Miss Universe 2019

Miss Universe 2019 Pageant is held over a two-week period in December. In the 1970s through the 1990s, the pageant was a month long. This allowed time for rehearsals, appearances, and the preliminary competition, with the winner being crowned by the previous year's titleholder during the final competition.
According to the organizers, the Miss Universe contest is more than a beauty pageant: women aspiring to become Miss Universe must be intelligent, well-mannered, and cultured. Often a candidate has lost because she did not have a good answer during the question responses rounds; although this section of competition has held less importance during recent pageants than it did in the twentieth century. Delegates also participate in swimsuit and evening gown competitions.
Currently, the final placement of the finalists is determined by a ranked vote, where each judge ranks each of the final three/five candidates, with the contestant posting the lowest cumulative score (thus often, but not necessarily always, the contestant with the most number one votes) becoming the winner. If there is a tie, the higher semifinal scores become decisive.
The winner is assigned a one-year contract with the Miss Universe Organization, going overseas to spread messages about the control of diseases, peace, and public awareness of AIDS. Since Donald Trump took over the pageant, the winner has been given the use of a Trump Place apartment in New York City during her reign. If the winner, for any reason, cannot fulfill her duties as Miss Universe, the 1st runner-up takes over.
Aside from the main winner and her runners-up, special awards are also given to the winners of the best National Costume, Miss Photogenic, and Miss Congeniality. The Miss Congeniality award is chosen by the delegates themselves. In recent years, Miss Photogenic has been chosen by popular internet vote (the winner used to be chosen by media personnel covering the event).

68th Annual Miss Universe

The 68th Miss Universe Contest next battle later this year—the! We don’t have the final venue yet and we’ll keep you posted once confirmed. We’ve already got a few stunners and we’re expecting that the competition will be tougher this year around. And yes, that is Miss Universe – the only beauty pageant with the toughest competition amongst the most beautiful women in the universe! Without much ado, let’s get to know the first batch of candidates who are ready to bring the Miss Universe 2019 stage down! Keep yourself updated by visiting this post every now and then.

Luigi Boria, Mayor of the City of Doral, confirmed on Friday September 12th that the 68th Miss Universe Pageant will take place in Doral (Miami). The announcement had the presence of Miss Universe Organization President Paula Shugart, and the reigning titleholder Gabriela Isler.

Miss Universe USA 2019

The 2019 Miss USA pageant was conceived in 1950 when Yolande Betbeze, winner of the rival Miss America pageant, refused to pose for publicity pictures while wearing a swimsuit. Pageant sponsor Catalina decided to pull their sponsorship off the pageant and create their own competition.[3] Other owners have included a subsidiary of Gulf+Western Industries, ITT Corporation, and billionaire Donald Trump, the current owner who bought the pageant in 1996.[4][5]

The first Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants were held concurrently in Long Beach, California in 1952; the first Miss USA winner was Miss New York USA Jackie Loughery.[6] There were thirty delegates in the first year of competition, and many states did not compete every year during the first two decades of the pageant's history. From the 1970s, each state and the District of Columbia have sent a delegate each year. Alaska first competed in 1959 and Hawaii in 1960. Both had competed at Miss Universe until this time.

The pageant aired on CBS from 1963 until 2002, and for many years was known for having a CBS game show host as pageant host. John Charles Daly hosted the show from 1963–1966, Bob Barker from 1967 (He wasn't a regular for the CBS network until 1972 when he became host of The Price Is Right) until 1987 (at which point he quit in a dispute over fur coats), Alan Thicke in 1988, Dick Clark from 1989-1993, and Bob Goen from 1994–1996. The show's highest ratings were in the early 1980s, when it regularly topped the Nielsen ratings.[7][8][9] Viewership dropped sharply from the 1990s to the 2000s, from an estimated viewership of 20 million to an average of 7 million from 2000–2001.[10] In 2002, owner Donald Trump brokered a new deal with NBC, giving them half-ownership of the Miss USA, Miss Universe and Miss Teen USA and moving them to NBC on an initial five-year contract.[11] The pageants were first shown on NBC in 2003.

Miss Universe 2019 Predictions

Every year, miss universe predictions for each state holds a preliminary competition to choose their delegate for the Miss USA pageant. In some states (such as Texas and Florida), local pageants are also held to determine delegates for the state competition. The state winners hold the title "Miss State USA" for the year of their reign.

