MISS UNIVERSE 2009
sunday, august 23, 2009
imperial ballroom, Atlantis Paradise Island resort, Nassau, Bahamas
84 contestants *
PRESENTERS: billy bush, claudia jordan
ENTERTAINMENT: heidi montag, flo rida, kelly rowland, david guetta
Results
1 VENEZUELA Stefanía Fernández Krupij
2 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Ada Aimée de la Cruz González (SF World '07)
3 KOSOVO Marigona "Gona" Dragusha
4 AUSTRALIA Rachael Anne Finch
5 PUERTO RICO Mayra Matos Pérez (winner Teen International '06)
Top 10
6 FRANCE Chloe Mortaud (Top 7 World '09)
7 SOUTH AFRICA Tatum Lucy Keshwar (2nd RU World '09)
8 CZECH REPUBLIC Iveta Lutovska (winner Miss Model of the World '07)
9 SWITZERLAND Whitney Toyloy
10 USA Kristen Jeannine Dalton
Top 15
11 ALBANIA Hasna Xhukici
12 BELGIUM Zeynep Kübra Sever (World '09)
13 SWEDEN Renate Veronica Cerljen
14 CROATIA Sarah Cosic
15 ICELAND Ingibjörg Raghnheidur Egilsdottir
Awards
Miss Congeniality CHINA
Miss Photogenic THAILAND
Best National Costume 1) PANAMA, 2) NICARAGUA, 3) THAILAND
Remainder
ANGOLA Nelsa Suraia Pombal Alves
ARGENTINA Johanna Mariel Lasic Cid (Intercontinental '11)
ARUBA Angene Dianne Shanella Croes
BAHAMAS Kiara Sherman
BOLIVIA Noemi Dominique Rosa Peltier De Liotta (4th RU Hispanoamericana '08)
BRAZIL Larissa Costa Silva de Oliveira
BULGARIA Elitsa Lubenova
CANADA Mariana Valente
CAYMAN ISLANDS Nicosia Lawson (World '08)
CHINA Jingyao Wang
COLOMBIA Michelle Rouillard Estrada
COSTA RICA Jessica Maria Umaña Solís
CURACAO Angenie Anamaria Simon (World '10)
CYPRUS Kielia Giasemidou
ECUADOR Sandra Maria Vinces Pinargote (1st RU Hispanoamericana '09)
EGYPT Elham Wagdi Fadel (Earth '05, International '06, SF Intercontinental '07)
EL SALVADOR Jacquelin Mayella Mena Mahomar
ESTONIA Diana Arno
ETHIOPIA Melat Woldesenbet Yante
FINLAND Essi Pöysti
GEORGIA Lika Orjonikidze (SF Intercontinental '09)
GERMANY Martina Lee
GHANA Jennifer Victoria Koranteng
GREAT BRITAIN Clair Cooper (Earth-England '07)
GREECE Viviana Campanile-Zagorianakou
GUAM Racine Manley
GUATEMALA Lourdes Elisa Figueroa Araujo
GUYANA Jenel Cox
HONDURAS Belgica Nathaly Suarez Arias
HUNGARY Zsuzsana “Suzan” Budai
INDIA Ekta Shivangani Choudhury
INDONESIA Zivanna Letisha Siregar
IRELAND Diana Donnelly
ISRAEL Yulia Dyment
ITALY Laura Valenti
JAMAICA Carolyn Yapp
JAPAN Emiri Miyasaka
KOREA Na-reei Seon
LEBANON Martine Tlete Andraos (World '09)
MALAYSIA Joanne Belle NG Li Vun
MAURITIUS Deanna Valerie Anais Veerapatren (World '09, International '10)
MEXICO Karla Maria Carrillo González
MONTENEGRO Anja Jovanovic
NAMIBIA Happie Namsiku Ntelamo (World '09)
NETHERLANDS Avalon-Chanel Weyzig (World '09)
NEW ZEALAND Katie Taylor
NICARAGUA Indiana Maria Sánchez Sánchez
NIGERIA Enifovwe Sandra Otohwo
NORWAY Eli Landa
PANAMA Diana Patricia Broce Bravo
PARAGUAY Mareike Baumgarten Oroa (Hispanoamericana '09)
PERU Karen Susana Schwarz Espinoza
PHILIPPINES Pamela Bianca Ramos Manalo
POLAND Angelika Jakubowska (International '09)
ROMANIA Bianca Elena Constantin
RUSSIA Sofiya Andreevna Rudieva
SERBIA Dragana Atlija
SINGAPORE Rachel Janice Kum
SLOVAK REPUBLIC Denisa Mendrejova
SLOVENIA Mirela Korac
SPAIN Estíbaliz Pereira Rabade
TANZANIA Illuminata James Wize (International '09)
THAILAND Chutima "Chantelle" Durongdej
TURKEY Senem Kuyucuoglu
TURKS & CAICOS Jewel DeAnn Selver * (left the pageant one day before the finals due to "dehydration" but she remained in the telecast's introduction video. Later, it was known she left because it was discovered she was pregnant).
