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Miss Universe 2016
Date	30 January 2017
Presenters	Steve Harvey
Venue	TBA Philippines
Broadcaster	Fox, Azteca
Entrants	TBA
Debuts	Iran, Sierra Leone
Returns	Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Guam, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Malta, Slovenia, Switzerland, Turks & Caicos, U.S. Virgin Islands

Miss Universe 2016 is the 65th Miss Universe pagean to be held on 30 January 2017 in the Philippines.

Pia Wurtzbach of the Philippines will crown her successor at the end of the event.

History

Negotiations

On 18 July 2016, Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach made a courtesy call with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte with regards to hosting Miss Universe 2016 in the Philippines. Duterte was initially open to the idea but refused to shoulder the expenses through government funding Later reports revealed that the Philippine Department of Tourism clarified that the President was never opposed to the idea of hosting the pageant but only had concerns with the financing.

The Department of Tourism confirmed on 28 July 2016 that the Philippines will host the pageant. According to DOT Media Director Ina Zara, Miss Universe Organization President, Paula Shugart said that other countries were considered to host Miss Universe 2016 but the Philippines has been a prime choice for the organization.

Venue

The Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay is being considered by the Department of Tourism as the venue of the pageant. However, President Rodrigo Duterte has requested the Miss Universe 2016 organizers to stage related events outside Metro Manila, in which places being considered are Boracay, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Palawan, and Vigan.

Sponsorship

The money needed to stage the pageant in the country will come entirely from the private businesses. Among the reported sponsors are Chinese-Filipino businessman Henry Sy and Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada. The projected expense for the event is $11 million USD.

Debut

The pageant will debut Iran's candidate for the first time. The pageant marks the third time for the Philippines to host the pageant:

• 1974 — when Miss Universe 1973 Margarita Moran crowned Amparo Muñoz of Spain.
• 1994 — Miss Universe 1994, where Sushmita Sen of India was crowned by Miss Universe 1993 Dayanara Torres.

Contestants

The following countries/territories are confirmed to send the following contestants:

Country	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown
Albania	Lindita Idrizi	19	5'11"	Elbasan
Angola	Luísa Baptista	20	5'11"	Cuando Cabango
Austria	Dajana Dzinic	21	5'8"	Wels
Belgium	Lenty Frans	22	5'6"	Antwerp
Bolivia	Antonella Moscatelli	19	5'9"	Santa Cruz
British Virgin Islands	Erika Renae Creque	21		Tortola
Canada	Siera Bearchell	23	5'9"	Moose Jaw
Cayman Islands	Monyque Brooks	24	5'10"	West Bay
Colombia	Andrea Tovar	22	5'10"	Quibdó
Croatia	Barbara Filipović	19	5'9"	Zagreb
Czech Republic	Andrea Bezděková	21	5'10"	Prague
Denmark	Christina Mikkelsen	22	5'9"	Copenhague
Dominican Republic	Rosalba Garcías	22	6'2"	Maimón
Ecuador	Connie Jiménez	20	5'9"	Ventanas
Finland	Shirly Karvinen	23	5'7"	Jyväskylä
France	Iris Mittenaere	23	5'7"	Steenvoorde
Gabon	Reine Ngotala	18	5'9"	Nyanga
Georgia	Nuka Karalashvili	25	5'11"	Tiflis
Great Britain	Jaime-Lee Faulkner	26	5'7"	Sheffield
Indonesia	Kezia Warouw	25	6'0"	Manado
Israel	Yam Kaspers Anshel	18	5'8"	Herzliya
Japan	Sari Nakazawa	23	5'7"	Ōtsu
Kazakhstan	Regina Valter	20	5'8"	Almaty
Malaysia	Kiran Jassal	20	5'8"	Subang Jaya
Mauritius	Kushboo Ramnawaj	26	5'9"	Port Louis
Mexico	Cristal Silva	24	5'10"	Ciudad Victoria
Montenegro	Katarina Keković	21	5'11"	Podgorica
Myanmar	Htet Htet Htun	24	5'8"	Yangon
Nicaragua	Marina Jacoby	21	5'11"	Matagalpa
Norway	Christina Waage	20	5'9"	Kongsvinger
Panama	Keity Mendieta	26	5'9"	Panama City
Peru	Valeria Piazza	25	5'8"	Lima
Philippines	Maxine Medina	26	5'9"	Quezon City
Puerto Rico	Brenda Jiménez	21	5'10"	Aguadilla
Russia	Yana Dobrovolskaya	18	5'8"	Tyumen
Serbia	Bojana Bojanić	21	6'0"	Novi Sad
Sierra Leone	Hawa Kamara	25		Kono
Slovenia	Lucija Potočnik	24	5'8"	Mislinja
South Africa	Ntandoyenkosi Kunene	23	5'7"	Mpumalanga
Thailand	Chalita Suansane	21	5'6"	Samut Prakan
Ukraine	Alena Spodynyuk	18	5'11"	Kiev
USA	Deshauna Barber	26	5'10"	Washington, D.C.
US Virgin Islands	Carolyn Carter	26	5'8"	Christiansted
Venezuela	Mariam Habach	20	5'11"	El Tocuyo
Vietnam	Đặng Thị Lệ Hằng	23	5'8"	Đà Nẵng

