- Miss Universe 2010
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Miss Universe 2010 Date August 23, 2010 Presenters Natalie Morales, Bret Michaels Entertainment John Legend & The Roots and Cirque du Soleil Venue Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Broadcaster NBC, Telemundo Entrants 83 Placements 15 Withdraws Bulgaria, Cayman Islands, Estonia, Ethiopia, Iceland, Montenegro, Namibia, Vietnam Returns Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Denmark, Haiti, Kazakhstan, Sri Lanka, Trinidad & Tobago, US Virgin Islands Winner Ximena Navarrete
MexicoCongeniality Jesinta Campbell
AustraliaBest National Costume Fonthip Watcharatrakul
ThailandPhotogenic Fonthip Watcharatrakul
ThailandMiss Universe 2010, the 59th edition of the pageant, was held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. on August 23, 2010.[1] It was hosted by Bret Michaels and Natalie Morales.[2] Ximena Navarrete, Miss Mexico, was crowned Miss Universe 2010 by outgoing titleholder Stefania Fernandez from Venezuela.[1]
Contents
Results
Placements
Final results Contestant Miss Universe 2010 - Mexico – Ximena Navarrete
1st runner-up 2nd runner-up 3rd runner-up - Ukraine – Anna Poslavska
4th runner-up Top 10 - Albania – Angela Martini
- Ireland – Rozanna Purcell
- South Africa – Nicole Flint
- Guatemala – Jessica Scheel
- Puerto Rico – Mariana Vicente
Top 15 - Russia – Irina Antonenko
- Colombia – Natalia Navarro
- France – Malika Ménard
- Belgium – Cilou Annys
- Czech Republic – Jitka Válková
Final competition scores
Delegate Swimsuit Evening Gown Mexico 9.265 (2) 8.913 (1) Jamaica 9.426 (1) 8.884 (2) Australia 8.543 (5) 8.841 (3) Ukraine 8.333 (7) 8.743 (4) Philippines 8.957 (3) 8.714 (5) Albania 8.229 (8) 8.693 (6) Ireland 8.784 (4) 8.548 (7) South Africa 8.229 (8) 8.420 (8) Guatemala 8.071 (10) 8.286 (9) Puerto Rico 8.443 (6) 7.971 (10) Russia 7.843 (11) Colombia 7.643 (12) France 7.586 (13) Belgium 7.571 (14) Czech Republic 7.429 (15) - Winner
- First Runner-up
- Second Runner-up
- Third Runner-up
- Fourth Runner-up
- Top 10 Finalist
- Top 15 Semifinalist
- (#) Rank in each round of competition
Special awards
Award Contestant Miss Congeniality Miss Photogenic - Thailand – Fonthip Watcharatrakul
Best National Costume - Thailand – Fonthip Watcharatrakul
Background music
- Opening Number: "Commander" by Kelly Rowland featuring David Guetta
- Swimsuit Competition: "Burning Love" and "Viva Las Vegas" Medley from "Viva Elvis" by Cirque du Soleil (Live Performance)[3]
- Evening Gown Competition: "Save Room", "I Love Every Little Thing About You" and "Shine" by John Legend and The Roots (Live Performance)[3]
- Crowning Moment: "Go That Far" by Bret Michaels
Judges
Telecast judges
The following celebrities judged the final competition:[4]
- Niki Taylor – Model
- William Baldwin – Actor, producer, and writer
- Chynna Phillips – Singer and actress
- Evan Lysacek – Olympic Gold Medal Figure Skater and Dancing with the Stars finalist
- Tamron Hall – MSNBC anchor
- Chazz Palminteri – Actor and writer
- Jane Seymour – Actress and Dancing with the Stars participant
- Criss Angel – Illusionist and musician
- Sheila E. – Musician
Preliminary judges
These were the judges for the preliminary competition:[4]
- Basim Shami – President of Farouk Systems
- BJ Coleman – Publicist, Journalist & Television Personality
- Carlos Bremer – CEO and General Director of Value Grupo Financiero
- Corinne Nicolas – President of Trump Model Management
- Louis Burgdorf – Talent Producer for MSNBC's Joe Scarborough & Mika Brzezinski
- Natalie Rotman – Commentator
- Sadoux Kim – Television producer
Historical significance
- Mexico won Miss Universe for the second time in history, its first title since Lupita Jones in 1991. Coincidentally, Jones also won in Las Vegas.
