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November 12, 2017
THE 66TH MISS UNIVERSE COMPETITION TO AIR LIVE FROM THE AXIS AT PLANET HOLLYWOOD RESORT & CASINO IN LAS VEGAS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, ON FOX
Photo: Iris Mittenaere, the reigning Miss Universe. She will crown her successor on Sunday, November 26, 2017. Photographer: Benjamin Askinas. Image provided by & copyright © The Miss Universe Organization, New York.
New York, NY - The Miss Universe Organization has announced that the 66TH MISS UNIVERSE competition will take place live from The AXIS at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, NV, on Sunday, Nov. 26 on FOX.
Five-time Emmy Award winner Steve Harvey returns to the Miss Universe stage, marking the third time that the multi-talented personality will host the international competition.
Nearly 100 women from across the globe will travel to compete for the opportunity of becoming the next Miss Universe. Iris Mittenaere from France will crown her successor at the conclusion of the live three-hour event.
India will be represented by Shraddha Shashidhar from the city of Chennai.
Here is the list of the contestants:
COUNTRY — HOMETOWN — NAME
- Albania — Tirana — Blerta Leka
- Angola — Cabinda — Lauriela Martins
- Argentina — Buenos Aires — StefanÃa Incandela
- Aruba — Malmok — Alina Mansur
- Australia — Adelaide — Olivia Rogers
- Austria — Gänserndorf — Celine Schrenk
- Bahamas — Nassau — Yasmine Cooke
- Barbados — Bridgetown — Lesley Chapman-Andrews
- Belgium — Bassevelde — Liesbeth Claus
- Bolivia — Pando — Gleisy Noguer Hassen
- Brazil — Teresina - Piaui — Monalysa Alcântara
- British Virgin Islands — British Virgin Islands — Khephra Sylvester
- Bulgaria — Sofia — Nikoleta Todorova
- Cambodia — Phnom Penh — By Sotheary
- Canada — Toronto — Lauren Howe
- Cayman Islands — West Bay — Anika Conolly
- Chile — Santiago — Natividad Leivi
- China — Shenyang — Roxette Qiu
- Colombia — Cartagena de Indias — Laura González
- Costa Rica — Heredia — Elena Correa
- Croatia — Slavonski Brod — Shanaelle Petty
- Curaçao — Willemstad — Nashaira Balentien
- Czech republic — Zlin — Michaela Habáňová
- Domican Republic — Santiago De Los Caballeros — Carmen Muñoz
- Ecuador — Guayaquil — Daniela Cepeda
- Egypt — Cairo — Farah Sedky
- El Salvador — San Salvador — Alisson Abarca
- Ethiopia — Addis Ababa — Akinahome Zergaw
- Finland — Helsinki — Michaela Söderholm
- France — Paris — Alicia Aylies
- Georgia — Rustavi — Miriam Gogodze
- Germany — Halle — Sophia Koch
- Ghana — Ajumako Entumire — Ruth Quarshie
- Great Britain — Leicester — Anna Burdzy
- Guam — Tomuning — Myana Welch
- Guatemala — Ayutla, San Marcos — Isel Suñiga
- Guyana — Essequibo Coast — Rafieya Husain
- Haiti — Port-au-Prince — Cassandra Chery
- Honduras — Roatan — April Tobie
- Iceland — Kopavogur — Arna Ãr Jónsdóttir
- India — Chennai — Shraddha Shashidhar
- Indonesia — Jakarta — Bunga Jelitha
- Iraq — Baghdad — Sarah Idan
- Ireland — Cobh, County Cork — CailÃn Ãine NÃ ToibÃn
- Israel — Ashkelon — Adar Gandelsman
- Italy — Naples — Maria Polverino
- Jamaica — Mitchell Town, Clarendon — Davina Bennett
- Japan — Japan — Momoko Abe
- Kazakhstan — Almaty — Kamila Assilova
- Korea — Seoul — Cho SeWhee
- Laos — Vientiane — Souphaphone Somvichith
- Lebanon — Saida — Jana Sader
- Malaysia — Kuala Lumpur — Samantha James
- Malta — Attard — Tiffany Pisani
- Mauritius — Curepipe — Angie Callychurn
- México — Sinaloa — Denisse Franco
- Myanmar — Yangon — Zun Than Sin
- Namibia — Rehoboth — Suné January
- Nepal — Kathmandu — Nagma Shrestha
- Netherlands — Handel — Nicky Opheij
- New Zealand — Napier — Harlem-Cruz Atarangi Ihaia
- Nicaragua — El Rama — Berenice Quezada
- Nigeria — Neni — Stephanie Agbasi
- Norway — Kongsvinger — Kaja Kojan
- Panama — City of Panama — Laura de Sanctis
- Paraguay — Asuncion — Ariela Machado
- Perú — Piura — Prissila Howard
- Philippines — Camarines Sur — Rachel Peters
- Poland — WrocÅ‚aw — Katarzyna WÅ‚odarek
- Portugal — Setúbal — Matilde Lima
- Puerto Rico — San Juan — Danna Hernández
- Romania — Constanta — Ioana Mihalache
- Russia — Moscow — Kseniya Alexandrova
- Saint Lucia — Micoud — Louise Victor
- Sierra Leone — Freetown — Adama Kargbo
- Singapore — Singapore — Manuela Bruntraeger
- Slovak Republic — Bratislava — Vanessa Bottánová
- Slovenia — Ptuj — Emina Ekić
- South Africa — Sedgefield, Western Cape — Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters
- Spain — Villarrobledo — Sofia del Prado
- Sri Lanka — Colombo — Christina Peiris
- Sweden — Gothenburg — Frida Fornander
- Tanzania — Dar Es Salaam — Lilian Ericaah Maraule
- Thailand — Bangkok — Maria Poonlertlarp
- Trinidad & Tobago — San Fernando — Yvonne Clarke
- Turkey — Izmir — Pinar Tartan
- Ukraine — Kiev — Yana Krasnikova
- Uruguay — Canelones — Marisol Acosta
- US Virgin Islands — Charlotte Amalie, St.Thomas — Esonica Veira
- USA — Washington D.C. — Kára McCullough
- Venezuela — Caracas — Keysi Sayago
- Vietnam — Thai Binh — Loan Nguyen
- Zambia — Chingola — Isabel Chikoti
The Miss Universe Organization (MUO) is a global community that empowers women to realize their goals through experiences that build self-confidence and create opportunities for success. MUO believes that every woman should be “Confidently Beautiful.”
The Miss Universe Organization and the brand is currently owned by IMG, a global leader in sports, events, media and fashion, operating in more than 30 countries.
Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX), a unit of 21st Century Fox, is home to some of the highest-rated and most acclaimed series on television, including EMPIRE, THE MICK, LETHAL WEAPON, LUCIFER, GOTHAM, THE LAST MAN ON EARTH, NEW GIRL, BROOKLYN NINE-NINE, STAR, THE EXORCIST, THE SIMPSONS, FAMILY GUY, and SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE.
While “Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino” is the centerpiece of the famed Las Vegas Strip, with 2,500 beautifully redesigned guest rooms and suites showcasing some of the best views in town, along with endless options of unparalleled shopping, distinguished dining, popular entertainment and a bustling nightlife.
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