Meet Miss Bel Air Independence Day​ 2024: Gianna Romero

BEL AIR, MD — Gianna Romero has been named Miss Bel Air Independence Day 2024. She will serve as the official hostess in Bel Air's Fourth of July celebration.

Romero succeeds Giovanna Ward who served as Miss Bel Air 2023.

“The selection process this year was again quite difficult, because the candidates were all so wonderful,” said Michael Blum, chairperson of the Miss Bel Air Selection Committee. "We couldn’t have done it without the excellent scoring process created by Laura Patnaude, vice-chair of the Selection Committee and herself a former Miss Bel Air. We were very pleased to have many candidates from the greater Bel Air area and I believe that Gianna Romero, who graduated from the John Carroll School in Bel Air in 2023 and has been a significant contributor to many activities and interests around Bel Air, will be a terrific Miss Bel Air."

Romero said she was excited to be crowned Miss Bel Air. She currently is a student and baton twirler at Stevenson University in Owings Mills where she's pursuing a degree in business communications with a minor in event planning. She also is a summer camp instructor and birthday party lead with Harford Gymnastics of Joppa and a substitute dance and baton-twirling instructor for TwirlTasTix/Relevé Baton and Dance of Bel Air.

Her volunteer experience includes co-organizing the first Twirler for a Day youth event at Stevenson University, being a guest choreographer for the Upper Falls Dance Academy winter concert, a community dance event assistant for the John Carroll Ballet Academy Thrive program and a summer reading assistant for the Harford County Public Library. She landed on the Dean’s List at Stevenson University for the fall of 2023, and is a Stevenson University Leadership Scholar and resident assistant for the 2024-2025 academic year.

At John Carroll School, Romero achieved First Honors from 2021-2023, was a member of the National Art Honor Society, the National Spanish Honor Society and the Honor Society for Dance Arts. She is certified by USA Gymnastics in Safety and Response Policy, is SafeSport Trained by the US Center for Safe Sport and is certified in Concussion Training by the CDC Heads Up Program.

“As an athlete, instructor and community volunteer, I am devoted to teaching youth and athletic staff about the importance of mental health and wellness in athletics. I’m thrilled and pleased to be able to serve my community and represent Bel Air this year on July 4th and in the Miss Maryland Competition," Romero said.

Miss Bel Air also appears at public events throughout the calendar year, including the Bel Air Kite Festival, the Harford County Farm Fair and the annual Town of Bel Air Christmas Parade. She competes for the title of Miss Maryland at the annual Miss Maryland Competition, held in late June.

For information about Bel Air's July 4th celebration, including how to apply to be in the annual parade, visit https://belairjuly4.org.