Miss Universe winners (1977+) - photos, videos, infos

2002 - SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO

OXANA FEDOROVA - RUSSIA




1st runner-up Justine Pasek - PANAMA
2nd runner-up Zhuo Ling - CHINA
3rd runner-up Vanessa Carreira - SOUTH AFRICA
4th runner-up Cynthia Lander Zamora - VENEZUELA

FINALISTS

Natascha Börger - GERMANY
Demetra Eleftheriou - CYPRUS
Anisa Kospiri - ALBANIA
Neha Dhupia - INDIA
Neelam Verma - CANADA

Seven delegates who withdrew from the Miss Universe 2002 pageant. They were: Karen Russell (Belize), Angelina Patricia Pingkan Sondakh (Indonesia), Christina Sawaya (Lebanon), Loredana Zammit (Malta), María Gabriela Riquelme Escuna (Paraguay), Bernice Gumbs (St. Maarten) and Euwonka Selver (Turks and Caicos). Miss Lebanon withdrew because she did not want to compete in the same pageant with Miss Israel. This was the year that there was a high number of black representatives. A number of nations sent a black woman for the first time in their country's history. These countries were: Colombia (big favorite for the crown), Dominican Republic (another big favorite of the local media), Mexico, and Sweden. The USA was also represented by a black woman that year. Ironically, none of the black representatives made the 10 that year, resulting in the creation of the term the 2002 Blackout. On September 23, 2002, Oxana Fedorova was dethroned and replaced by her first runner-up Justine Pasek of Panama.

2003 - PANAMA CITY, PANAMA

AMELIA VEGA - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC



1st runner-up Mariangel Ruiz - VENEZUELA
2nd runner-up Cindy Nell - SOUTH AFRICA
3rd runner-up Sanja Papiæ - SERBIA AND MONTENGRO
4th runner-up Miyako Miyazaki - JAPAN



FINALISTS

Gislaine Rodrigues Ferreira - BRAZIL
Ndapewa Alfons - NAMIBIA
Leanne Marie Cecile - CANADA
Katerina Smrzova - CZECH REPUBLIC
Faye Alibocas - TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Manuela Osk Hardarsdottir of Iceland withdrew from the pageant, when a dehydration caused by the weather prevented her from competing in the Preliminaries. However, she stayed in Panama until the pageant was over, joined by her boyfriend.
In terms of regional representation, this was one of the most balanced top fives in recent years, with delegates from Africa (South Africa), the Asia-Pacific Region (Japan), Europe (Serbia & Montenegro), South America (Venezuela), and the Caribbean (Dominican Republic) all making the top five. 2003 witnessed the first time in 11 years that India failed to make it into the semi-finals.

2004 - QUITO, ECUADOR

JENNIFER HAWKINS - AUSTRALIA


1st runner-up Shandi Finnessey - USA
2nd runner-up Alba Reyes - PUERTO RICO
3rd runner-up Yanina González - PARAGUAY
4th runner-up Danielle Jones - TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO



FINALISTS

Catherine Daza Manchola - COLOMBIA
Susana Rivadeneira - ECUADOR
Christine Straw - JAMAICA
Tanushree Dutta - INDIA
Nancy Soto - COSTA RICA

Although no countries placed for the first time, a number made the semi-finals for the first time in a number of years. Costa Rica last placed in 1954, the host country Ecuador last placed in in 1981. Other nations who placed after many years without success were: Norway and Chile (1990), Paraguay (1991), Australia (1993), and Switzerland (1994). Yanina Gonzalez's placement was also only the third time in the forty-two years the country had participated that their delegate made the cut. Ana Karina Añez, failed to place, breaking Venezuela's twenty-one year streak of placements from 1983 to 2003. This had included consecutive top six placements since 1991. Zita Galgociova was initially chosen to represent Slovakia, but she was replaced with her first runner-up Zuzana Dvorska because she was under the minimum age limit.

