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Miss Universe 2017
Date26 November 2017
PresentersSteve Harvey
VenueThe AXIS, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Broadcaster
Entrants90+
Placements13
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
← 2016

Miss Universe 2017, will be the 66th Miss Universe pageant on a date, place, and venue yet to be announced. Candidates from more than 90 countries and territories will participate and compete for the title. Iris Mittenaere of France will crown her successor at the end of the event.

Background

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Planet Hollywood Resort & 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.[1][2]

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.[3] On 22 June 2017, the DOT announced that they will officially decline to host the pageant this year.[4]

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, 26 November 2017 in The AXIS theatre at the Planet Hollywood Las Vegas in Las Vegas, United States.[5]

Contestants

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95 out of 102 delegates have been confirmed.[6]

Country/Territory Delegate Age Hometown
  Albania Blerta Leka[citation needed] 18 Tirana
  Angola Lauriela Martins[citation needed] 19 Cabinda
  Argentina Stefanía Incandela[7] 22 Buenos Aires
  Armenia Anait Isahanova[8] 18 Yerevan
  Aruba Alina Mansur[9] 26 Oranjestad
  Australia Olivia Rogers[10] 25 Adelaide
  Austria Celine Schrenk[11] 19 Gänserndorf
  Bahamas Yasmine Cooke[12] 25 Nassau
  Barbados Lesley Chapman[13] 25 Bridgetown
  Belgium Liesbeth Claus[citation needed] 19 Ghent
  Belize
  Bolivia Gleisy Noguer[14] 21 Cobija
  Brazil Monalysa Alcântara[15] 18 Teresina
  British Virgin Islands Khephra Sylvester[16] 24 Tortola
  Bulgaria Nikoleta Todorova[17] 19 Vratsa
  Cambodia Sotheary Bee[18] 22 Phnom Penh
  Canada Lauren Howe[19] 23 Toronto
  Cayman Islands Anika Conolly[20] 27 West Bay
  Chile Natividad Leiva[21] 24 Santiago
  China Qiu Qiang[22] 27 Chengdu
  Colombia Laura González[23] 22 Cali
  Costa Rica Elena Correa[citation needed] 26 Heredia
  Croatia Shanaelle Petty[24] 19 Slavonski Brod
  Curaçao Nashaira Balentien[25] 20 Willemstad
  Czech Republic Michaela Habáňová[26] 21 Zlín
  Denmark
  Dominican Republic Carmen Muñoz[27] 25 Santiago
  Ecuador Daniela Cepeda[28] 21 Guayaquil
  Egypt Farah Sedky[citation needed] 20 Alexandria
  El Salvador Alisson Abarca [29] 21 San Salvador
  Ethiopia Akinahom Zergaw[30] 21 Addis Ababa
  Finland Michaela Söderholm[31] 25 Helsinki
  France Alicia Aylies[32] 18 Fort-de-France
  Georgia
  Germany Sophia Koch[citation needed] 20 Halle
  Ghana Ruth Quashie[33] 23 Cape Coast
  Great Britain Anna Burdzy[34] 25 Leicester
  Guam Myana Welch[35] 27 Tamuning
  Guatemala Isel Suñiga[36] 22 San Marcos
  Guyana Rafieya Husain[37] 24 Anna Regina
  Haiti Cassandra Chéry[38] 21 Port-au-Prince
  Honduras April Tobie[39] 19 Roatán
  Hungary
  Iceland Arna Ýr Jónsdóttir[40] 22 Kópavogur
  India Shraddha Shashidhar[41] 23 Chennai
  Indonesia Bunga Jelitha[citation needed] 25 Jakarta
  Iraq Sarah Abdali Idan[42] 27 Baghdad
  Ireland Cailín Toíbín[43] 23 Cork
  Israel Adar Gandelsman[44] 19 Ashkelon
  Italy Miriam Polverino[45] 25 Naples
  Jamaica Davina Bennett[46] 21 Clarendon
  Japan Momoko Abe[47] 22 Chiba
  Kazakhstan Sabine Azimbaeva[48] 18 Almaty
  Kenya
  Korea Cho Se-whee[49] 25 Gyeonggi
  Kosovo
  Laos Souphaphone Somvichith[50] 20 Pakse
  Lebanon Jana Sader[citation needed] 20 Sidon
  Malaysia Samantha Katie James[citation needed] 23 Kuala Lumpur
  Malta Tiffany Pisani[51] 25 Attard
  Mauritius Angie Callychurn[52] 27 Moka
  Mexico Denisse Franco[53] 19 Culiacan
  Montenegro Verica Trubarać[54] 22 Budva
  Myanmar Zun Than Sin[55] 23 Yangon
  Namibia Suné January[56] 23 Rehoboth
  Nepal Nagma Shrestha[57] 25 Kathmandu
  Netherlands Nicky Opheij[58] 22 Veghel
  New Zealand Harlem-Cruz Ihaia[59] 19 Napier
  Nicaragua Berenice Quezada[60] 23 El Rama
  Nigeria Stephanie Agbasi[61] 24 Lagos
  Norway Kaja Kojan[62] 19 Lørenskog
  Panama Laura de Sanctis[63] 20 Isla Contadora
  Paraguay Ariela Machado[64] 26 Asunción
  Peru Prissila Howard[65] 25 Piura
  Philippines Rachel Peters[66] 25 Camarines Sur
  Poland Katarzyna Włodarek[67] 25 Wrocław
  Portugal Matilde Lima[68] 19 Setúbal
  Puerto Rico Danyeshka Hernández[citation needed] 20 San Juan
  Romania Ioana Mihalache[citation needed] 27 Constanța
  Russia Ksenia Alexandrova[69] 21 Yekaterinburg
  Serbia Sara Mitić[70] 22 Niš
  Sierra Leone Adama Lakoh[71] 19 Freetown
  Singapore Manuela Bruntraeger[72] 24 Singapore
  Slovak Republic Vanessa Bottánová[73] 19 Pezinok
  Slovenia Emina Ekić[74] 22 Ptuj
  South Africa Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters[75] 21 Sedgefield
  Spain Sofía del Prado[76] 22 Albacete
  Sri Lanka Christina Peiris[77] 22 Colombo
  St. Lucia Louise Victor[78] 26 Micoud
  Sweden Frida Fornander[79] 21 Gothenburg
  Switzerland
  Tanzania Lilian Maraule[80] 23 Dar es Salaam
  Thailand Maria Lynn Ehren[citation needed] 25 Bangkok
  Trinidad & Tobago Yvonne Clarke[81] 27 San Fernando
  Turkey Pinar Tartan[82] 20 İzmir
  Ukraine Yana Krasnikova[83] 19 Kiev
  Uruguay Marisol Acosta[84] 20 Canelones
  United States Kára McCullough[85] 25 Washington, D.C.
  US Virgin Islands Esonica Veira[86] 28 St. Thomas
  Venezuela Keysi Sayago[citation needed] 23 Los Teques
  Vietnam Nguyễn Thị Loan[87] 26 Ho Chi Minh City
  Zambia Isabel Chikoti[88] 26 Chingola

