Results

1  SOUTH AFRICA  Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters

2  COLOMBIA  Laura Gonzalez Ospina

3  JAMAICA  Davina Bennett

Top 5

THAILAND  Mareeya Poonlertlarp Ehran

VENEZUELA  Keysi Mairin Sayago Arrechedera

Top 10

BRAZIL  Monalysa Maria Alcântara Nascimento

CANADA  Lauren Emily Howe (4th RU Teen World '12)

PHILIPPINES  Rachel Louise Obregon Peters

SPAIN  Sofia Del Prado Prieto (winner Hispanoamericana '15)

USA  Kára Deidra McCullough

Top 16

CHINA  "Roxette" Qiu Qiang

CROATIA  Shanaelle Petty

GHANA  Ruth Quashie

GREAT BRITAIN  Anna Maria Burdzy

IRELAND  Cailín Áine Ní Toibín

SRI LANKA  Akelah Christina Peiris

NOTE  The Top 16 were chosen from these categories

Africa & Asia Pacific - Ghana, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand

Americas - Brazil, Canada, Colombia, USA

Europe - Croatia, Great Britain, Ireland, Spain

Wildcards - China, Jamaica, Philippines, Venezuela

Awards

Miss Congeniality : PANAMA

Best National Costume : JAPAN

Remainder

ALBANIA  Blerta Leka

ANGOLA  Lauriela Márcia Martins

ARGENTINA  Stefanía Belén Incadela Lema (Coffee '14)

ARUBA  Alina Danelle Mansur (International Carnival Queen '10)

AUSTRALIA  Olivia Molly Rogers

AUSTRIA  Celine Shrenk

BAHAMAS  Shari Yasmine Cooke

BARBADOS  Lesley Chapman-Andrews

BELGIUM  Liesbeth Claus

BOLIVIA  Gleisy Vera Noguer Hassen

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS  Khephra Sylvester

BULGARIA  Nikoleta Todorova

CAMBODIA  By Sotheary (2nd RU Supermodel Int'l '15, Charm '23)

CAYMAN ISLANDS  Anika Conolly

CHILE  Natividad Rosa Leiva Bello (Top 8 Earth '15)

COSTA  RICA  Olga Elena Correa Usuga (Bikini Int'l "11, MMotWorld '11, Tourism Queen of the Year '11, América Latina '12, Supranational '13)

CURACAO  Nashaira Belisa Balentien (World '16)

CZECH REPUBLIC  Michaela Habánová

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  Carmen Isabel Muñoz Guzmán (International '13, Coffee "14)

ECUADOR  María Daniela Cepeda Matamoros (winner Teen Earth '15)

EGYPT  Farah Sedky

EL SALVADOR  Allison Ivonne Flores Abarca

ETHIOPIA  Akinahom Zergaw

FINLAND  Michaela Susanna Söderholm

FRANCE  Alicia Aylies Belfroy

GEORGIA  Mariam Gogodze (Intercontinental '16)

GERMANY  Sophia Koch

GUAM  Myana Tekamareva Welch

GUATEMALA  Isel Aneli Suñiga Morfin

GUYANA  Rafieya Aasieya Husain (Top 11 World '14)

HAITI  Cassandra Chéry (Elite '12 & '13, Heritage Globe '15)

HONDURAS  April Claudette Tobie Ramos

ICELAND  Arna Ýr Jónsdóttir (World '15)

INDIA  Shraddha Shashidhar

INDONESIA  Bunga Jelitha Ibrani (winner Supermodel Int'l '11)

IRAQ  Sarah Abdali Idan

ISRAEL  Adar Gandelsman

ITALY  Maria Polverino

JAPAN  Momoko Abe

KAZAKHSTAN  Kamila Assilova

KOREA Sew-hee Cho

LAOS  Souphaphone Somvichith

LEBANON  Jana Sader

MALAYSIA  Samantha Katie James

MALTA  Tiffany Pisani

MAURITIUS  Ambika Callychurn (Top 25 Supranational '16)

