Enzo Mirigliani (22 April 1917 – 26 September 2011) was an Italian television personality and the head of the

Miss Italia Miss Italia is a beauty pageant awarding prizes every year to young, female contestants from Italy. Since the first edition of the contest in 1939 many of the contestants have gone on to notable careers in television and film. History The foreru ...

beauty pageant for over 50 years. Born in

Santa Caterina dello Ionio Santa Caterina dello lonio is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of southern Italy. Geography The village is bordered by Badolato Badolato is a ''comune'' and town in the province of Catanzaro in the Cal ...

in Calabria, Italy, Mirigliani became the head of Miss Italy in 1959. Over the years, he created many other shows. He stepped down as head of Miss Italy in 2010, and died the following year at the Gemelli Clinic in Rome, aged 94. He was Commander in the

Order of Merit of the Italian Republic The Order of Merit of the Italian Republic ( it, Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana) is the senior Italian order of merit. It was established in 1951 by the second President of the Italian Republic, Luigi Einaudi. The highest-rankin ...

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1917 births 2011 deaths People from Calabria People from the Province of Catanzaro Italian television personalities {{Italy-bio-stub