MISS UNIVERSE 2018
MONDAY, December 17, 2018 (IN THAILAND)
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2018 (IN AMERICA)
Impact Arena, Muang Thong Thani, Bangkok, THAILAND
94 delegates
PRESENTERS: Steve Harvey
COMMENTATORS: ASHLEY GRAHAM, CARSON KRESSLEY, LU SIERRA
ENTERTAINMENT: NE-YO
Results
1 - PHILIPPINES - Catriona Elisa Magnayon Gray (Top 5 World ’16)
2 - SOUTH AFRICA - Tamaryn Green
3 - VENEZUELA - Sthefany Yoharlis Gutiérrez Gutiérrez
Top 5
PUERTO RICO - Kiara Liz Ortega
VIETNAM - H'Hen Niê
Top 10
CANADA - Marta Magdalena Stępień (International ’17, 1st RU Coffee ’18)
COSTA RICA - Natalia Carvajal Sánchez (winner Eco International ’16)
CURACAO - Akisha Albert (Earth ’14, Reina Hispanoamericana ’17)
NEPAL - Manita Devkota
THAILAND - Sophida Kanchanarin
Top 20
AUSTRALIA - Francesca Hung
BELGIUM - Zoé Brunet
BRAZIL - Mayra Benita Alves Dias (Reina Hispanoamericana ’16)
GREAT BRITAIN - Dee-Ann Kentish-Rogers (Jaycees '18 representing Anguilla)
HUNGARY - Enikő Kecskés
INDONESIA - Sonia Fergina Citra (Top 6 Oriental Tourism International ’16)
IRELAND - Grainne Lucia Gallanagh
JAMAICA - Emily Sara-Claire Maddison
POLAND - Magdalena Swat
U.S.A. - Sarah Rose Summers
Awards
Best National Costume - Laos
Miss Congeniality - Sri Lanka
Remainder
ALBANIA - Trejsi Sejdini
ANGOLA - Ana Liliana Avião
ARGENTINA - Agustina Belén Pivowarchuk
ARMENIA - Eliza Muradyan
ARUBA - Kimberly Danielle Julsing
BAHAMAS - Danielle Simone Grant
BARBADOS - Meghan Kamara Theobalds
BELIZE - Jenelli Nicole Fraser
BOLIVIA - Marian Joyce Prado Ribera (Model of the World ’15, Top 12 Tourism Queen International ’15, Top 10 Tourism International ’16, Globe International ’17, Reina Hispanoamericana ‘18)
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS - A'yana Keshelle Phillips
BULGARIA - Gabriela Dimitrova Topalova
CAMBODIA - Rern Sinat
CAYMAN ISLANDS - Caitlin Tyson
CHILE - Andrea Díaz González
CHINA - Qin Meisu
COLOMBIA - Valeria Morales Delgado
CROATIA - Mia Susana Pojatina
CZECH REPUBLIC - Lea Šteflíčková
DENMARK - Helena Heuser (World ’16)
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Aldy María Bernard Bonilla
ECUADOR - Virginia Stephanie Limongi Silva (World ’14, Top 15 Top Model of the World ’16)
EGYPT - Nariman Khaled
EL SALVADOR - Marisela de Montecristo (winner Nuestra Belleza Latina ’13)
FINLAND - Alina Dmitryevna Voronkova
FRANCE - Eva Colas
GEORGIA - Larissa Petrosyan
GERMANY - Céline Flores Willers
GHANA - Akpene Diata Hoggar
GREECE - Ioanna Bella
GUAM - Athena Eva Su McNinch (Face of Beauty ’14)
GUATEMALA - Mariana Beatriz García Mejia
HAITI - Samantha Colas (Globalcity '18)
HONDURAS - Claudia Vanessa Figueroa Villars (Top 15 International ’17)
ICELAND - Katrín Lea Elenudóttir
INDIA - Nehal Chudasama
ISRAEL - Nikol Reznikov
ITALY - Erica De Matteis
JAPAN - Yuumi Kato
KAZAKHSTAN - Sabina Zairovna Azimbayeva
KENYA - Wabaiya Kariuki
KOREA - Ji-hyun Baek
KOSOVO - Zana Berisha
KYRGYZSTAN - Begimay Karybekova (Top 7 Top Model of the World ’16, Intercontinental ’16)
LAOS - On-anong Homsombath
LEBANON - Maya Reaidy
MALAYSIA - Jane Teoh Jun (Top 10 Face of Beauty ’16)
MALTA - Francesca Mifsud (Best Model '16)
MAURITIUS - Varsha Ragoobarsing (Eco International ’16)
MEXICO - Andrea Isabel Toscano Ramírez
MONGOLIA - Dolgion Delgerjav (International ’12, Intercontinental ’15)
MYANMAR - Hnin Thway Yu Aung
NAMIBIA - Selma Carlicia Kamanya
NETHERLANDS - Rahima Ayla Dirkse
NEW ZEALAND - Estelle Curd
NICARAGUA - Adriana María Paniagua Cabrera (winner Teen International ’11)
NIGERIA - Aramide Oluwatobi Lopez
NORWAY - Susanne Næss Guttorm
PANAMA - Rosa Iveth Montezuma Montero
PARAGUAY - María Belén Alderete Gayoso (Reina Hispanoamericana ’18)
PERU - Romina Lozano Saldaña
PORTUGAL - Filipa Alexandra Ramalho Barroso (World ’17)
RUSSIA - Yuliya Sergeyevna Polyachikhina (The Globe ’16, Pearl of the World ‘17)
SAINT LUCIA - Angella Elvina Dalsou
SINGAPORE - Zahra Khanum
SLOVAK REPUBLIC - Barbora Hanová
SPAIN - María Ángela Ponce Camacho
SRI LANKA - Ornella Mariam Jayasiri Gunesekere (International ’10, Top 10 Tourism Intl ’11, Top 10 Grand Intl ’15, 3rd RU Supranational ’16)
SWEDEN - Emma Marie Josefin Harvisalo Strandberg (World ’16)
SWITZERLAND - Jastina Doreen Riederer
TURKEY - Tara Madelein de Vries
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS - Aniska Thanindika Tonge (America ’13, World ’14)
UKRAINE - Karina Valerievna Zhosan
URUGUAY - Sofía Abigail Marrero Moreira
ZAMBIA - Melba Emmanuelah Shakabozha
Disqualified for being late, 6 days after registration ended
SIERRA LEONE - Marie Esther Bangura
NO SHOWS:
AUSTRIA Izabela Ion
ESTONIA Uljana Brezgina
FAROE ISLANDS Benita Winther Jensen
MONTENEGRO Verica Qimee Trubarac
SERBIA Maja Marcic
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Martrecia Cherisse Alleyne
RWANDA No selection
REPLACED:
BELGIUM Angeline Flor Pua
FRANCE Maeva Coucke
POLAND Agata Biernat
DEBUTS: Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia
WITHDRAWALS: Austria, Ethiopia, Guyana, Iraq, Romania, Slovenia, Tanzania, Trinidad & Tobago
RETURNS: Belize, Denmark, Greece, Hungary, Kenya, Kosovo, Switzerland
SELECTION COMMITTEE:
1- Liliana Gil Valletta – businesswoman.
2- Janaye Ingram – political organizer and Miss New Jersey USA 2004.
3- Monique Lhuillier – fashion designer.
4- Michelle McLean – Miss Universe 1992 from Namibia.
5- Iman Oubou – scientist, entrepreneur, and medical missionary.
6- Bui Simon – Miss Universe 1988 from Thailand.
7- Richelle Singson-Michael – Filipino architect and businesswoman.