UKRAINE Kristina Valerievna Kots-Gotlib
URUGUAY Cinthia Carolina D’Ottone Reyna (Hispanoamericana '09)
VIETNAM Hoang Yen Vo
ZAMBIA Andella Chileshe Matthews
NO SHOWS:
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS Maquita Richards
KAZAKHSTAN Olga Nikitina
LUXEMBOURG Diana Nilles
NORTHERN MARIANAS Sorene Aldan Maratita
SRI LANKA Faith Landers
ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES Ronique Dellimore
FRENCH POLYNESIA Nanihi Bambridge
REPLACED:
BULGARIA Antonia Petrova
CURACAO Ashanta Mafalda Macauly (resigned)
LEBANON Rosarita Tawil
MONTENEGRO Mariana Mihajlovic (underage)
NORWAY Lene Egeli
SWEDEN Azra Duliman
TURKEY Begüm Kiziltug
DEBUTS: -
WITHDRAWALS: Antigua & Barbuda, Denmark, Kazakhstan, Sri Lanka, Trinidad & Tobago
RETURNS: Bulgaria, Ethiopia, Guyana, Iceland, Lebanon, Namibia, Romania, Sweden, Zambia
JUDGES:
Preliminary competition
1- Mark Wylie – Best Buddies Talent Executive.
2- Adriana Ching – Licensed attorney and a former real estate developer avid philanthropist
3- Todd Winston – Veteran of the hospitality industry and Vice President of Sales at Creative Promotional.
4- Rosalina Lydster – Fashion designer for celebrities.
5- Tiza Tjokroadisumarto – Director of Retail Operations for Michael Kors.
6- Corinne Nicolas – President of Trump Model Management.
7- David Friedman – Last Call with Carson Daly Executive Producer.
8- Steven Schillaci – Talent Producer for many hit shows including American Idol.
9- Mario Mosley – Hollywood Choreographer of Oxygen's Dance Your Ass Off
10- Sarah Markantonis – Ambassador of Kerzner International Bahamas.
Final telecast
1- Dean Cain – Actor and producer.
2- Tamara Tunie – Actress, "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit".
3- Colin Cowie – Author, Television Personality and Designer to the Stars.
4- Valeria Mazza – International Supermodel.
5- Matthew Rolston – Leading Photographer and director.
6- Richard LeFrak – Chairperson, President and CEO LeFrak Organization.
7- Andre Leon Talley – Award-winning Writer and editor.
8- Heather Kerzner – Philanthropist and Ambassador for Kerzner International and Resorts.
9- Farouk Shami – Founder and Chairman of CHI Hair Care.
10- Keisha Whitaker – Fashion Maven and Founder of the Kissable Couture Lip Gloss line.
11- Gerry DeVeaux – Award-winning Producer, Songwriter and Style Guru.
12- George J. Maloof, Jr. – Professional Sports Mogul and Hotelier.