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Miss Universe Australia 2004: 1 June 2004 80 2005 Canada: Natalie Glebova [54] 23 Toronto: Miss Universe Canada 2005: 31 May 2005 81 2006 Puerto Rico: Zuleyka Rivera [55] 18 Salinas: Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2006: 23 July 2006 86 2007 Japan: Riyo Mori [56] 20 Shizuoka: Miss Universe Japan 2007: 28 May 2007 77 2008 Venezuela: Dayana Mendoza [57 ...
She was elected Miss Photogenic four days before the final, becoming the first black woman to win these awards in Miss Universe history. On July 16, in the National Theater of Santo Domingo, Commissiong was crowned Miss Universe, attracting international attention as the first black winner in the chronology of Miss Universe. [citation needed]
Meanwhile, Botswana remains the most recent first-time entry to ever win Miss Universe on its debut year (with Mpule Kwelagobe in 1999), and Denmark is the most recent country to obtain its first ever national win in Miss Universe (with Victoria Kjær Theilvig in 2024).
She was crowned by Miss Universe 2023 Sheynnis Palacios, the first woman from Nicaragua to win the title. Theilvig, 21, was named the winner of the 73rd Miss Universe competition on Saturday night ...
Miss Universe Armi Kuusela greets people in front of Hotel Vaakuna in Helsinki, Finland, 1952. On 17 June 1952, chaperoned by her older sister, Kuusela took the Pan Am flight from Helsinki to Long Beach, California, where she took part in the first Miss Universe Pageant. Thirty contestants participated in the Pageant, held on 28 June 1952.
The International Pageant of Pulchritude, also known as Miss Universe or the International Beauty Contest, was a beauty contest that began in 1920, featuring contestants from multiple nations. This pageant originated the title "Miss Universe" and was the first international contest. The last pageant event in the United States was held in 1931 ...
The Miss Universe contest had its first transgender participant, Spain’s Angela Ponce, in 2018. Top executives of the competition were caught between a rock and a hard place last year after a ...
Adetshina is now the first-ever Miss Africa and Oceania, a new title awarded by a panel of Miss Universe judges. She was also first runner-up at Miss Universe, hosted in Mexico City on November 16 ...