2005 - BANGKOK, THAILAND

NATALIE GLEBOVA - CANADA



1st runner-up - Cynthia Olavarria - PUERTO RICO
2nd runner-up - Renata Soñé - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
3rd runner-up - Laura Elizondo - MEXICO
4th runner-up Monica Spear - VENEZUELA



FINALISTS

Debora Sulca - PERU
Ieva Kokorevièa - LATVIA
Fiona Hefti - SWITZERLAND
Chelsea Cooley - USA
Elena Ralph - ISRAEL

Sharlita Millington (British Virgin Islands), Jana Kuvaitseva (Estonia) and Shivern Peters (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) were expected to compete in the pageant but did not appear. Peters went on to compete at Miss Universe 2006 in Los Angeles, California the following year. Luisana Nikulay Cicilia (Aruba), Asli Bayram (Germany), Roseline Amusu (Nigeria) and Magdalene “Maggie” Walcott (Trinidad & Tobago) were not the original representatives for their country but replaced dethroned titleholders. The following countries returned after some years of absence: United Kingdom (last participated in 2000 as Great Britain), US Virgin Islands (last participated in 2002), Sri Lanka (last participated in 1996), Indonesia (last participated in 1996), Zambia (last participated in 1999), Namibia (last participated in 2003), and Albania (last participated in 2003). For the first time in the history of the pageant, Sweden did not send a representative to Miss Universe, although they returned for the 2006 pageant.

2006 - LOS ANGELES, USA

ZULEYKA RIVERA - PUERTO RICO



1st runner-up: Kurara Chibana - JAPAN
2nd runner-up: Lauriane Gilliéron - SWITZERLAND
3rd runner-up: Lourdes Arévalos - PARAGUAY
4th runner-up: Tara Conner - USA



FINALISTS

Desiree Durán Morales - BOLIVIA
Alice Panikian - CANADA
Valerie Dominguez Tarud - COLOMBIA
Priscila Perales - MEXICO
Kenisha Thom - TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Los Angeles hosted the pageant for the second time, having previously hosted in 1990. It is the first time the pageant has been held in the United States since 1998 (when the pageant was held in Hawaii). This year, a top 20 was selected, rather than the usual top 15. The final competition evening gown for Miss USA Tara Conner was designed during a competition held on the reality television show Project Runway. This year features the most delegates in the history of the pageant - 86.
Countries that sent delegates the previous year, but failed to send a delegate to this year's competition include: Barbados, Belize, Curacao, Italy, Kenya, Netherlands, and Vietnam. Although selecting delegates, the British Virgin Islands and Portugal ultimately did not end up participating. The British Virgin Islands selected Deria Joseph, while Portugal was slated to be represented by Marina Rodrigues.

2007 - MEXICO CITY, MEXICO

RIYO MORI - JAPAN



1st runner-up Natalia Guimaraes - BRAZIL
2nd runner-up Ly Jonaitis - VENEZUELA
3rd runner-up Honey Lee - KOREA
4th runner-up Rachel Smith - USA



FINALISTS

Flaviana Matata - TANZANIA
Micaela Reis - ANGOLA
Rosa Maria Ojeda - MEXICO
Puja Gupta - INDIA
Xiomara Blandino - NICARAGUA

In a strong showing not witnessed since Miss Universe 1988, Asian delegates fared well at this year's edition, with four Asian delegates (Japan, Korea, India, and Thailand) making it to the Top 15. The two special awards were also won by delegates of Asian nations (Philippines and China). Of the 125 semi-finalists named in the past ten years, only 14 were from Asia. Cayman Islands, Chile, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Namibia, Northern Marianas, St. Martin, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Sweden, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey and United Kingdom competed in 2006 but not at Miss Universe 2007. Trinidad and Tobago did not send a delegate for the first time in fifteen years, due to a lack of financial support. Kenisha Thom, who represented Trinidad and Tobago in 2006 appealed to the government and businesses to support the pageant, to no avail. For the first time in the history of Femina Miss India Contest, the official winner will represent India in Miss World 2007 contest, while the 1st runner-up will compete at Miss Universe. For the first time since its inception, no Best National Costume Award was awarded.

