Miss Universe 2017

Miss Universe 2017, the 66th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 26 November 2017 at The AXIS at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Iris Mittenaere of France crowned her successor Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters of South Africa at the end of the event.[4][5]

For the 65th edition of the pageant held in January 2017, see Miss Universe 2016.

Miss Universe 2017
Miss Universe 2017, Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters
Date	26 November 2017
Presenters	Steve Harvey Ashley Graham Carson Kressley Lu Sierra
Entertainment	Fergie Rachel Platten
Venue	The AXIS, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Broadcaster	Fox Azteca
Entrants	92
Placements	16
Debuts	Cambodia Laos Nepal
Withdrawals	Belize Denmark Hungary Kenya Kosovo Sierra Leone Switzerland
Returns	Egypt El Salvador Ethiopia Ghana Iraq Ireland Lebanon Saint Lucia Trinidad and Tobago Zambia
Winner	Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters  South Africa
Congeniality	Farah Sedky[1]  Egypt Laura de Sanctis[1]  Panama
Best National Costume	Momoko Abe  Japan
Photogenic	Bunga Jelitha  Indonesia[2][3]

The show was hosted by Steve Harvey and Ashley Graham, while Fergie and Rachel Platten performed.[6] Carson Kressley joined runway coach and pageant expert Lu Sierra in the commentary and analysis table throughout the telecast.[7]

Contestants from 92 countries and territories participated in this year's pageant, surpassing the previous record of 89 contestants in 2011 and 2012.

Background

Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino the venue for Miss Universe 2017.

Australian businessman Troy Barbagallo of Miss Universe Australia organization told the Herald Sun newspaper that he made an offer to IMG for Australia to host the 2017 edition with possible host cities to be either Sydney and Melbourne.[8][9]

On 25 May 2017, the Philippine Department of Tourism stated that the Miss Universe Organization offered to host the pageant again in the Philippines. The country hosted the Miss Universe 2016 pageant. The Miss Universe Organization was accordingly pleased with the Philippines' hosting of the previous pageant claiming it overshadowed the pre-events of the 2017 Super Bowl.[10] On 22 June 2017, the DOT announced that they will not host the pageant this year and considered the possibility of hosting the next edition instead.[11]

On 28 September 2017, the Miss Universe Organization via Instagram confirmed the date and venue for the pageant. According to their Instagram page, the pageant is going to be held on Sunday, November 26, 2017, in The AXIS theatre of Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, United States.[12]

Results

Placements

Miss Universe 2017 final placements.

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 2017	South Africa – Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters
1st Runner-Up	Colombia – Laura González
2nd Runner-Up	Jamaica – Davina Bennett
Top 5	Thailand – Maria Poonlertlarp  Venezuela – Keysi Sayago
Top 10	Brazil – Monalysa Alcântara  Canada – Lauren Howe  Philippines – Rachel Peters  Spain – Sofía del Prado  United States – Kára McCullough
Top 16	China – Roxette Qiu  Croatia – Shanaelle Petty  Ghana – Ruth Quarshie  Great Britain – Anna Burdzy  Ireland – Cailín Toíbín  Sri Lanka – Christina Peiris

Order of announcements

Top 16 Thailand Sri Lanka Ghana South Africa Spain Ireland Croatia Great Britain Colombia USA Brazil Canada Philippines Venezuela Jamaica China

Top 10 Venezuela USA Philippines Canada South Africa Spain Brazil Colombia Thailand Jamaica

Top 5 South Africa Venezuela Thailand Jamaica Colombia

Top 3 Jamaica Colombia South Africa

Pageant

Preliminaries

Judges

The six judges for the preliminary competition include:[13]

• Cecilio Asuncion – Slay Models director and founder
• Morgan Deane – TAO restaurant group marketing director
• Wendy Fitzwilliam – Miss Universe 1998 from Trinidad and Tobago
• Isabelle Lindblom – IMG Models scout
• Megan Olivi – Fox Sports 1 host and reporter
• Bill Pereira – CEO, president, and co-chairman of IDT Telecom

Final program

Judges

The seven judges for the final telecast include:[14][15]