The most successful state is Texas, which has had the most semi-finalists and winners, including five consecutive Miss USA titleholders during the 1980s.[21] Other successful states include California, New York, Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia. The least successful states are Delaware, placing only once in 2016; Montana, which has not placed since the 1950s; South Dakota, which has only placed twice (the last time in 1974), and Wyoming, which gained only its second placement in 2010. The only state which has produced more than one Miss Universe is South Carolina.

The Miss Universe Organization licenses out the state pageants to pageant directors, who in some cases are responsible for more than one state. The most well established directorial groups are RPM Productions, created in 1980 (Alabama, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina), and Vanbros, created in the early 1990s (Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma). Future Productions direct the most states, seven, across the Midwest and Rockies.

2019 Miss Universe Winners

The 2019 Miss USA winner Olivia Jordan of Oklahoma at 26 years and 10 months old. The oldest woman to be crowned Miss USA is Miss USA 2012 Nana Meriwether of Maryland at 27 years old and 7 months. Meriwether succeeded Olivia Culpo who won the title of Miss Universe 2012.

The tallest Miss USA is Miss USA 2012 Nana Meriwether of Maryland at 6 feet and 1 inch (185 cm).

The first Asian-American woman to win Miss USA was Macel Wilson of Hawaii in 1962; the first Latina was Laura Martinez-Herring of Texas in 1985; the first African-American, Carole Gist of Michigan in 1990;[22] and the first Miss USA of Middle-Eastern descent was Rima Fakih of Michigan in 2010.[23]

Brandi Sherwood of Idaho is the only woman to have held both the Miss Teen USA and Miss USA titles. She was Miss Idaho Teen USA, Miss Teen USA 1989, Miss Idaho USA 1997, first runner-up at Miss USA 1997 and in May 1997 assumed the Miss USA title after Brook Lee of Hawaii won the Miss Universe pageant.[13] Nine other Miss USA titleholders have also previously competed at Miss Teen USA. These include:

Shanna Moakler (1995), (Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 1992), Ali Landry (1996), (Miss Louisiana Teen USA 1990), Kimberly Pressler (1999) (Miss New York Teen USA 1994), Lynnette Cole (2000) (Miss Tennessee Teen USA 1995), Susie Castillo (2003) (Miss Massachusetts Teen USA 1998), Chelsea Cooley (2005) (Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2000), Tara Conner (2006) (Miss Kentucky Teen USA 2002), Rachel Smith (2007) (Miss Tennessee Teen USA 2002), Alyssa Campanella (2011) (Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2007).

Five Miss USA titleholders have also competed at Miss America. These included: Miriam Stevenson, Carlene King Johnson and Carol Morris (1954–1956), Mai Shanley (1984) and Shandi Finnessey (2004). Shandi Finnessey, Miss USA 2004 and Miss Missouri 2002 won a preliminary evening gown award at Miss America 2003. Also, Miriam Stevenson placed in the top 10 at Miss America 1954 as Miss South Carolina 1953.

Miss Universe 2019 Contestants

The first modern beauty pageant was held during the Eglinton Tournament of 1839 held by Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton, a re-enactment of a medieval joust that was held in Scotland. The pageant was won by Georgiana Seymour, Duchess of Somerset, the wife of Edward Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset and sister of Caroline Norton, and she was proclaimed as the 'Queen of Beauty'.

Entrepreneur Phineas Taylor Barnum staged the first modern American pageant in 1854, but his beauty contest was closed down by public protest. He previously held dog, baby, and bird beauty contests. He substituted daguerreotypes for judging, a practice quickly adopted by newspapers. Newspapers held photo beauty contests for many decades.

It was in the 1880s that beauty pageants became more popular. In 1888 the title of 'beauty queen' was awarded to an 18-year-old Creole contestant at a pageant in Spa, Belgium. All participants had to supply a photograph and a short description of themselves to be eligible for entry and a final selection of 21 were judged by a formal panel.

Miss Universe Winner 2019

Miss Universe Winner 2019. The following is a list of women who have wons the Miss Universe title.

