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'''Miss Universe 2010''', the 59th edition of the pageant, will be held at the [[Mandalay Bay Events Center]] in the [[Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino]]<ref>[http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/may/17/miss-universe-heads-here-first-time-miss-usa-move-/ Miss Universe heads to Las Vegas]</ref>, [[Las Vegas metropolitan area|Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]], [[USA]] on August 23, 2010.<ref>[http://globalbeauties.com/blog/?p=964 2010 Miss Universe Pageant to be held in Las Vegas]</ref>. For the third time, Las Vegas take over the opportunity to hosts the pageant since 1996. [[Miss Universe 2009]], [[Stefanía Fernández]] from [[Venezuela]], will crown her successor at the end of this event. More than 80 countries and territories will compete for the title and the pageant will broadcast live on [[NBC]] and [[Telemundo]].
'''Miss Universe 2010''', the 59th edition of the pageant, will be held at the [[Mandalay Bay Events Center]] in the [[Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino]]<ref>[http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/may/17/miss-universe-heads-here-first-time-miss-usa-move-/ Miss Universe heads to Las Vegas]</ref>, [[Las Vegas metropolitan area|Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]], [[USA]] on August 23, 2010.<ref>[http://globalbeauties.com/blog/?p=964 2010 Miss Universe Pageant to be held in Las Vegas]</ref>. For the third time, Las Vegas take over the opportunity to hosts the pageant since 1996. [[Miss Universe 2009]], [[Stefanía Fernández]] from [[Venezuela]], will crown her successor at the end of this event. More than 80 countries and territories will compete for the title and the pageant will broadcast live on [[NBC]] and [[Telemundo]].

Revision as of 02:31, 22 May 2010

Miss Universe 2010
DateAugust 23, 2010
VenueMandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
BroadcasterNBC, Telemundo
DebutsAzerbaijan
WithdrawalsBulgaria, Cayman Islands,
ReturnsBotswana, British Virgin Islands, Denmark, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Sri Lanka, Trinidad & Tobago,

Miss Universe 2010, the 59th edition of the pageant, will be held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino[1], Las Vegas, Nevada, USA on August 23, 2010.[2]. For the third time, Las Vegas take over the opportunity to hosts the pageant since 1996. Miss Universe 2009, Stefanía Fernández from Venezuela, will crown her successor at the end of this event. More than 80 countries and territories will compete for the title and the pageant will broadcast live on NBC and Telemundo.

Expected contestants

As of May 22, 2010, 49 delegates have been selected.