- Countries that placed in the top 15 the previous year were Albania, Australia, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Puerto Rico, and South Africa.
- Jamaica, Ukraine, Albania, and Guatemala placed their highest ever in the pageant.
- Czech Republic placed for the fourth consecutive time.
- Australia scored its third straight placement and its highest since Jennifer Hawkins's victory in 2004.
- Guatemala last placed in 1984, the last being Julieta Urrutia who placed in the Top 10 (9th overall).
- Ireland last placed in 1998, the last being Andrea Roche who placed in the Top 10 (9th overall).
- Philippines last placed in 1999, the last being Miriam Quiambao who was declared first runner-up.
- Jamaica last placed in 2004, the last being Christine Straw who placed in the Top 10 (8th overall).
- Ukraine last placed in 2007, the last being Lyudmyla Bikmullina who placed in the Top 15 (15th overall).
- Colombia, Mexico, and Russia last placed in 2008. Taliana Vargas (first runner-up), Elisa Najera (fourth runner-up), and Vera Krasova (third runner-up) were the last placers for these countries respectively.
- USA failed to place in the semifinals for first time since 2002 and only the fourth time in pageant history. The last Miss USA who failed to place was Shauntay Hinton of the District of Columbia.
- Venezuela did not make the cut for the first time since 2006 and for the 23rd time since it began competing. The last Miss Venezuela who failed to place was Jictzad Viña.
- Venezuela and USA both did not make it for the first time together in the history of Miss Universe.
- Thailand won both the Miss Photogenic and Best National Costume awards. This is the second time in Miss Universe history that a country accomplished this feat, after Kim Carlton of England in 1962. However, Thailand became the first country to win both awards via online voting.
- European delegates dominated the semifinals for the third consecutive time with 7 semi-finalists. And like in previous years, one of them made the top 5.
Contestants
Country/Territory Contestant Age Height Hometown Albania Angela Martini 24 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Shkoder Angola Jurema Ferraz 25 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Namibe Argentina Yésica Di Vincenzo 22 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Mar del Plata Aruba Priscilla Lee 22 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Oranjestad Australia Jesinta Campbell 19 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Gold Coast Bahamas Braneka Bassett 20 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Freeport Belgium Cilou Annys 19 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Bruges Bolivia Claudia Arce Lemaitre 19 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Sucre Botswana Tirelo Ramasedi 21 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Gaborone Brazil Débora Lyra 20 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Divinópolis British Virgin Islands Josefina Nunez 22 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Road Town Canada Elena Semikina 26 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Toronto China Tang Wen 18 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Yichun Colombia Natalia Navarro 23 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) Barranquilla Costa Rica Marva Wright 25 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) San José Croatia Lana Obad 22 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Zagreb Curaçao Safira de Wit 20 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) Willemstad Cyprus Demetra Olymbiou 22 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Aradhippou Czech Republic Jitka Válková 18 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) Třebíč Denmark Ena Sandra Causevic 20 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Sønderborg Dominican Republic Eva Arias 25 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Moca Ecuador Lady Mina 24 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Guayaquil Egypt Donia Hamed 22 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) Cairo El Salvador Sonia Cruz 20 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) San Salvador Finland Viivi Pumpanen 22 1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) Vantaa France Malika Ménard 23 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Caen Georgia Nana Gogichaishvili 21 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Tbilisi Germany Kristiana Rohder 26 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) Munich Ghana Awurama Simpson 22 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Sekondi-Takoradi Great Britain Tara Hoyos-Martinez 20 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) London Greece Anna Prelevic 20 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) Athens Guam Vanessa Torres 25 1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) Dededo Guatemala Jessica Scheel 20 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Retalhuleu Guyana Tamika Henry 22 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) Georgetown Haiti Sarodj Bertin 24 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Port-au-Prince Honduras Kenia Martinez 26 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Tela Hungary Tímea Babinyecz 19 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) Szeged India Ushoshi Sengupta 22 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) Kolkata Indonesia Qory Sandioriva 19 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) Aceh Ireland Rozanna Purcell 19 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Clonmel Israel Bat-el Jobi 22 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) Afula Italy Jessica Cecchini 20 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Borgosesia