In October 2022, Mia Glassco won the Casa Italia Foundation’s Miss Italia of Ohio 2022-2023 pageant.

“Not only did I have an amazing experience, but I got to learn so much about my culture and family history. I dedicated a part of my proceeds to the Northern Italian American Foundation (NOIA) to support preserving the culture in the Cleveland Area. I grew up in Cleveland and have been going to Little Italy since I was a baby. I really would love to start getting the younger generations involved in the beautiful culture that we have. If there is anything that I can do to support Little Italy in the future please let me know.”

— Mia Glassco

Mia is 23 years old. Just graduated from Baldwin Wallace with master’s degree in Accounting.  Mia graduated summa cum laude while playing NCAA DIII women’s ice hockey all four years. She plans on going to law school to practice tax law.

Mia currently works for a CPA firm in downtown Cleveland, and is also coaching ice hockey.

Her family is from Cucurri, Italy. Most of Mia’s large Italian family still live in the Cleveland area. Mia wanted to become Miss Italia of Ohio to promote the younger generations in participating and learning about our culture.

More at the Casa Italia Foundation.