MISS UNIVERSE 2022
SATURDAY, January 14, 2023
New Orleans Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.
84 delegates
PRESENTERS: Jeannie Mai, Olivia Culpo, Catriona Gray, Zuri Hall.
ENTERTAINMENT: Big Freedia, Big Sam's, Funky Nation, Amanda ShawTank and the Bangas, Yolanda Adams.
Results
1 - USA - R'Bonney Nola Gabriel
2 - VENEZUELA - Amanda Dudamel Newman
3 - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Andreína Martínez Fournier-Rosado
Top 5
CURACAO - Gabriëla Pereira Dos Santos
PUERTO RICO - Ashley Ann Cariño Barreto
Top 16
AUSTRALIA - Monique Riley
CANADA - Amelia Tu
COLOMBIA - María Fernanda Aristizábal Urrea
HAITI - Mideline Phelizor (Supranational'18)
INDIA - Divita Rai
LAOS - Payengxa Lor
PERU - Alessia Abril Rovegno Cayo
PORTUGAL - Telma Filipa Ramos Madeira (Earth'18)
SOUTH AFRICA - Ndavi Nokeri
SPAIN - Alicia Lisette Faubel de Correa
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - Tya Jané LaShon Ramey (QF World'19)
Awards
Best National Costume: Ukraine
Miss Congeniality: Chile & Malta
Social Impact Award: Thailand
Spirit of Carnival Award: Ukraine
Swimsuit Cape Vote: Vietnam
Remainder
ALBANIA - Deta Kokomani
ANGOLA - Swelia Da Silva António (Netherlands at Supranational'21)
ARGENTINA - Bárbara Yasmin Cabrera
ARMENIA - Kristina Goharik Ayanian (Grand Intl'21)
ARUBA - Kiara Arends
BAHRAIN - Evlin Abdullah-Khalifa
BELGIUM - Chayenne Van Aarle
BELIZE - Ashley Lightburn
BHUTAN - Tashi Choden Chombai
BOLIVIA - María Camila Sanabria Pereyra (Grand Intl'22)
BRAZIL - Maria Eugenia "Mia" Mamede
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS - Lia Rayne Claxton
BULGARIA - Kristina Plamenova Krastinova
CAMBODIA - Manita Hang
CAMEROON - Lynette Monalisa "Jelly" Mouketey
CAYMAN ISLANDS - Chloe Powery-Doxey
CHILE - Sofía Nieves Depassier Sepúlveda
CHINA - Sichen Jiang
COSTA RICA - María Fernanda Rodríguez Ávila (Earth'17)
CROATIA - Arijana Podgajski
CZECH REPUBLIC - Sára Mikulenková
ECUADOR - Nayelhi Alejandra González Ulloa
EL SALVADOR - Alejandra Guajardo Sada
EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Alba Isabel Obama Moliko (Supranational'19)
FINLAND - Petra Hämäläinen
FRANCE - Floriane Bascou
GERMANY - Soraya Kohlmann
GHANA - Engracia Afua Kaley Mofuman (Intercontinental'18)
GREAT BRITAIN - Nikuthaba Michelle "Noky" Simbani (Grand Intl'17)
GREECE - Korina Emmanouilidou
GUATEMALA - Elizabeth Ivana Batchelor (Grand Intl'20)
HONDURAS - Rebeca Rodríguez Mora
ICELAND - Hrafnhildur Haraldsdóttir
INDONESIA - Laksmi Shari De-Neefe Suardana
ITALY - Virginia Stablum
JAMAICA - Toshami Calvin
JAPAN - Marybelen Sakamoto
KOREA - "Hanna" Min Kyung Kim
KOSOVO - Roksana Ibrahimi
KYRGYZSTAN - Altynai Botoyarova
LEBANON - Yasmina Ismail Zaytoun
MALAYSIA - Lesley Cheam Wei Yeng
MALTA - Maxine Formosa Gruppetta
MAURITIUS - Alexandrine Belle-Étoile (Supranational'22)
MEXICO - Irma Cristina Miranda Valenzuela
MYANMAR - Zar Li Moe
NAMIBIA - Cassia Sharpley
NEPAL - Sophiya Bhujel
NETHERLANDS - Ona Moody
NICARAGUA - Norma Elizabeth Huembes Salazar
NIGERIA - Hannah Iribhogbe
NORWAY - Ida Anette Hauan *
PANAMA - Solaris de la Luna Barba Cañizales (World'18)
PARAGUAY - Lia Aymara "Leah" Duarte Ashmore (Grand Intl'17)
PHILIPPINES - Silvia Celeste Rabimbi Cortesi (Earth'18)
POLAND - Aleksandra Klepaczka
RUSSIA - Anna Vladislavovna Linnikova
SAINT LUCIA - Sheris Paul
SEYCHELLES - Gabriella Gonthier
SINGAPORE - Carissa Yap
SLOVAK REPUBLIC - Karolina Michálciková (Earth'22)
SWITZERLAND - Alia Guindi
THAILAND - Anna Sueangam-iam
THE BAHAMAS - Angel Jessica Cartwright
TURKIYE - Aleyna Sirin
UKRAINE - Viktoria Apanasenko
URUGUAY - Carla Romero
VIETNAM - Ngoc Chau Nguyen Thi (Supranational'19)
* Miss Norway did not show up during the finals because she tested positive for COVID-19 early that day.
NO SHOWS:
IRAQ - Balsam Hussein
KAZAKHSTAN - Diana Tashimbetova
LATVIA - Kate Alexeeva
REPLACED:
BOLIVIA - María Fernanda Pavisic Rojas
CAYMAN ISLANDS - Tiffany Conolly
DEBUTS: Bhutan
RETURNS: Angola, Belize, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Myanmar, Saint Lucia, Seychelles, Switzerland, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay.
WITHDRAWALS: Denmark, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Morocco, Romania, Sweden.
SELECTION COMMITTEE:
1- Ximena Navarrete – Miss Universe 2010 from Mexico.
2- Big Freedia – American rapper and performer credited with helping popularize bounce music.
3- Mara Martin – American model and co-founder of Vyral Media PR.
4- Wendy Fitzwilliam – Miss Universe 1998 from Trinidad and Tobago.
5- Emily Austin – American actress, sports journalist, model and social media influencer.
6- Olivia Quido – Filipino-Chinese CEO and founder of O Skin Med Spa.
7- Myrka Dellanos – American television and radio host, journalist, author and socialite.
8- Sweta Patel – Indian vice president of Growth Marketing & Merchandising at Roku.
9- Olivia Jordan – Miss USA 2015 from Oklahoma (only as preliminary judge).
10- Kathleen Ventrella – Puerto Rican chief marketing officer of ImpactWayv (only as preliminary judge).