Jamaica Yendi Phillipps 24 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Kingston Japan Maiko Itai 26 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Ōita Kazakhstan Asselina Kuchukova 27 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Almaty Korea Kim Joo-ri 22 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) Seoul Kosovo Kështjella Pepshi 23 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Junik Lebanon Rahaf Abdallah 22 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Khiam Malaysia Nadine Ann Thomas 23 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) Subang Jaya Mauritius Dalysha Doorga 23 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Goodlands Mexico Ximena Navarrete 22 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Guadalajara Netherlands Desirée van den Berg 23 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Santpoort New Zealand Ria van Dyke 21 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) Auckland Nicaragua Scharllette Allen 18 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Bluefields Nigeria Ngozi Odalonu 22 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Niger Norway Melinda Elvenes 23 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) Larvik Panama Anyoli Abrego 22 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Santiago de Veraguas Paraguay Yohana Benitez 23 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) San Lorenzo Peru Giuliana Zevallos 22 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Loreto Philippines Venus Raj 22 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Bato Poland Maria Nowakowska 23 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Legnica Puerto Rico Mariana Vicente 21 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Río Grande Romania Oana Paveluc 19 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) Braşov Russia Irina Antonenko 18 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Yekaterinburg Serbia Lidija Kocić 22 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Belgrade Singapore Tania Lim Kim Suan 22 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Singapore Slovak Republic Anna Amenová 25 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Bratislava Slovenia Marika Savšek 23 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Šmartno pri Litiji South Africa Nicole Flint 22 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) Pretoria Spain Adriana Reverón 24 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Tenerife Sri Lanka Ishanka Madurasinghe 23 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Kegalle Sweden Michaela Savic 19 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Helsingborg Switzerland Linda Fäh 22 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Benken Tanzania Hellen Dausen 23 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Arusha Thailand Fonthip Watcharatrakul 20 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Samut Prakan Trinidad & Tobago LaToya Woods 24 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Couva Turkey Gizem Memiç 20 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Gaziantep Ukraine Anna Poslavska 23 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Nova Kakhovka Uruguay Stephany Ortega 20 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Montevideo USA Rima Fakih 24 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Dearborn U.S. Virgin Islands Janeisha John 22 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) St. Croix Venezuela Marelisa Gibson 21 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Caracas Zambia Alice Musukwa 22 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Lusaka National pageant notes
Returning countries and territories
- Last competed in 2002:
- Last competed in 2007:
- Last competed in 2008:
Replacements
- Guatemala – Alejandra Barillas was Miss Universe Guatemala 2010 until she injured her left foot in an accident. This stopped her from participating in the pageant. She was replaced by one of her runners-up, Jessica Scheel. She competed 1 year later at Miss Universe 2011.
- Romania – Alexandra Catalina Filip was Miss Universe Romania 2010 but 1st Runner-up, Oana Paveluc, represented Romania instead.
- Turkey – Turkey sent Miss Turkey World 2010, Gizem Memic, because its Miss Universe 2010, Serenay Sarikaya, was below 18 and did not meet the age requirement.
Withdrawals
- Bulgaria – The Miss Bulgaria Organization did not send a representative to compete in Miss Universe 2010.
- Cayman Islands – On September 8, 2009, it was announced that the Miss Cayman Islands 2009 contest would not take place due to lack of funding and sponsorship. Since the winner of that contest also competes in Miss World, there was no Caymanian representative to Miss World 2009 either.[5]
- Estonia – Valeri Kirss, Estonia’s national director, was selling the Eesti Miss Estonia pageant.
- Ethiopia
- Iceland
- Montenegro - Original contestant Nikolina Lončar was not allowed to participate because she was only 16 at the time of her crowning. She later participated in Miss Universe 2011.[6]
- Namibia – Miss Namibia 2010, Odile Gertze, was crowned on July 31, 2010. Since that was only one week from the official start of Miss Universe 2010, national director Connie Maritz decided not to send the winner to Miss Universe but to Miss World 2010 and Miss Universe 2011 instead.
- Vietnam – Vietnam did not have a representative this year. They officially withdrew from the pageant.[7]
Crossovers
The following contestants previously competed at notable national and international beauty pageants:
- Argentina – Yesica Di Vincenzo competed at Miss International 2008. In 2010, she participated in Reina Hispanoamericana and placed seventh.
- Brazil – Débora Lyra competed at Top Model of the World 2008 and won.
