fall in costs, in fact, you could also earn up to us.
We complain so much that the Abruzzo does not take off economically, but is not taken by decision of a road to its development: we have said no to petrochemical plants, the third on the Gran Sasso tunnel, in fact you have chosen a line green.
So why not focus on tourism in a more courageous? Another Adriatic city a bit 'further north, such as Rimini, base would not have much more to offer in Pescara is the same size, the province is only in recent years and political matters much less. While the town of Abruzzo is the largest city in its region, and serves as a reference point in many areas, the entertainment capital of Romagna is competing with centers of comparable size or larger, within its territory. Why, then, Rimini is richer? For one simple reason: he has embraced the dynamism typical of northern Italy, has created clubs, events and initiatives in many other places, tourist resorts and the ruling classes did not have the initiative to promote.
E 'a discourse of mentality: if many people still remember Yellow Flag, a song dedicated to the homonymous local dance, even if someone laughs at seeing Rimini Rimini, because there will be. E 'therefore requires a shock in terms of mentality in Pescara: demonstrate once again to have only those of the south side of positive cultural, and immobility Bourbon, which unfortunately still exists in the population of the town of Bard.
Andrea Russo
(In collaboration with Abruzzoblog.it)
(Manifesto of "Miss Italy 1957" with Sofia Loren) 
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