• Wendy Fitzwilliam – Miss Universe 1998 from Trinidad and Tobago
• Jay Manuel – television host, creative director, and makeup artist
• Farouk Shami - businessman, owner of Farouk Systems
• Ross Mathews – television personality
• Megan Olivi – Fox Sports 1 host and reporter
• Lele Pons – Vine and YouTube personality
• Pia Wurtzbach – Miss Universe 2015 from the Philippines

Program

Contestants were classified under three geographical regions namely (1) The Americas, (2) Europe, and (3) Africa & Asia-Pacific for the first time in this edition. The judges voted for the top 4 candidates from each of the three regions as well as four other candidates regardless of geographical affiliation to advance to the Top 16 round. The remaining 16 candidates competed in a swimsuit competition with 10 of them advancing to the Top 10 for the evening gown competition. Five advances to the Top 5. The audience of the pageant contributed to the scoring of candidates through an online vote to determine those who advance to the Top 10 and Top 5. The question and answer format are followed for the Top 5 and Top 3 round.[16]

Contestants

92 contestants competed for the title of Miss Universe 2017.[17]

Country/Territory	Candidate	Age	Height	Hometown	Continental Group
Albania	Blerta Leka	19	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)	Tirana	Europe
Angola	Lauriela Martins[18]	19	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	Cabinda	Africa & Asia Pacific
Argentina	Stefanía Incandela[19][designations 1]	23	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	Buenos Aires	Americas
Aruba	Alina Mansur[20][designations 2]	26	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)	Malmok	Americas
Australia	Olivia Rogers[22]	25	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Adelaide	Africa & Asia Pacific
Austria	Celine Schrenk[23]	19	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)	Gänserndorf	Europe
Bahamas	Yasmine Cooke[24]	25	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	Nassau	Americas
Barbados	Lesley Chapman[25]	26	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Bridgetown	Americas
Belgium	Liesbeth Claus[replacements 1]	20	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	Assenede	Europe
Bolivia	Gleisy Noguer[26]	21	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)[lower-alpha 1]	Cobija	Americas
Brazil	Monalysa Alcântara[27]	18	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	Teresina	Americas
British Virgin Islands	Khephra Sylvester[28]	25	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)	Tortola	Americas
Bulgaria	Nikoleta Todorova[29][replacements 2]	19	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	Vratsa	Europe
Cambodia	Sotheary By[30]	19	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	Phnom Penh	Africa & Asia Pacific
Canada	Lauren Howe[31]	24	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Toronto	Americas
Cayman Islands	Anika Conolly[32]	27	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	West Bay	Americas
Chile	Natividad Leiva[33]	25	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	Santiago	Americas
China	Roxette Qiu	27	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Chengdu	Africa & Asia Pacific
Colombia	Laura González[34]	22	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	Cartagena	Americas
Costa Rica	Elena Correa[35][designations 3]	27	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Heredia	Americas
Croatia	Shanaelle Petty[36]	19	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)	Slavonski Brod	Europe
Curaçao	Nashaira Balentien[37][designations 4]	20	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Willemstad	Americas
Czech Republic	Michaela Habáňová[39]	21	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Zlín	Europe
Dominican Republic	Carmen Muñoz[40]	24	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Licey al Medio	Americas
Ecuador	Daniela Cepeda[41]	22	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	Guayaquil	Americas
Egypt	Farah Sedky	23	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	Cairo	Africa & Asia Pacific
El Salvador	Alisson Abarca[42]	21	5 ft 5 in (165 cm)	San Salvador	Americas
Ethiopia	Akinahom Zergaw[43]	22	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Addis Ababa	Africa & Asia Pacific
Finland	Michaela Söderholm[44]	25	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Helsinki	Europe
France	Alicia Aylies[45]	19	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	Paris	Europe
Georgia	Marita Gogodze[46][designations 5]	21	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	Rustavi	Europe
Germany	Sophia Koch	20	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)	Halle	Europe
Ghana	Ruth Quarshie[47]	23	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	Ajumako	Africa & Asia Pacific
Great Britain	Anna Burdzy[48]	25	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Leicester	Europe
Guam	Myana Welch[49]	27	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	Tamuning	Africa & Asia Pacific
Guatemala	Isel Suñiga[50]	23	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	Ayutla	Americas
Guyana	Rafieya Husain[51]	25	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)	Anna Regina	Americas
Haiti	Cassandra Chéry[52]	22	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	Port-au-Prince	Americas
Honduras	April Tobie[53]	18	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	Roatán	Americas
Iceland	Arna Ýr Jónsdóttir[54]	22	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	Kópavogur	Europe
India	Shraddha Shashidhar[55]	21	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)	Chennai	Africa & Asia Pacific