MEXICO  Denisse Iridane Franco Piña

MYANMAR  Zun Than Sin

NAMIBIA  Suné January

NEPAL  Nagma Shrestha (Top 8 Earth '12, ECO Universe '16, 3rd RU World Miss University '16)

NETHERLANDS  Nicky Opheij

NEW ZEALAND  HarlemCruz Atarangi Ihaia

NICARAGUA   Berenice Suyami Quezada Herrera (Global Int'l '12, Top 7 MMotW '12, Panamerican Int'l '13, Top 7 Princess of the World '14)

NIGERIA  Stephanie Onyinye Agbasi

NORWAY  Kaja Caroline Kojan

PANAMA  Laura Sofía De Sanctis Natera (Teenager '14)

PARAGUAY  Ariela Machado

PERU  Prissila Stephany Howard Neira (Top 10 Grand Int'l '16)

POLAND  Katarzyna Marzena Wlodarek (MMotW '15)

PORTUGAL  Matilde Ramos de Lima

PUERTO RICO  Danyeshka "Danna" Hernández Valentín (Top 7 Teen America '13)

ROMANIA  Ioana Mihalache (Earth '13, Grand '16)

RUSSIA  Kseniya Aleksandrova

SAINT LUCIA  Louise Liza Victor (Carival '11, Jaycees '11, Caraïbes Hibiscus  '11, Caribbean Culture '12, Jamzone '12, Caribbean Tourism '13)

SINGAPORE  Manuela Blanka Bruntraeger (Earth '16)

SLOVAK REPUBLIC  Vanessa Bottánová

SLOVENIA  Emina Ekić

SWEDEN  Frida Maria Fornander (Earth '14)

TANZANIA  Lilian Ericaah Maruale

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO  Yvonne Clarke

TURKEY Pinar Tartan

UKRAINE  Yana Kraskinova

URUGUAY  Marisol Acosta Martínez

US VIRGIN ISLANDS  Esonica Mictecia Veira (Top 15 World '11, 4th RU Supranational '13, Earth '14)

VIETNAM  Loan Nguyen Thi (Top 25 World '14, Top 20 Grand Int'l '16)

ZAMBIA  Isabel Chikoti

NO SHOWS:

SIERRA LEONE  Adama Lakoh Kargbo (too late for visa application)

ARMENIA  Anait Isahanova

GREECE  Theodora Soukia

KOSOVO  Andina Pura

KYRGYZSTAN  Begimai Karybekova

MONTENEGRO  Verica Trubarac

RWANDA  Elsa Iradukunda

SERBIA  Sara Mitic

REPLACED:

BELGIUM  Romanie Schotte

BULGARIA  Mira Simeonova

IRAQ  Vian Amer Noori Sulaimani

MONTENEGRO  Adela Zoranic

RUSSIA  Paulina Popova

SERBIA  Bojana Bojanic

TURKEY  Asli Sumen

DEBUTS: Cambodia, Laos, Nepal

WITHDRAWALS: Belize, Denmark, Hungary, Kenya, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Switzerland

RETURNS: Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iraq, Ireland, Lebanon, Saint Lucia, Trinidad & Tobago, Zambia

SELECTION COMMITTEE:

Preliminary competition

1- Cecilio Asuncion – Slay Models director and founder.

2- Morgan Deane – TAO restaurant group marketing director.

3- Wendy Fitzwilliam – Miss Universe 1998 from Trinidad and Tobago.

4- Isabelle Lindblom – IMG Models scout.

5- Megan Olivi – Fox Sports 1 host and reporter.

6- Bill Pereira – CEO, president, and co-chairman of IDT Telecom.

Final telecast

1- Wendy Fitzwilliam – Miss Universe 1998 from Trinidad and Tobago.

2- Jay Manuel – television host, creative director, and makeup artist.

3- Farouk Shami - businessman, owner of Farouk Systems.

4- Ross Mathews – television personality.

5- Megan Olivi – Fox Sports 1 host and reporter.

6- Lele Pons – Vine and YouTube personality.

7- Pia Wurtzbach – Miss Universe 2015 from the Philippines.