Country Contestant Age Height
(cm)		 Height
(ft)		 Hometown
 Angola Jurema Ferraz[3] 26 180 5'11" Namibe
 Aruba Priscilla Lee[4] 21 180 5'11" Oranjestad
 Bahamas Braneka Bassett[5] 20 176 5'9" Freeport
 Belgium Cilou Annys[6] 19 178 5'10" Bruges
 Bolivia Claudia Arce[7] 19 173 5'8" Sucre
 Brazil Débora Lyra[8] 20 180 5'11" Vitória
 British Virgin Islands Josefina Nunez 22 165 5'5" Road Town
 Colombia Natalia Navarro[9] 22 179 5'10" Barranquilla
 Costa Rica Marva Wright[10] 24 177 5'10" San José
 Croatia Lana Obad[11] 21 173 5'8" Zagreb
 Curaçao Safira de Wit[12] 20 181 5'11" Willemstad
 Cyprus Demetra Olymbiou[13] 23 174 5'8" Aradippou
 Czech Republic Jitka Válková[14] 18 169 5'6" Třebíč
 Dominican Republic Eva Arias[15] 24 178 5'10" Moca
 Ecuador Lady Mina[16] 23 170 5'7" Guayaquil
 Finland Viivi Pumpanen[17] 21 167 5'6" Vantaa
 France Malika Ménard[18] 22 176 5'9" Caen
 Georgia Nanuka Gogichaishvili[19] 20 177 5'10" Tbilisi
 Great Britain Tara Hoyos-Martinez[20] 20 168 5'6" London
 Guatemala Alejandra Barillas[21] 24 180 5'11" Zacapa
 Haiti Sarodj Bertin[22] 24 175 5'9" Port-au-Prince
 Hungary Tímea Babinyecz[23] 19 172 5'7" Szeged
 Indonesia Qory Sandioriva[24] 18 173 5'8" Aceh
 Israel Bat-El Jobi[25] 21 172 5'7" Afula
 Japan Maiko Itai[26] 26 173 5'8" Ōita
 Korea Kim Joo-ri[27] 22 171 5'7" Seoul
 Malaysia Nadine Thomas[28] 23 169 5'6" Subang Jaya
 Mauritius Dalysha Doorga[29] 22 173 5'8" Goodlands
 Mexico Jimena Navarrete[30] 22 174 5'8" Guadalajara
 Montenegro Nikolina Lončar[31] 22 175 5'9" Pljevlja
 Nicaragua Scharllette Allen[32] 18 180 5'11" Bluefields
 Philippines Maria Venus Raj[33] 21 175 5'9" Camarines Sur
 Poland Maria Nowakowska[34] 23 182 5'11" Legnica
 Puerto Rico Mariana Vicente[35] 21 173 5'8" Rio Grande
 Russia Irina Antonenko[36] 18 178 5'10" Yekaterinburg
 Serbia Lidija Kocić[37] 22 180 5'11" Belgrade
 Slovak Republic Anna Amenová[38] 25 173 5'8" Bratislava
 Slovenia Marika Savšek[39] 23 175 5'9" Šmartno pri Litiji
 South Africa Nicole Flint[40] 22 172 5'7" Pretoria
 Switzerland Linda Fäh[41] 22 177 5'10" Benken
 Tanzania Hellen Dausen[42] 23 168 5'6" Arusha
 Thailand Fonthip Watcharatrakul[43] 19 170 5'7" Samut Prakan
 Trinidad & Tobago La Toya Woods[44] 24 178 5'10" Couva
 Turkey Serenay Sarıkaya[45] 18 175 5'9" Ankara
 Ukraine Anna Poslavskaya[46] 22 180 5'11" Nova Kakhovka
 Uruguay Stephany Ortega[47] 20 173 5'8" Montevideo
 USA Rima Fakih[48] 24 174 5'8" Dearborn
 Venezuela Marelisa Gibson[49] 21 178 5'10" Caracas

Upcoming national pageants

National pageants scheduled are:

National Pageant Notes

Debuting countries and territories

  • Azerbaijan will compete in Miss Universe for the first time.

Returning countries and territories

  • Guadeloupe last competed in 1984.
  • Haiti last competed in 1989.
  • British Virgin Islands last competed in 2002.
  • Botswana last competed in 2004.
  • Denmark[72], Sri Lanka[73] and Trinidad & Tobago last competed in 2008.

Withdraws

  •  Bulgaria - The Miss Bulgaria Organization will not send a contestant to Miss Universe 2010[74].
  •  Cayman Islands - On September 8, 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 the said contest also competes in Miss World, there was no Caymanian representative to Miss World 2009 either.[75]