Year Country/Territory Winner Age[A] Height Hometown Pageant Date[1] Entrants[1]

1952 Finland Armi Kuusela[2] 17 5'6" Muhos June 28, 1952 30

1953 France Christiane Martel[3] 21 5'6" Créteil July 17, 1953 26

1954 USA Miriam Stevenson[4] 21 5'6" Winnsboro July 24, 1954 33

1955 Sweden Hillevi Rombin[B][5][6] 21 5'7" Alfta July 22, 1955 33

1956 USA Carol Morris[7] 20 5'7" Ottumwa July 20, 1956 30

1957 Peru Gladys Zender[8] 18 5'7" Lima July 19, 1957 32

1958 Colombia Luz Marina Zuluaga[B][9] 19 5'4" Pereira July 25, 1958 36

1959 Japan Akiko Kojima[10] 22 5'6" Tokyo July 24, 1959 34

1960 USA Linda Bement[11] 18 5'6" Salt Lake City July 9, 1960 43

1961 Germany Marlene Schmidt[12] 24 5'8" Stuttgart July 15, 1961 48

1962 Argentina Norma Beatriz Nolan[13] 24 5'5" Buenos Aires July 14, 1962 52

1963 Brazil Iêda Maria Vargas[14] 18 5'6" Porto Alegre July 20, 1963 50

1964 Greece Corinna Tsopei[15] 20 5'8" Athens August 1, 1964 60

1965 Thailand Apasra Hongsakula[16] 18 5'4" Bangkok July 24, 1965 57

1966 Sweden Margareta Arvidsson[17] 18 5'8" Gothenburg July 16, 1966 58

1967 USA Sylvia Hitchcock[B][18] 20 5'7" Miami July 15, 1967 56

1968 Brazil Martha Vasconcellos[19] 20 5'8" Salvador July 13, 1968 65

1969 Philippines Gloria Diaz[20] 18 5'5" Aringay July 19, 1969 61

1970 Puerto Rico Marisol Malaret[21] 20 5'8" San Juan July 11, 1970 64

1971 Lebanon Georgina Rizk[22] 18 5'7" Beirut July 24, 1971 60

1972 Australia Kerry Anne Wells[23] 20 5'11" Perth July 29, 1972 61

1973 Philippines Margarita Moran[24] 19 5'6" Manila July 21, 1973 61

1974 Spain Amparo Muñoz[B][25] 20 5'8" Málaga July 19, 1974 65

1975 Finland Anne Marie Pohtamo[26] 19 5'8" Helsinki July 19, 1975 71

1976 Israel Rina Messinger[27] 20 5'7½" Kiryat Tiv'on July 10, 1976 72

1977 Trinidad & Tobago Janelle Commissiong[28] 24 5'5" Port of Spain July 16, 1977 80

1978 South Africa Margaret Gardiner[29] 18 5'10" Cape Town July 24, 1978 75

1979 Venezuela Maritza Sayalero[30] 18 5'8" Caracas July 19, 1979 75

1980 USA Shawn Weatherly[31] 20 5'8" Sumter July 7, 1980 69

1981 Venezuela Irene Sáez[32] 19 5'10" Caracas July 20, 1981 76

1982 Canada Karen Dianne Baldwin[33] 18 5'10" London July 26, 1982 77

1983 New Zealand Lorraine Downes[34] 19 5'8½" Auckland July 11, 1983 80

1984 Sweden Yvonne Ryding[35] 21 5'7" Eskilstuna July 9, 1984 81

1985 Puerto Rico Deborah Carthy-Deu[36] 19 5'8" San Juan July 15, 1985 79

1986 Venezuela Bárbara Palacios[37] 22 5'8" Caracas July 21, 1986 77

1987 Chile Cecilia Bolocco[38] 22 5'8" Santiago de Chile May 26, 1987 68

1988 Thailand Porntip Nakhirunkanok[39] 20 5'8" Bangkok May 23, 1988 66

1989 Netherlands Angela Visser[40] 22 5'9" Rotterdam May 23, 1989 76

1990 Norway Mona Grudt[41] 19 5'6" Hell April 15, 1990 71

1991 Mexico Lupita Jones[42] 23 5'8½" Mexicali May 17, 1991 73

1992 Namibia Michelle McLean[43] 19 6'0" Windhoek May 8, 1992 78