2008 - July 14, Nha Trang, VIETNAM

DAYANA Sabrina MENDOZA Moncada - VENEZUELA



1st runner-up - Taliana Maria Vargas Carrillo/COLOMBIA
2nd runner-up - Marianne Elizabeth Cruz González/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
3rd runner-up - Vera Krasova /RUSSIA
4th runner-up - Elisa Nájera Gualito/MEXICO


FINALISTS:

Australia - Laura Dundovic
Italy - Claudia Ferraris
Kosovo - Zana Krasniqi
Spain - Claudia Moro Fernández
USA - Crystle Danae Stewart


SEMIFINALISTS:

Czech Rep. - Eliska Buckova
Hungary - Jazmin Dammak
Japan - Hiroko Mima
South Africa - Tansey Coetzee
Vietnam - Nguyen Thuy Lam



Miss Congeniality: Rebecca Moreno - El Salvador
Best National Costume: Gavintra Photijak - Thailand



The crowning moment:

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Wow! great post!!! In the Amelia Vega's part he placed the Dominican Rep. in North America, is not there, it belongs to the Caribbean or ( Central America )...
But did an exelent job!!!! :-107--: :-126-: :-126-:

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PAGEANT FREAK wrote:

Dess wrote:Wow! great post!!! In the Amelia Vega's part he placed the Dominican Rep. in North America, is not there, it belongs to the Caribbean or ( Central America )...
But did an exelent job!!!! :-107--: :-126-: :-126-:

All of Central America and the Caribbean is considered to be North America. Go to www.worldatlas.com and you will see the description of North America. You can also do an internet search of North America. You will find the aforementioned to be true.

Could be, but and I've been living in the Caribbean for a while ( Both in Dominican Rep. and now Puerto Rico, and was born in USA ), but what they teach here on the island and also in Dom.Rep. is that the Caribbean does not belongs to North America is ( Mexico, USA Canada) , America is divided in 3 North, Central and South. And they always place the Caribbean a region ( Not a part ) of Central America. Is like someone here said that the Caribean is a continent, WRONG!! is a region that belongs to America.... Many people does not even knows were some islands are like the host of MU 2005 Billy Bush ( not sure if that is his correct name ) in Thailand when he is calling the top 5 and called Miss Dom. Rep. he said ( the SOUTH AMERICAN dog fight ) OH! PLEASE, now Dom. Rep. is in South America. I think he got an F in Geography at school...

Very great topic! I just love that competition! Especially the old ones are full of glamour. :flower:

2009 - August 23, Nassau, BAHAMAS
83 entries

Stefanía Fernández Krupij - VENEZUELA


1st runner-up - Ada Aimée De La Cruz González / DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
2nd runner-up - Marigona Dragusha / KOSOVO
3rd runner-up - Rachael Anne Finch / AUSTRALIA
4th runner-up - Mayra Matos Pérez / PUERTO RICO



FINALISTS (in order):
Chloe Mortaud - FRANCE
Tatum Keshwar - SOUTH AFRICA
Iveta Lutovská - CZECH REPUBLIC
Whitney Toyloy - SWITZERLAND
Kristen Dalton - USA

SEMIFINALISTS (in order):
Hasna Xhukici - ALBANIA
Zeynep Kübra Sever - BELGIUM
Renate Cerljen - SWEDEN
Sarah Cosic - CROATIA
Ingibjörg Raghnheidur Egilsdottir - ICELAND


Miss Photogenic: Chutima Durongdej - Thailand

Miss Congeniality: Wang Jingyao - China

Best National Costume: Diana Broce - Panama

The crowning moment:

2010 - August 23rd , Las Vegas, USA

Miss Universe 2010
JIMENA NAVARRETE ROSETE - Mexico


1RU: JAMAICA - Yendi Amira Phillips
2RU: AUSTRALIA - Jesinta Campbell
3RU: UKRAINE - Anna Poslavskaya
4RU: PHILIPPINES - Maria Venus Raj


TOP10
IRELAND
ALBANIA
PR
SOUTH AFRICA
GUATEMALA


TOP15
Belgium
France
Russia
Colombia
Czech rep.

Miss Congeniality - Australia
Mis Photogenic - Thailand


THE CROWNING MOMENT