Upcoming national pageants

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Country/Territory Date
  Belize TBA
  Denmark TBA
  Georgia TBA
  Hungary TBA
  Kenya TBA
  Kosovo TBA
  Switzerland TBA

Notes

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Debuts

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Returns

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Last competed in 1972

Last competed in 2010

Last competed in 2014

Last competed in 2015

Designations

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  •   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.[89]
  •   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.[citation needed]
  •   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[90].
  •   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 was 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.
  •     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.[91]
  •   Peru – Priscila Howard was appointed Miss Perú 2017 by Jessica Newton, the national director of Miss Perú pageant after this year's edition was not held due to undisclosed reasons. 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.[citation needed]
  •   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.

Replacements

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  •   Belgium – Delphine Devos was appointed Miss Universe Belgium 2017 by Darline Devos, the national director of the 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. Delphine was crowned the 1st runner-up at the Miss Belgium 2017 pageant.The winner of Miss Belgium pageant usually competes at both Miss World and Miss Universe pageants.
  •   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.[92]
  •   Serbia – Bojana Bojanić withdrew at the Miss Universe 2017, due to internal problem. The Miss Serbia 2016, Sara Mitić who already set to upcoming Miss Universe 2018 replaced her as the new Miss Universe Serbia 2017.[93]
  •   Turkey – Asli Sümen, Miss Turkey Universe 2017, was replaced by Pinar Tartan, Miss Turkey Supranational 2017 by Can Sandikcioglu, the national director of the 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 will be sent to the Miss World 2017 pageant, while Tartan will be sent to Miss Universe.[94]

Crossovers

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Contestants who previously competed or will be competing at other international beauty pageants: