Miss Universe 2010
| Miss Universe 2010 | |
|---|---|
| Date | 23 August 2010 |
| Presenters | Natalie Morales, Bret Michaels |
| Entertainment | John Legend, The Roots, Cirque du Soleil |
| Venue | Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
| Broadcaster | NBC, Telemundo |
| Entrants | 83 |
| Placements | 15 |
| Withdrawals | Austria, Bulgaria, Cayman Islands, Estonia, Ethiopia, Iceland, Montenegro, Namibia, Turks & Caicos, Vietnam |
| Returns | Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Denmark, Haiti, Kazakhstan, Sri Lanka, Trinidad & Tobago, US Virgin Islands |
| Winner |
Ximena Navarrete  Mexico |
| Congeniality |
Jesinta Franklin  Australia |
| Best National Costume |
Fonthip Watcharatrakul  Thailand |
| Photogenic |
Fonthip Watcharatrakul Thailand |
Miss Universe 2010, the 59th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 23 August 2010 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Stefanía Fernández of Venezuela crowned her successor Ximena Navarrete of Mexico at the end of the event. 83 contestants competed for the crown.
Placements
| Final results | Contestant |
| Miss Universe 2010 | |
| 1st Runner-up | |
| 2nd Runner-up | |
| 3rd Runner-up | |
| 4th Runner-up | |
| Top 10 | |
| Top 15 |
Contestants
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown |
 Albania | Angela Martini | 24 | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | Shkoder |
 Angola | Jurema Ferraz | 25 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Namibe |
 Argentina | Yésica Di Vincenzo | 22 | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | Mar del Plata |
 Aruba | Priscilla Lee | 22 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Oranjestad |
| Australia | Jesinta Franklin | 19 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Gold Coast |
 Bahamas | Braneka Bassett | 20 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Freeport |
.svg.png){kind=small} Belgium | Cilou Annys | 19 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Bruges |
 Bolivia | Claudia Arce Lemaitre | 19 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Sucre |
 Botswana | Tirelo Ramasedi | 21 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Gaborone |
 Brazil | Débora Lyra | 20 | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | Divinópolis |
 British Virgin Islands | Josefina Nunez | 22 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Road Town |
 Canada | Elena Semikina | 26 | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | Toronto |
 China | Tang Wen | 18 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Yichun |
 Colombia | Natalia Navarro | 23 | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | Barranquilla |
 Costa Rica | Marva Wright | 25 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | San José |
 Croatia | Lana Obad | 22 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Zagreb |
 Curaçao | Safira de Wit | 20 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Willemstad |
 Cyprus | Demetra Olymbiou | 22 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Aradhippou |
 Czech Republic | Jitka Válková | 18 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Třebíč |
 Denmark | Ena Sandra Causevic | 20 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Sønderborg |
 Dominican Republic | Eva Arias | 25 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | Moca |
 Ecuador | Lady Mina | 24 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Guayaquil |
 Egypt | Donia Hammed | 22 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | Cairo |
 El Salvador | Sonia Cruz | 20 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | San Salvador |
 Finland | Viivi Pumpanen | 22 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Vantaa |
 France | Malika Ménard | 23 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | Caen |
 Georgia | Nanuka Gogichaishvili | 21 | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | Tbilisi |
 Germany | Kristiana Rohder | 26 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Munich |
 Ghana | Awurama Simpson | 22 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | Sekondi-Takoradi |
 Great Britain | Tara Hoyos-Martínez | 20 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | London |
 Greece | Anna Prelevic | 20 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | Athens |
 Guam | Vanessa Torres | 25 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Dededo |
 Guatemala | Jessica Scheel | 20 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Retalhuleu |
 Guyana | Tamika Henry | 22 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Georgetown |
 Haiti | Sarodj Bertin | 24 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Port-au-Prince |
 Honduras | Kenia Martinez | 26 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Tela |
 Hungary | Tímea Babinyecz | 19 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Szeged |
 India | Ushoshi Sengupta | 22 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Kolkata |
 Indonesia | Qory Sandioriva | 19 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Banda Aceh |
 Ireland | Rozanna Purcell | 19 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Clonmel |
 Israel | Bat-el Jobi | 22 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Afula |
 Italy | Jessica Cecchini | 20 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Borgosesia |
 Jamaica | Yendi Phillipps | 24 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Kingston |
 Japan | Maiko Itai | 26 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Ōita |
 Kazakhstan | Asselina Kuchukova | 27 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Almaty |
 Korea | Kim Joo-ri | 22 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Seoul |
 Kosovo | Kështjella Pepshi | 23 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Junik |
 Lebanon | Rahaf Abdallah | 22 | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | Khiam |
 Malaysia | Nadine Ann Thomas | 23 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | Subang Jaya |
 Mauritius | Dalysha Doorga | 23 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Goodlands |
| Mexico | Ximena Navarrete | 22 | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | Guadalajara |
 Netherlands | Desirée van den Berg | 23 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Santpoort |
 New Zealand | Ria van Dyke | 21 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Auckland |
 Nicaragua | Scharllette Allen Moses | 18 | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | Bluefields |
 Nigeria | Ngozi Odalonu | 22 | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | Niger |
 Norway | Melinda Elvenes | 23 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Larvik |
 Panama | Anyolí Ábrego | 22 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Santiago de Veraguas |
 Paraguay | Yohana Benitez | 23 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | San Lorenzo |
 Peru | Giuliana Zevallos | 22 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | Lima |
 Philippines | Venus Raj | 22 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Bato |
 Poland | Maria Nowakowska | 23 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Legnica |
 Puerto Rico | Mariana Vicente | 21 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Río Grande |
 Romania | Oana Paveluc | 19 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Braşov |
 Russia | Irina Antonenko | 18 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Yekaterinburg |
 Serbia | Lidija Kocić | 22 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Belgrade |
 Singapore | Tania Lim Kim Suan | 22 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Singapore |
 Slovak Republic | Anna Amenová | 25 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Bratislava |
 Slovenia | Marika Savšek | 24 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Šmartno pri Litiji |
 South Africa | Nicole Flint | 22 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Pretoria |
 Spain | Adriana Reverón | 24 | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | Tenerife |
 Sri Lanka | Ishanka Madurasinghe | 23 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Kegalle |
 Sweden | Michaela Savic | 19 | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | Helsingborg |
 Switzerland | Linda Fäh | 22 | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | Benken |
 Tanzania | Hellen Dausen | 23 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Arusha |
| Thailand | Fonthip Watcharatrakul | 20 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Samut Prakan |
 Trinidad & Tobago | LaToya Woods | 25 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Couva |
 Turkey | Gizem Memiç | 20 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | Gaziantep |
 Ukraine | Anna Poslavska | 23 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | Nova Kakhovka |
 Uruguay | Stephany Ortega | 20 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Montevideo |
 USA | Rima Fakih | 24 | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | Dearborn |
 U.S. Virgin Islands | Janeisha John | 22 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | St. Croix |
 Venezuela | Marelisa Gibson | 22 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Caracas |
 Zambia | Alice Musukwa | 22 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Lusaka |
Judges
Preliminary competition
The judges for the preliminary competition are listed below:[1]
- Basim Shami – President of Farouk Systems
- BJ Coleman – Publicist, Journalist & Television Personality
- Carlos Bremer – CEO and General Director of Value Grupo Financiero
- Corinne Nicolas – President of Trump Model Management
- Louis Burgdorf – Talent Producer for MSNBC's Joe Scarborough & Mika Brzezinski
- Natalie Rotman – Television Host and Fashion Expert www.NatalieRotman.com
- Sadoux Kim – Television producer
Final telecast
The following celebrities judged the final competition:[1]
- Niki Taylor – Model
- William Baldwin – Actor, producer, and writer
- Chynna Phillips – Singer and actress
- Evan Lysacek – Olympic Gold Medal Figure Skater and Dancing with the Stars finalist
- Tamron Hall – MSNBC anchor
- Chazz Palminteri – Actor and writer
- Jane Seymour – Actress and Dancing with the Stars participant
- Criss Angel – Illusionist and musician
- Sheila E. – Musician
Notes
Returns
Last competed in 1989:
- Haiti
Last competed in 2002:
- British Virgin Islands
Last competed in 2004:
- Botswana
Last competed in 2007:
- U.S. Virgin Islands
Last competed in 2008:
- Denmark
- Kazakhstan
- Sri Lanka
- Trinidad & Tobago
Trivia
- Philippines- Maria Venus Raj was originally dethroned of her official title but regained her rights and finished 4th runner up. Venus Raj ended Philippines' 11 year drought and the only Asian to penetrate the semifinals this edition.
Replacements
- Guatemala – Alejandra Barillas was Miss Universe Guatemala 2010 until she injured her left foot in an accident. This stopped her from participating in the pageant. She was replaced by one of her runners-up, Jessica Scheel. She competed 1 year later at Miss Universe 2011.
- Romania – Alexandra Catalina Filip was Miss Universe Romania 2010 but 1st runner-up, Oana Paveluc, represented Romania instead.
- Turkey – Turkey sent Miss Turkey World 2010, Gizem Memic, because its Miss Universe 2010, Serenay Sarikaya, was below 18 and did not meet the age requirement.
Withdrawals
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Bulgaria – The Miss Bulgaria Organization did not send a representative to compete in Miss Universe 2010. -
Cayman Islands – On 8 September 2009, it was announced that the Miss Cayman Islands 2009 contest would not take place due to lack of funding and sponsorship. Since the winner of that contest also competes in Miss World, there was no Caymanian representative to Miss World 2009 either.[2] -
Estonia – Valeri Kirss, Estonia's national director, was selling the Eesti Miss Estonia pageant. -
Ethiopia -
Iceland -
Montenegro – Original contestant Nikolina Lončar was not allowed to participate because she was only 16 at the time of her crowning. She later participated in Miss Universe 2011.[3] -
Namibia – Miss Namibia 2010, Odile Gertze, was crowned on 31 July 2010. Since that was only one week from the official start of Miss Universe 2010, national director Connie Maritz decided not to send the winner to Miss Universe but to Miss World 2010 instead. -
Turks & Caicos -
Vietnam – Vietnam did not have a representative this year. They officially withdrew from the pageant.[4]
References
- 1 2 "Miss Universe: Judges". Miss Universe Organization. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- ↑ "Miss Cayman Islands 2009 postponed due to lack of funding and sponsorship". Caymanian Compass. 7 September 2009.
- ↑ "Nikolina Lončar ostala kod kuće". Vijesti online. 12 August 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
- ↑ Vietnam Officially Withdraws from Miss Universe 2010
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