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The 69th Miss Universe competition will be held on May 16 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. The competition will be broadcast live at 8 p.m. ET on FYI, the cable television channel owned by the A&E network. It will also air in Spanish on Telemundo. The preliminary competition, which determines the top 21 contestants who will compete on May 16, will be held on May 14. The preliminary competition will be streamed live at 7 p.m. ET on the Miss Universe YouTube channel. Viewers can vote for their picks via the Miss Universe app. The contest will be hosted by actor Mario Lopez and Olivia Culpo, who won Miss Universe in 2012, with a guest performance by rapper Pitbull. The contest will be broadcast in more than 160 territories and countries around the world. Read more • 'I'm Nevada's First Transgender Beauty Pageant Winner' • Mrs. World, Arrested Over Pageant Fracas, Believes She Did the Right Thing • Watch: Mrs. World Strips New Beauty Pageant Winner of Crown Over Divorce The Miss Universe competition was postponed last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement in March this year, Paula M. Shugart, president of the Miss Universe Organization, said: "We have spent months planning and preparing safety precautions to develop this edition of Miss Universe—one that will be memorable, special and totally innovative." Around 10,000 women participate annually in the Miss Universe, Miss USA and Miss Teen USA competitions organized by the MUO, ac...

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Staff Video, USA TODAY There is a new The reigning Miss Universe, The international competition, hosted by Steve Harvey, featured 80 contestants vyingfor the tiara. But it went down to thefinal three—Miss South Africa Lalela Mswane, Miss ParaguayNadia Ferreira and Sandu's Miss India. Miss South Africa, one of the many contestants pressured by her own government to boycott the controversial pageant to protest Israel's treatment of the Palestinians, was named second runner-up. When the Bollywood actress Miss Indiawas next announced as the winner,Sandhu fell into joyful tears before taking her first stage walk as Miss Universe. 'The worst week of my life': Road to Miss Universe: The final Fox telecast minutes Sunday saw some exciting live TV moments. Earlier in the show, Harvey had alluded to his Miss Universe 2015 fiasco in which he had announced the wrong winner. In 2015, Harveynamed Miss ColombiaAriadna Gutierrez, who was really first runner-up, as the winner instead of Miss PhilippinesPia Alonzo Wurtzbach,whowon the competition. With Sunday's competition down to the final two, Harvey referred to Miss Paraguay as "Miss Portugal" seconds before announcing the winner. He quickly corrected the mistake. "They wrote Portugal on the damnsign, they're trying to play me again," Harvey said of the show's producers. "I'm not going for it this year." A bizarre kerfuffle from Earlier in the competition, Harvey asked Sandu, whohad just cracked the top 16 as Miss India, "I hear you do s...

← Miss Universe 2023 will be the 72nd Background Location and date On 14 January 2023, Salvadoran president Selection of participants Contestants from twelve countries and territories have been selected to compete in the competition. One of these delegates was appointed to the position after being a runner-up of their national pageant or being selected through a casting process. This edition will mark the debut of Pakistan; and the returns of Bangladesh, Denmark, Egypt, Guyana, Hungary, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Mongolia, New Zealand, Norway, and Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe last competed in From this edition onwards, the Contestants As of 1 June 2023, 12 contestants have been confirmed: Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown Endi Demneri 24 Emilie Vansteenkiste 21 Ndoun Issie Princesse 22 Andrea Erjavec 23 Kim Rossen 25 Vanesa Švédová 19 Arbesa Rrahmani 21 Diami Almazbekova 21 Nilmani Hurlall 23 24 28 25 Upcoming pageants Country/Territory Date June 25, 2023 June 30, 2023 July 1, 2023 July 2, 2023 July 8, 2023 July 15, 2023 July 16, 2023 July 23, 2023 July 31, 2023 August 4, 2023 August 5, 2023 August 6, 2023 August 13, 2023 August 16, 2023 August 19, 2023 August 20, 2023 August 24, 2023 August 26, 2023 August 27, 2023 August 30, 2023 August 2023 September 1, 2023 September 2, 2023 September 3, 2023 September 9, 2023 September 23, 2023 September 2023 Notes • Severo, Jan Milo. Philstar.com. . Retrieved 15 January 2023. • Gillett, Katy (15 January 2023). The National. . Retriev...

In January 2021, the Miss Universe Organization was reportedly in talks to host the 2021 edition of the competition in Costa Rica in late 2021 or early 2022. Two months after the interview, the Miss Universe Organization confirmed that the competition would be in Selection of participants Contestants from 80 countries and territories were selected to compete in the competition. Twenty-seven of these delegates were appointees to their positions after being a runner-up of their national pageant or being selected through a casting process, while two were selected to replace the original dethroned winner. The 2021 edition saw the debut of Bahrain and the return of Equatorial Guinea, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Kenya, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Sweden, and Turkey; Morocco last competed in Botino later tested positive for COVID-19 upon arriving in Israel, and was taken to a government Incidents before the pageant Miss South Africa Results Placements Placement Contestant Miss Universe 2021 • 1st Runner-up • 2nd Runner-up • Top 5 • • Top 10 • • • • • Top 16 • • • • • • § - Voted into the Top 16 by viewers Special awards Award Contestant Best National Costume • Spirit of Carnival Award • Social Impact Award • Pageant Format The Miss Universe Organization introduced several specific changes to the format for this edition. The number of semifinalists was reduced to 16— the same number of semifinalists in Selection committee • • • • • • • (only as final telecast judge) • (onl...

Miss Armenia at the 2021 Miss Universe competition. Miss Universe Avetisyan's white NinaSarkisyants gown was almost entirely sheer, with additional lining on the bodice giving it some modesty. The fabric was embroidered with delicate detailing, which continued on the dress' long train and flowy sleeves. Miss Laos at the 2021 Miss Universe competition. Miss Universe Tonkham Phonchanheuang's gown had long, off-the-shoulder sleeves that were see-through, and a bodice with a diamond-shaped cutout in the middle of her chest. There were also sheer panels across her waist and hips, and a slit in the middle of her skirt.

Miss Belgium at the 2021 national costume show. Miss Universe Deltour's ensemble, designed by Roman Vandycke, paid tribute to the flags of both Belgium and Ethiopia, where Deltour was born. Deltour was adopted by a Belgian family when she was 10 after her mother died and her father took her to an orphanage. Miss Costa Rica at the 2021 Miss Universe national costume show. Miss Universe She wore a long-sleeved gown with a mermaid-style skirt, and it was covered in multicolored sequins from top to bottom. She also wore a silver headpiece with sparkling fringe and giant blue butterfly wings across her back. Miss Curaçao at the 2021 Miss Universe national costume show. Miss Universe Cijntje's look was designed by Jorge Salazar Caliz and was meant to show the effects of the climate crisis on the island of Curaçao — specifically how its coral reefs are being destroyed. She also wanted the sparkling red and yellow bodysuit to show the beauty of the reefs, and the "intense fire that blazes through the veins of the people of Curaçao," as she wrote on Instagram. Miss Finland at the 2021 Miss Universe national costume show. Miss Universe Essi Unkuri advocated for the environment with her costume, designed by Attached to the waist of her leotard was a semi-sheer skirt that, when lifted at her sides, revealed land and sea made from ruffles and the message, "let's save our planet." Miss France at the 2021 Miss Universe national costume show. Miss Universe She wore a bra and underwear cov...