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Miss Puglia participants Kaitlin Coffey, left, Anna Nicole Deliso, Angela Fronda, Sara LoCicero, Nadia Manginelli and Alyssa Simmonds.
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Celebrating Pugliese culture in the boro
Anna Nicole Deliso is crowned Miss Puglia by Josephine Pietanza, who helps to run the event.
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Celebrating Pugliese culture in the boro
Michele Emiliano, the mayor of Bari, Italy, is presented a gift from John Mustaro, president of the United Pugliese Federation of the Metropolitan area.
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Celebrating Pugliese culture in the boro
Italian dignitaries, representatives from the United Pugliese Federation and Miss Puglia judges pose during Sunday’s event at Russo’s on the Bay in Howard Beach.
Posted: Thursday, April 19, 2012 12:00 pm
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Updated: 2:03 pm, Thu Apr 26, 2012.
Celebrating Pugliese culture in the boro
by Anna Gustafson, Senior Editor
Queens Chronicle
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Hundreds of people gathered at Russo’s on the Bay in Howard Beach last Sunday to celebrate the United Pugliese Federation of the Metropolitan Area’ s annual dinner dance and Miss Puglia pageant.
A number of high profile Italian dignitaries, including Michele Emiliano, the mayor of Bari — a city in Puglia, an Italian state; Natalia Quintavalle, the Italian consul general; and Antonio Bernardini, an Italian ambassador to the United Nations, joined Italians from around the New York area at the event that is meant to highlight Pugliese tradition.
As part of the event, six women vied for the title of Miss Puglia. Anna Nicole Deliso, of Brooklyn, won, landing her a scholarship.
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