Contestant Notes

  •  Brazil: Débora Lyra won the contest Top Model Of The World 2008 in Berlin, Germany. [76]
  •  Costa Rica: Marva Wright is the first Afro-Carribean woman to win the national crown of Miss Costa Rica.[77]
  •  Haiti: Sarodj Bertin is the daughter of famous Haitian lawyer Mireille Durocher Bertin[78] , who was assassinated in 1994. After her mother was assassinated, her family moved to the Dominican Republic. [79] Sarodj is currently a lawyer practicing in the Dominican Republic, following the footsteps of her mother, Mirielle Durocher Bertin. [80]
  •  Great Britain: Tara Hoyos-Martinez is the first latin woman (her parents are from Colombia) to represent Great Britain in Miss Universe.[81]
  •  Nicaragua: Scharllette Allen is the first black woman to win the national crown of Miss Nicaragua .[82]
  •  Philippines: Binibining Pilipinas-Universe 2010 Venus Raj was dethroned after the organization discovered inconsistencies contained in her birth records, in contrast to her personal account of her birth. Weeks later, the Binibining Pilipinas Charities, Inc. (BPCI) announced that “for humanitarian reasons,” they are allowing Raj to reclaim her title if she is able to obtain a valid Philippine passport.[83] Finally, she obtained a passport and will compete in Miss Universe 2010[84]
  •  United States: Rima Fakih is the first Arab-American and the first Muslim to win the Miss USA title.[85]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Miss Universe 2010.
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  3. ^ Miss Angola 2010
  4. ^ Miss Aruba 2009/2010
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  6. ^ Miss Belgium 2010
  7. ^ Miss Bolivia 2009
  8. ^ Mineira Débora Lyra é eleita Miss Brasil 2010
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  10. ^ Marva Wright Ureña Crowned Miss Costa Rica 2010
  11. ^ Lana Obad nova Miss universe Hrvatske
  12. ^ Safira de Wit is Miss Curaçao 2010
  13. ^ Star Cyprus 2009
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  15. ^ Miss Dominican Republic Universe 2010
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  18. ^ Miss Bormandie, Melika Ménard, crowned Miss France 2010
  19. ^ Nanuka Gogichaishvili, Miss Georgia Universe 2010
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  22. ^ New Miss Haiti Universe 2010
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  24. ^ Pageant Updates: Puteri Indonesia 2009 Official Results
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  26. ^ Pageant Updates: Miss Universe Japan 2010 is Maiko Itai
  27. ^ Kim Joo-ri Crowned Miss Korea 2009
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  29. ^ Dalysha Doorga Winner of Miss Mauritius 2009
  30. ^ jimena navarrete nuestra belleza mexico 2009
  31. ^ Nikolina Lončar, Miss Montenegro Universe 2010
  32. ^ Pageant Updates: Miss Nicaragua 2010 elected its first black winner
  33. ^ Maria Venus Raj gets her Philippine passport
  34. ^ Maria Nowakowska z Legnicy została Miss Polonia 2009
  35. ^ Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2010
  36. ^ Irina Antonenko from Urals crowned Miss Russia 2010
  37. ^ Jelena Marković najlepša Srpkinja
  38. ^ PAGEANT UPDATES: Miss Universe Slovak Republic 2010 RESULTS!
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  41. ^ Linda Fäh ist Miss Schweiz 2009
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  45. ^ Miss Turkey 2010
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  49. ^ "Marelisa Gibson fue electa Miss Venezuela 2009". El Nacional. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
  50. ^ Miss Universo Argentina 2010
  51. ^ Miss Universe Australia 2010
  52. ^ Miss Azerbaijan contest revived
  53. ^ [12]
  54. ^ Miss Universe® Canada 2010
  55. ^ Miss Universe Germany 2010
  56. ^ Star Hellas 2010 Final in June 16
  57. ^ Miss Guadalupe Universe 2010 on July 17!
  58. ^ Señorita Honduras Universo 2010 will be crowned on July 8
  59. ^ I Am She 2010 Schedule
  60. ^ Miss Jamaica Universe 2010 Coronation Show on July 3
  61. ^ [13]
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  63. ^ Miss Universe NZ 2010
  64. ^ MBGN 2010
  65. ^ Señorita Panamá 2010
  66. ^ Miss Universo Paraguay 2010 Final on July 9
  67. ^ Grandslam Pageants' calendar
  68. ^ Miss Universe Romania 2010
  69. ^ Miss Singapore Universe 2010
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  72. ^ Denmark return to Miss Universe 2010
  73. ^ Miss Sri Lanka Universe 2010
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  75. ^ Miss Cayman Islands 2009 postponed due to lack of funding and sporsorship
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  79. ^ http://www.haitiwebs.com/haitianforums/showthread.php?t=23145
  80. ^ http://www.haitilibre.com/article-90-haiti-humeur-une-election-indecente.html
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  82. ^ http://www.globalbeauties.com/news/2010/mar/nic.htm
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