Indonesia	Bunga Jelitha[56]	26	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	Jakarta	Africa & Asia Pacific
Iraq	Sarah Idan[57][replacements 3]	27	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)	Baghdad	Africa & Asia Pacific
Ireland	Cailín Toíbín[59]	23	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Cobh	Europe
Israel	Adar Gandelsman[60]	19	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)	Ashkelon	Africa & Asia Pacific
Italy	Maria Polverino[61]	25	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Naples	Europe
Jamaica	Davina Bennett[62]	21	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	Clarendon	Americas
Japan	Momoko Abe[63]	23	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Chiba	Africa & Asia Pacific
Kazakhstan	Kamilla Asylova[64]	19	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Almaty	Africa & Asia Pacific
Korea	Sewhee Cho[65]	26	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)	Seoul	Africa & Asia Pacific
Laos	Souphaphone Somvichith[66]	20	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)	Champasak	Africa & Asia Pacific
Lebanon	Jana Sader[designations 6]	20	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	Sidon	Africa & Asia Pacific
Malaysia	Samantha James[67]	23	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)	Kuala Lumpur	Africa & Asia Pacific
Malta	Tiffany Pisani[68]	25	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Attard	Europe
Mauritius	Angie Callychurn[69][designations 7]	27	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	Curepipe	Africa & Asia Pacific
Mexico	Denisse Franco[70]	19	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	Culiacán	Americas
Myanmar	Zun Thansin[71]	22	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	Yangon	Africa & Asia Pacific
Namibia	Suné January[72]	23	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Rehoboth	Africa & Asia Pacific
Nepal	Nagma Shrestha[73][designations 8]	26	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	Kathmandu	Africa & Asia Pacific
Netherlands	Nicky Opheij[75]	22	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	Handel	Europe
New Zealand	Harlem-Cruz Atarangi Ihaia[76]	19	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	Napier	Africa & Asia Pacific
Nicaragua	Berenice Quezada[77]	24	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	El Rama	Americas
Nigeria	Stephanie Agbasi[78]	22	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	Neni	Africa & Asia Pacific
Norway	Kaja Kojan[79]	20	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)	Kongsvinger	Europe
Panama	Laura de Sanctis[80]	21	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	Panama City	Americas
Paraguay	Ariela Machado[81]	25	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	Asunción	Americas
Peru	Prissila Howard[82][designations 9]	26	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	Piura	Americas
Philippines	Rachel Peters[83]	26	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Canaman	Africa & Asia Pacific
Poland	Katarzyna Włodarek[84][designations 10]	26	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	Wrocław	Europe
Portugal	Matilde Lima[85]	18	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Setúbal	Europe
Puerto Rico	Danna Hernández	21	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	San Juan	Americas
Romania	Ioana Mihalache	26	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	Constanța	Europe
Russia	Kseniya Alexandrova[86][replacements 4]	22	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	Moscow	Europe
Saint Lucia	Louise Victor[88]	26	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	Micoud	Americas
Singapore	Manuela Bruntraeger[89]	24	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)	Singapore	Africa & Asia Pacific
Slovak Republic	Vanessa Bottánová[90]	19	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Bratislava	Europe
Slovenia	Emina Ekić[91]	22	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	Ptuj	Europe
South Africa	Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters[92]	22	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)	Sedgefield	Africa & Asia Pacific
Spain	Sofía del Prado[93]	22	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	Albacete	Europe
Sri Lanka	Christina Peiris[94][designations 11]	23	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Colombo	Africa & Asia Pacific
Sweden	Frida Fornander[95]	22	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	Gothenburg	Europe
Tanzania	Lilian Maraule[96]	22	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	Dar es Salaam	Africa & Asia Pacific
Thailand	Maria Poonlertlarp	25	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	Bangkok	Africa & Asia Pacific
Trinidad and Tobago	Yvonne Clarke[97]	27	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)	San Fernando	Americas
Turkey	Pinar Tartan[98][99][replacements 5]	20	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	İzmir	Europe
Ukraine	Yana Krasnikova[101]	18	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)	Kiev	Europe
United States	Kára McCullough[102]	26	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	Washington, D.C.	Americas
Uruguay	Marisol Acosta[103][designations 12]	20	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	Canelones	Americas
U.S. Virgin Islands	Esonica Veira[104]	27	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	Charlotte Amalie	Americas
Venezuela	Keysi Sayago[105]	24	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Caracas	Americas
Vietnam	Loan Nguyen[designations 13]	27	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Thái Bình	Africa & Asia Pacific
Zambia	Isabel Chikoti[106]	26	5 ft 5 in (165 cm)	Chingola	Africa & Asia Pacific