Designations

•  U.S. Virgin Islands: The new organization of Miss Universe-US Virgin Islands designated Carolyn Carter as the representative of this territory.
•  Panama: The authorized signature of the organization for the franchise of Señorita Panamá designated Keity Mendieta as the representative of this country for Miss Universe 2016.
•  Vietnam: Universe Pageant, the encharged company to select the representative of this country in Miss Universe designated Le Hang, national finalist, as the representative of Vietnam in Miss Universe 2016.

Replacements

•  Bolivia: Paula Schneider resigned her national title due to personal issues. The new representative, Antonella Moscatelli, was selected on June 25, 2016.
•  Korea: Despite Lee Min-ji being selected in 2015 she won't represent her country in Miss Universe 2016 due to a change of licences and organization. A new organization will select a candidate for the Asian country.
•  Honduras: Sirey Morán was dethroned as Miss Universe Honduras due to a breach of her responsibilities as the representative of her country. Other sources confirm that she resigned to her title due to mistreatment from her national director Carlos Rivera. The Miss Universe Honduras organization is currently looking for a new representative.
•  Mauritius: Danika Atchia was going to represent her country at the Miss Universe 2016 pageant but a change in the organization and new directors made her lose her opportunity. Kushboo Ramnawaj is going to represent Mauritius in the upcoming Miss Universe pageant.
•  Puerto Rico: Kristhielee Caride was dethroned as the Miss Universe Puerto Rico titleholder. Brenda Jiménez, first runner-up in the last Miss Universe Puerto Rico pageant, replaced her.

Upcoming national pageants

Country	Date
Antigua & Barbuda	August 2, 2016
Germany	August 7, 2016
Costa Rica	August 19, 2016
Malta	August 26, 2016
Haiti	August 27, 2016
Hungary	August 27, 2016
Jamaica	August 27, 2016
Guatemala	August 28, 2016
Sweden	August 28, 2016
Australia	August 27, 2016
Turks & Caicos	August, 2016
New Zealand	September 3, 2016
Guam	September 8, 2016
Belize	September 10, 2016
Iceland	September 12, 2016
Bahamas	September 17, 2016
Barbados	September 17, 2016
Guyana	September 17, 2016
Netherlands	September 26, 2016
Bulgaria	September 2016
India	September 2016
Paraguay	September 2016
Switzerland	September 2016
Brazil	October 1, 2016
Slovak Republic	October 1, 2016
Curaçao	October 2, 2016
Poland	October, 2016
China	November 2016

Notes

Debuts

•  Iran
•  Sierra Leone

Returns

Crossovers

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