1993 Puerto Rico Dayanara Torres[44] 18 5'8" Toa Alta May 21, 1993 79

1994 India Sushmita Sen[45] 18 5'9" New Delhi May 20, 1994 77

1995 USA Chelsi Smith[46] 21 5'8" Deer Park May 12, 1995 82

1996 Venezuela Alicia Machado[47] 19 5'9" Maracay May 17, 1996 79

1997 USA Brook Lee[48] 26 5'7" Pearl City May 16, 1997 74

1998 Trinidad & Tobago Wendy Fitzwilliam[49] 26 6'0" Diego Martin May 12, 1998 81

1999 Botswana Mpule Kwelagobe 19 5'9" Gaborone May 26, 1999 84

2000 India Lara Dutta[50] 22 5'8" Mumbai May 12, 2000 79

2001 Puerto Rico Denise Quiñones[51] 20 5'10" Lares May 11, 2001 77

2002 Russia Oxana Fedorova[C][52] 22 5'8.5" Pskov May 29, 2002 75

Panama Justine Pasek[D][53] 22 5.7" Panama City September 24, 2002 75

2003 Dominican Republic Amelia Vega[54] 18 6'1" Santiago de los Caballeros June 3, 2003 71

2004 Australia Jennifer Hawkins[55] 20 5'11" Newcastle June 1, 2004 80

2005 Canada Natalie Glebova[56] 23 5'11" Toronto May 31, 2005 81

2006 Puerto Rico Zuleyka Rivera[57] 18 5'9" Salinas July 23, 2006 86

2007 Japan Riyo Mori[58] 20 5'9" Shizuoka May 28, 2007 77

2008 Venezuela Dayana Mendoza[59] 22 5'10" Caracas July 14, 2008 80

2009 Venezuela Stefanía Fernández[60] 18 5'10" Mérida August 23, 2009 83

2010 Mexico Ximena Navarrete[61] 22 5'9" Guadalajara August 23, 2010 83

2011 Angola Leila Lopes[62] 25 5'10" Benguela September 12, 2011 89

2012 USA Olivia Culpo[63] 20 5'7" Cranston December 19, 2012 89

2013 Venezuela Gabriela Isler[64] 25 5'10" Valencia November 9, 2013 86

2014 Colombia Paulina Vega[65] 22 5'9" Barranquilla January 25, 2016 88

2016 Philippines Pia Wurtzbach[66] 26 5'8" Cagayan de Oro December 20, 2016 80

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YearCountry/TerritoryWinnerAge[A]HeightHometownPageant Date[1]Entrants[1]
1952 FinlandArmi Kuusela[2]175'6"MuhosJune 28, 195230
1953 FranceChristiane Martel[3]215'6"CréteilJuly 17, 195326
1954 USAMiriam Stevenson[4]215'6"WinnsboroJuly 24, 195433
1955 SwedenHillevi Rombin[B][5][6]215'7"AlftaJuly 22, 195533
1956 USACarol Morris[7]205'7"OttumwaJuly 20, 195630
1957 PeruGladys Zender[8]185'7"LimaJuly 19, 195732
1958 ColombiaLuz Marina Zuluaga[B][9]195'4"PereiraJuly 25, 195836
1959 JapanAkiko Kojima[10]225'6"TokyoJuly 24, 195934
1960 USALinda Bement[11]185'6"Salt Lake CityJuly 9, 196043
1961 GermanyMarlene Schmidt[12]245'8"StuttgartJuly 15, 196148
1962 ArgentinaNorma Beatriz Nolan[13]245'5"Buenos AiresJuly 14, 196252
1963 BrazilIêda Maria Vargas[14]185'6"Porto AlegreJuly 20, 196350
1964 GreeceCorinna Tsopei[15]205'8"AthensAugust 1, 196460
1965 ThailandApasra Hongsakula[16]185'4"BangkokJuly 24, 196557
1966 SwedenMargareta Arvidsson[17]185'8"GothenburgJuly 16, 196658
1967 USASylvia Hitchcock[B][18]205'7"MiamiJuly 15, 196756
1968 BrazilMartha Vasconcellos[19]205'8"SalvadorJuly 13, 196865
1969 PhilippinesGloria Diaz[20]185'5"AringayJuly 19, 196961
1970 Puerto RicoMarisol Malaret[21]205'8"San JuanJuly 11, 197064