Notes

Designations

1. ARGENTINA – Stefania Incandela was appointed Miss Universo Argentina 2017 after a casting call organised by Endemol Argentina and TNT Latin America, the franchise holder for Miss Universe in Argentina.
2. ARUBA – Alina Mansur was appointed Miss Aruba Universe 2017 at private ceremony after being selected at a casting call organised by Star Promotion Foundation, the franchise holder for Miss Universe in Aruba.[21]
3. COSTA RICA – Elena Correa was appointed to represent Costa Rica at Miss Universe 2017 after the national pageant was postponed by René Picado, the President of Teletica networks and the franchise holder for Miss Universe in Costa Rica due to complications in its broadcasting schedule. Elena was the 1st runner-up at the Miss Costa Rica 2016 pageant.
4. CURAÇAO – Nashaira Balentien was appointed Miss Curacao Universe 2017 by Corinne Djaoen-Genaro, the national director of Miss Curacao pageant after this year's edition was not held due to lack of sponsorships. Balentien was crowned Miss Curacao World 2016 but withdrew from the Miss World 2016 pageant citing personal reasons.[38]
5. GEORGIA — Marita Gogodze was appointed to represent Georgia at Miss Universe 2017 pageant by IC Model Management, the franchise holder for Miss World in Georgia after the national pageant was not held for undisclosed reasons. Gogodze was the 3rd runner-up at the Miss Georgia 2015 pageant.
6. LEBANON — Jana Sader was appointed to represent Lebanon at Miss Universe 2017 by MTV Lebanon, after being appointed the new franchise holder for Miss Universe in Lebanon. Jana was the 1st Runner-up at Miss Lebanon 2017.
7. MAURITIUS — Angie Callychurn was selected Miss Universe Mauritius 2017 by Nevin Rupear, the national director of Estrella Mauritius pageant after the contestants of Estrella Mauritius 2017 pageant were interviewed by a jury panel. Estrella Mauritius 2017 pageant is postponed to mid March 2018 and all the other remaining contestants will now proceed to compete at the pageant. Callychurn was crowned Miss Supranational Mauritius 2016 and was placed among the Top 25 at Miss Supranational 2016 pageant.
8. NEPAL — Nagma Shrestha was appointed Miss Nepal Universe 2017 by Sunder Lal Kakshapati, the national director of Miss Nepal pageant after Kakshapati acquired the Miss Universe franchise for Nepal. Shrestha was crowned Miss Nepal Earth 2012 and was among the Top 8 at Miss Earth 2012 pageant.[74]
9. PERU — Priscila Howard was appointed Miss Perú 2017 by Jessica Newton, the national director of Miss Perú pageant after this year's edition was postponed to late October. Howard was the 1st runner-up at the Miss Perú 2016 pageant and later competed at Miss Grand International 2016 where she made it to the Top 20.
10. POLAND — Katarzyna Włodarek was appointed Miss Universe Poland 2017 by Jagoda Piatek-Wlodarcyzk, the national director of Miss Polonia pageant after this year's edition was postponed to be held in late November after the Miss Universe pageant. Włodarek was the 2nd runner-up at Miss Polonia 2016 pageant.
11. SRI LANKA — Christina Peiris was appointed Miss Universe Sri Lanka 2017 after a private casting call organised by Rosita Wickramasinghe, the national director of Miss Universe Sri Lanka pageant.
12. URUGUAY — Marisol Acosta was appointed as Miss Universo Uruguay 2017 by Escuela de Modelos y Actitud Agency and TNT Latin America, the franchise holders for Miss Universe in Uruguay after the 2017 edition of the pageant was not held for undisclosed reason . Acosta was a contestant in the Miss Universo Uruguay 2016 pageant.
13. VIETNAM — Nguyễn Thị Loan was appointed Miss Universe Vietnam 2017 by Tony Nguyen Quoc Toan, the national director of Miss Universe Vietnam pageant after the 2017 edition of the national pageant conflicted with the date of the Miss Universe pageant. Loan was 3rd runner-up at the Miss Universe Vietnam 2015 pageant and has previously represented Vietnam at Miss World 2014 reaching the Top 25 and Miss Grand International 2016 where she placed among the Top 20.