- Canada – Elena Semikina competed at Miss International 2008, but did not place.
- Guatemala – Jessica Scheel, was a contestant in Miss Earth 2007.
- Jamaica – Yendi Phillipps competed in Miss World 2007 and placed in the top 16 ("Beach Beauty" 1st runner-up).
- Korea – Kim Joo-ri competed in Miss World 2009 and placed in the top 16 (Continental Queen of Asia & Oceania).
- Peru – Giuliana Zevallos was crowned Miss Continente Americano 2010 and competed in Miss Earth 2008.
- Spain – Adriana Reverón placed in the top 8 at Miss Earth 2008.
- U.S. Virgin Islands – Janeisha John represented her territory at Miss America 2008, but was unplaced.[8]
- Uruguay – Stephany Ortega competed in Reina Hispanoamericana 2010 and placed sixth.
- Bahamas: Braneka Basset (Top 25 semifinalist)
- Belgium: Cilou Annys
- Kazakhstan: Asselina Kuchukova
- Lebanon: Rahaf Abdallah
- Mauritius: Dalysha Doorga
- Netherlands: Desirée van den Berg (Top 25 semifinalist)
- South Africa: Nicole Flint (Top 25 semifinalist)
- Turkey: Gizem Memiç
Prizes
The Miss Universe 2010 prize package includes:[9]
Miss Universe 2010
- The official Crown of Miss Universe 2010 designed by Diamond Nexus Labs
- Jewelry package designed by Diamond Nexus Labs
- Year-long salary as Miss Universe
- Luxurious New York City apartment for one year
- Hair care products from Farouk Systems
- A designer swimwear collection from Dar Be Dar by Tala Raassi
- One-year scholarship from New York Film Academy
- Sherri Hill Eveningwear
- Shoe wardrobe from Nina Footwear
- Modeling portfolio by Fadil Berisha
- Hair, dental and skin services
- Professional health and nutrition consultation
- Membership to fitness club
Miss Photogenic
Award was voted by online viewers who went to NBC.com to vote for their favorite contestant.- $1000 cash prize
- Gift from Diamond Nexus Lab
Miss Congeniality
Award was voted by the 83 participating delegates.- $1000 cash prize
- Gift from Diamond Nexus Lab
Best National Costume
Award was decided by online voters who went to Club Universe, an exclusive membership club on the Miss Universe website.International broadcasters
These are some of the networks outside the United States (telecasted on NBC and Telemundo) that showed the 2010 Miss Universe pageant live (or recorded earlier) in their respective countries and territories:
References
- ^ a b Chareunsey, Don (25 May 2010). "2010 Miss Universe Pageant is at Mandalay Bay on Aug. 23". Las Vegas Sun. http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/may/25/2010-miss-universe-pageant-mandalay-bay-aug-23/.
- ^ Mach, Daniel (3 August 2010). "Michaels, Morales to Host Miss Universe Pageant". NBC Philadelphia. http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/entertainment/celebrity/NATL-Michaels-Morales-to-Host-Miss-Universe-Pageant--99870379.html.
- ^ a b "Press release". Miss Universe Organization. August 18, 2010. http://cdn.missuniverse.com/media/promos/news.12821542582010%20Judges%20Release.pdf. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- ^ a b "Miss Universe: Judges". Miss Universe Organization. http://www.missuniverse.com/members/judges/2010. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- ^ "Miss Cayman Islands 2009 postponed due to lack of funding and sponsorship". Caymanian Compass. September 7, 2009. http://www.caycompass.com/cgi-bin/CFPnews.cgi?ID=10385279.
- ^ "Nikolina Lončar ostala kod kuće". Vijesti online. August 12, 2010. http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://www.montenews.me/vijesti/zabava/69638.html. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
- ^ Vietnam Officially Withdraws from Miss Universe 2010
- ^ Leger, Aslin (May 20 2007). "UVI Student Takes Miss V.I. Pageant Crown". St Croix Source. http://stcroixsource.com/content/news/local-news/2007/05/20/uvi-student-takes-miss-vi-pageant-crown.
- ^ "Miss Mexico, Ximena Navarrete crowned Miss Universe® 2010 during Live NBC Telecast". Miss Universe Organization. August 31, 2010. http://www.missuniverse.com/news/view/81. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
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