MISS UNIVERSE 2016
monday, january 30, 2017 (in philippines)
sunday, january 29, 2017 (in america)
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines
86 contestants
PRESENTERS: Steve Harvey
COMMENTATOR: ASHLEY GRAHAM
ENTERTAINMENT: flo rida, boyz ii men
Results
1 FRANCE Iris Mittenaere Druart
2 HAITI Raquel Pélissier (Hispanoamericana '16)
3 COLOMBIA Jealisse Andrea Tovar Velasquez
Top 6
KENYA Mary Esther Were
PHILIPPINES Maria Mika Maxine Perez Medina
THAILAND Chalita Suansane (Internet vote)
Top 9
CANADA Siera Bearchell (Teen World '09, 1st RU Supranational '15)
MEXICO Yuselmi Cristal Silva Dávila (Earth '13)
U.S.A. Deshauna Barber
Top 13
BRAZIL Raíssa Oliveira Santana
INDONESIA Kezia Roslin Cikita Warouw
PANAMA Keity Drennan Mendieta Britton (Supermodel '07, 4th RU International '11)
PERU Valeria Piazza Vásquez (MMOTW '14)
Awards
Miss Congeniality KOREA
Miss Photogenic ALBANIA
Best National Costume MYANMAR
Remainder
ALBANIA Lindita Idrizi
ANGOLA Luisa Baptista
ARGENTINA Estefania Bernal
ARUBA Charlene Leslie
AUSTRALIA Caris Tiivel
AUSTRIA Dajana Dzinic
BAHAMAS Cherell Ladelle Williamson
BARBADOS Shannon Harris
BELGIUM Stephanie Geldhof
BELIZE Rebecca Kathleen Rath
BOLIVIA Fabiana Antonella Moscatelli Saucedo
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS Erika Renae Creque
BULGARIA Violina Ancheva
CAYMAN ISLANDS Monyque Roshel Brooks (World '16)
CHILE Catalina Paz Cáceres Ríos
CHINA "Joyce" Li Zhenyeng
COSTA RICA Carolina Rodríguez Durán (Banano '15)
CROATIA Barbara Filipovic
CURACAO Chanelle Wilhelmina Maria de Lau
CZECH REPUBLIC Andrea Bezděková
DENMARK Christina Dalgaard Mikkelsen (MTQYI '11, Bride of the World '12)
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Rosalba "Sal" García Abreu
ECUADOR Connie Maily Jiménez Romero
FINLAND Shirly Karvinen
GEORGIA Nino 'Nuka' Karalashvili (Tourism Int’l '09, Intercontinental '13, World '15)
GERMANY Johanna Acs (International '10 etc)
GREAT BRITAIN Jaime-Lee Faulkner (Scuba '13)
GUAM Muneka Joy Cruz Taisipic
GUATEMALA Virginia Alejandra Argueta Hernández
GUYANA Soyini Asanti Fraser (Earth '10, Grand '15, among others)
HONDURAS Olga Sirey Morán Castro (Top Model '14, Intercontinental '14)
HUNGARY Veronika Bódizs
ICELAND Hildur Maria Leifsdottir
INDIA Roshmitha Harimurthy
ISRAEL Yam Kaspers Anshel
ITALY Sophia Sergio (Tourism Planet '12)
JAMAICA Isabel Dalley
JAPAN Sari Nakazawa
KAZAKHSTAN Darina Kulsitova
KOREA Jen-i Kim, aka 'Jenny Kim'"
KOSOVO Camila Alejandra Barraza
MALAYSIA Kiranmeet Kaur Baljeet Singh Jassal
MALTA Martha Fenech (World '08)
MAURITIUS Kushboo Ramnawaj
MYANMAR Htet Htet Htun
NAMIBIA Lizelle Esterhuizen
NETHERLANDS Zoey Ivory van der Koelen
NEW ZEALAND Tania Pauline Dawson
NICARAGUA Marina Eugenia Jacoby Santos (Teenager '11)
NIGERIA Unoaku Temitope Atoke Sarah Anyadike (World '15)
NORWAY Christina Waage
PARAGUAY Lourdes Andrea Melgarejo González (Earth '15, Hispanoamericana '16)
POLAND Izabella Magdalena Krzan
PORTUGAL Flávia Joana Gouveia Brito (Tourism World '13, MTQYI '15)
PUERTO RICO Brenda Azaria Jiménez Hernández
ROMANIA Teodora Dan (Tourism Universe '15)
RUSSIA Yuliana Korolkova
SIERRA LEONE Hawa Kamara
SINGAPORE Cheryl Chou
SLOVAK REPUBLIC Suzana Kollárová
SLOVENIA Lucija Potočnik
SOUTH AFRICA Ntandoyenkosi Kunene (World '16)
SPAIN Noelia Freire Benito
SRI LANKA Jayathi De Silva
SWEDEN Ida Marta Brigitta Sharise Ovmar (Exclusive '14, Supranational '14)
SWITZERLAND Dijana Cvijetić (World 14, European World '15, Tourism Universe '15)
TANZANIA Jihan Dimachk
TURKEY Tansu Sıla Çakır
UKRAINE Alena Spodynyuk
URUGUAY Magdalena Cohendet Sarracino
US VIRGIN ISLANDS Carolyn Whitney Carter-Heller (World '10, Supranational '11, Earth '12)
VENEZUELA Mariam Habach Santucci
VIETNAM Lệ Hằng Đặng Thị (Elite '14)
NO SHOWS:
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA Leanda Ann Norville
AZERBAIJAN Oksana Barkhatova
IRAN Atefeh Eskandari
IRAQ Shaima Qassem Abdulrahman
SERBIA Bojana Bojanic
MONTENEGRO Adela Zoranic
CYPRUS Maria Kosta
LUXEMBOURG Ada Strock
REPLACED:
BELGIUM Lenty Frans (was sent to MW instead)
BOLIVIA Paula Caroline Schneider Aguilera (resigned)
KAZAKHSTAN Regina Valter (disqualified for getting married)
KOREA Min-ji Lee (franchise holder was changed)
MAURITIUS Danika Atchia (franchise holder was changed)
POLAND Magdalena Bienkowska (franchise holder was changed)
PUERTO RICO Kristhielee Caride (dethroned)
RUSSIA Yana Dobrovolskaya (was sent to MW instead)
DEBUTS: Sierra Leone
WITHDRAWALS: El Salvador, Gabon, Ghana, Greece, Ireland, Lebanon, Montenegro, Serbia
RETURNS: Barbados, Belize, Guam, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Malta, Namibia, Romania, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, US Virgin Islands
SELECTION COMMITTEE:
1- Cynthia Bailey – model, television personality and actress.
2- Mickey Boardman – editorial director and advice columnist for Paper magazine.
3- Francine LeFrak – activist and founder of Same Sky and support foundation for people living with HIV.
4- Leila Lopes – Miss Universe 2011 from Angola.
5- Sushmita Sen – Miss Universe 1994 from India.
6- Dayanara Torres – Miss Universe 1993 from Puerto Rico.