1971 LebanonGeorgina Rizk[22]185'7"BeirutJuly 24, 197160
1972 AustraliaKerry Anne Wells[23]205'11"PerthJuly 29, 197261
1973 PhilippinesMargarita Moran[24]195'6"ManilaJuly 21, 197361
1974 SpainAmparo Muñoz[B][25]205'8"MálagaJuly 19, 197465
1975 FinlandAnne Marie Pohtamo[26]195'8"HelsinkiJuly 19, 197571
1976 IsraelRina Messinger[27]205'7½"Kiryat Tiv'onJuly 10, 197672
1977 Trinidad & TobagoJanelle Commissiong[28]245'5"Port of SpainJuly 16, 197780
1978 South AfricaMargaret Gardiner[29]185'10"Cape TownJuly 24, 197875
1979 VenezuelaMaritza Sayalero[30]185'8"CaracasJuly 19, 197975
1980 USAShawn Weatherly[31]205'8"SumterJuly 7, 198069
1981 VenezuelaIrene Sáez[32]195'10"CaracasJuly 20, 198176
1982 CanadaKaren Dianne Baldwin[33]185'10"LondonJuly 26, 198277
1983 New ZealandLorraine Downes[34]195'8½"AucklandJuly 11, 198380
1984 SwedenYvonne Ryding[35]215'7"EskilstunaJuly 9, 198481
1985 Puerto RicoDeborah Carthy-Deu[36]195'8"San JuanJuly 15, 198579
1986 VenezuelaBárbara Palacios[37]225'8"CaracasJuly 21, 198677
1987 ChileCecilia Bolocco[38]225'8"Santiago de ChileMay 26, 198768
1988 ThailandPorntip Nakhirunkanok[39]205'8"BangkokMay 23, 198866
1989 NetherlandsAngela Visser[40]225'9"RotterdamMay 23, 198976
1990 NorwayMona Grudt[41]195'6"HellApril 15, 199071
1991 MexicoLupita Jones[42]235'8½"MexicaliMay 17, 199173
1992 NamibiaMichelle McLean[43]196'0"WindhoekMay 8, 199278
1993 Puerto RicoDayanara Torres[44]185'8"Toa AltaMay 21, 199379
1994 IndiaSushmita Sen[45]185'9"New DelhiMay 20, 199477
1995 USAChelsi Smith[46]215'8"Deer ParkMay 12, 199582
1996 VenezuelaAlicia Machado[47]195'9"MaracayMay 17, 199679
1997 USABrook Lee[48]265'7"Pearl CityMay 16, 199774
1998 Trinidad & TobagoWendy Fitzwilliam[49]266'0"Diego MartinMay 12, 199881
1999 BotswanaMpule Kwelagobe195'9"GaboroneMay 26, 199984
2000 IndiaLara Dutta[50]225'8"MumbaiMay 12, 200079
2001 Puerto RicoDenise Quiñones[51]205'10"LaresMay 11, 200177
2002 RussiaOxana Fedorova[C][52]225'8.5"PskovMay 29, 200275
 PanamaJustine Pasek[D][53]225.7"Panama CitySeptember 24, 200275
2003 Dominican RepublicAmelia Vega[54]186'1"Santiago de los CaballerosJune 3, 200371
2004 AustraliaJennifer Hawkins[55]205'11"NewcastleJune 1, 200480
2005 CanadaNatalie Glebova[56]235'11"TorontoMay 31, 200581
2006 Puerto RicoZuleyka Rivera[57]185'9"SalinasJuly 23, 200686
2007 JapanRiyo Mori[58]205'9"ShizuokaMay 28, 200777
2008 VenezuelaDayana Mendoza[59]225'10"CaracasJuly 14, 200880
2009 VenezuelaStefanía Fernández[60]185'10"MéridaAugust 23, 200983
2010 MexicoXimena Navarrete[61]225'9"GuadalajaraAugust 23, 201083
2011 AngolaLeila Lopes[62]255'10"BenguelaSeptember 12, 201189
2012 USAOlivia Culpo[63]205'7"CranstonDecember 19, 201289
2013 VenezuelaGabriela Isler[64]255'10"ValenciaNovember 9, 201386
2014 ColombiaPaulina Vega[65]225'9"BarranquillaJanuary 25, 201688
2016 PhilippinesPia Wurtzbach[66]265'8"Cagayan de OroDecember 20, 201680
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