Replacements

1. BELGIUM — Liesbeth Claus was appointed Miss Universe Belgium 2017 by Darline Devos, the national director of Miss Belgium pageant, as a replacement to Romanie Schotte, Miss Belgium 2017 after Schotte chose to compete at Miss World 2017 due to conflicting schedules of the two pageants. Claus was crowned the 3rd runner-up at the Miss Belgium 2017 pageant. The winner of Miss Belgium pageant usually competes at both Miss World and Miss Universe pageants.
2. BULGARIA — Mira Simeonova, Miss Universe Bulgaria 2017 was replaced by Nikoleta Todorova by Veneta Krasteva, the license holder for Miss Universe in Bulgaria after Simeonova did not meet the minimum age requirements for Miss Universe pageant. Todorova was a finalist at the Miss World and Miss Universe Bulgaria 2017 pageants.
3. IRAQ — Sarah Idan was selected as Miss Universe Iraq 2017 in a casting call that was organised by Miss Iraq Organization after it was discovered that the original winner of Miss Iraq, Vian Sulaimani, was married. Idan was also previously crowned Miss Iraq USA 2016.[58]
4. RUSSIA — Ksenia Alexandrova was appointed Miss Universe Russia 2017 by the Miss Russia Organization as a replacement for Polina Popova, the winner of the Miss Russia 2017 pageant, who would compete only at Miss World 2017 due to the conflicting dates of the Miss Universe and Miss World pageants. The winner of the Miss Russia pageant usually participates at both Miss Universe and Miss World pageants. Alexandrova represented Moscow at Miss Russia 2017 and was the 1st runner-up at the pageant.[87]
5. TURKEY — Asli Sümen, Miss Turkey Universe 2017, was replaced by Pinar Tartan, Miss Turkey Supranational 2017 by Can Sandikcioglu, the national director of Miss Turkey pageant, after Itir Esen, Miss Turkey World 2017, was dethroned hours after her crowning because of a tweet about the attempted Turkish coup d'état of 2016. Sümen was sent to the Miss World 2017 pageant, while Tartan was sent to Miss Universe.[100]

Debuts

•  Cambodia
•  Laos
•    Nepal

Returns

Last competed in 1972:

•  Iraq

Last competed in 2010:

•  Zambia

Last competed in 2014:

•  Egypt
•  Ethiopia
•  Saint Lucia
•  Trinidad and Tobago

Last competed in 2015

•  El Salvador
•  Ghana
•  Ireland
•  Lebanon

Withdrawals

•  Belize,  Denmark,  Hungary,  Kenya,  Kosovo,   Switzerland - No national pageant was held.
•  Sierra Leone – Miss Universe Sierra Leone Adama Kargbo was unable to obtain a visa for travel to the United States in time for the competition, and thus was forced to withdraw.[107]

See also

• Miss World 2017
• Miss Earth 2017
• Miss International 2017

Notes

1. The height given in the table for Bolivia's Gleisy Noguer is per the data on the Miss Universe website. However, Urgente (Bolivia) reports her height as 175 cm (5 ft 9 in).[108]

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