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Miss Universe 2016
Logo of Miss Universe 2016
Date	30 January 2017
Presenters	Steve Harvey
Venue	Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines
Broadcaster	Fox, Solar Entertainment
Debuts	Sierra Leone
Withdrawals	Ghana
Returns	Barbados, Belize, Guam, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Malta, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago,US Virgin Islands,
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Miss Universe 2016, will be the 65th Miss Universe pageant, It will be held on 30 January 2017 at the Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. Pia Wurtzbach of the Philippines will crown her successor at the end of the event.

Organization

The Philippines has been making preparations for the hosting even before the Miss Universe Organization confirmed the country's hosting rights in November 2016. Miss Universe 2016 will be organized by the Miss Universe Organization along with the Philippine Department of Tourism, and LCS Group of Companies. On November 16, 2016, the Miss Universe representatives, DOT and private sponsors signed a partnership contract signified the Philippines' hosting of the 65th edition of the beauty pageant. Also, the official website and Facebook page were launched during the event.

Negotiations

On 18 July 2016, Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach made a courtesy call with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in 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 unilaterally 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. The hosting of the pageant by the Philippines just about two weeks after the announcement by the DOT was reportedly "80 percent confirmed".

On 3 November 2016, the Miss Universe Organization, through a video message from Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach, officially announced that the Philippines will host the pageant. The DOT welcomed the announcement. It was later reported that plans to host the pageant in the Philippines were cancelled several times due to undisclosed reasons. The DOT had to send officials to the United States to ensure that the pageant will be hosted in the Philippines.

Venues

Miss Universe 2016 Venues
PasayDavao CityCebuViganBicolBaguioPalawanSiargaoTaclobanIloiloBatanes	Coronation Night venue (Pasay)	Ancillary event venues	Other event venues
	Mall of Asia Arena (Capacity 15,000)	Davao City Bicol Cebu Vigan	Baguio Palawan Siargao Batanes Tacloban Iloilo
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Map Legend Primary venue Ancillary event venues Other event venues

Main venue

On September 2016, the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay was announced to be the main coronation venue of the pageant according to the Philippine Tourism Secretary Wanda Corazon Teo.

The Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan was the other venue considered by the Department of Tourism as the main coronation venue of the pageant but the Miss Universe Organization disapproved of the venue due to "security reasons".

When the hosting of the Philippines was confirmed in November 2016 by the Miss Universe Organization. Teo reaffirmed that the pageant's main venue will be in the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay and will be held on January 30, 2017.

Other venues

Prior to the July 2016 "confirmation" of the host country of the pageant by the DOT, President Rodrigo Duterte reportedly made requests for the Miss Universe 2016 organizers on September 2016 to stage ancillary events outside Metro Manila, in locations such as Boracay, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Palawan and Vigan to lessen additional traffic in Metro Manila due to the pageant hosting, as well as to promote the venues as tourist spots.. In November 4, Bohol along with Cebu was mentioned among the "confirmed venues".

The province of Cebu was being considered as the venue of the photoshoot of the swimsuit competition, while Vigan was designated for the photoshoot of the national costume competition. Boracay and Palawan were later decided to be not among the venues of the ancillary events in favor of promoting Cebu as "an international gateway", although Palawan was among the ancillary venues reported later. Baguio is confirmed to be hosting one of the pageant's events on November 2, 2016.

In November 19, 2016, it was announced that the ancillary events which are non-bearing to the contestants' total pageant score will take place in Davao, Bicol, Cebu, and Vigan. A list of photo shoot venues comprising of Baguio, Palawan, Siargao, Batanes, Tacloban, and Iloilo was also announced but nothing was stated if the venues are final.

Funding

The funds needed to stage the pageant in the country will come entirely from the private businesses. Among the reported sponsors are Filipino billionaire Henry Sy and Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada. The Okada Manila, a hotel currently in construction, will serve as the residential venue for the Miss Universe 2016 candidates. The projected expense for the event is $11 million USD.

A group led by Ilocos Sur Governor, Chavit Singson will handle the financial aspects of the event with the help of sponsoring organizations such as the Philippine Airlines, the SM Group, Solar Entertainment, as well as Japanese businessman Okada.

Security

The confirmed candidates sent by various countries and territories are expected to arrive on 13 January 2017. The Philippine military will serve as security escorts for the candidates of Miss Universe, as assigned by the Philippine national security council.

Marketing

A reality-documentary television program entitled Journey to the Crown: A Celebration of Beauty was shown on ETC on 6 November 2016 in the Philippines as part of marketing of the pageant.

Pageant

Ancillary and other events

Alongside with the main pageant, ancillary events will be held which has no effect on the contestants' total pageant score. The contestants are scheduled to participate in fashion shows in Davao, Cebu, and Vigan. Each venue will have a theme; Mindanao fabric for Davao, Beachwear for Cebu, and Terno for Vigan. The contestants will partake in a different event in Bicol.

Coronation night

The pageant program was initially announced to start at 5 a.m. (UTC+08:00) but it was later announced that the program will run from 8 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. An American entertainer of Filipino descent will perform in the pageant.

In the Philippines, "all local networks" including GMA Network and TV5 will broadcast the pageant upon the request of President Rodrigo Duterte. Solar Entertainment, one of the pageant's partners, was tasked to provide broadcast coverage of the competition.

Presenters

Steve Harvey has a five year contract with the Miss Universe Organization for hosting the Miss Universe pageant. In contrast, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte expressed hesitation on Harvey hosting the event due to Harvey announcing the wrong winner at the Miss Universe 2015. In response, Philippine Department of Tourism head, Secretary Wanda Teo proposed the idea of having a Filipino woman co-host the event to neutralize the president's displeasure. On November 3, 2016, Harvey is confirmed to reprise his role as host of the pageant.

Contestants

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Country/Territory	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown
Albania	Lindita Idrizi	19	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	Elbasan
Argentina	Estefanía Bernal	20	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	Buenos Aires
Aruba	Charlene Leslie	23	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	Oranjestad
Australia	Caris Tiivel	23	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	Perth
Austria	Dajana Dzinic	21	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	Vienna
Bahamas	Cherell Williamson	24	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)	Nassau
Barbados	Shannon Harris	22	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	Christ Church
Belgium	Stephanie Geldhof	19	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	Brussels
Belize	Rebecca Rath	23	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	Dangriga
Bolivia	Antonella Moscatelli	21	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	Santa Cruz
Brazil	Raissa Santana	21	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	Umuarama
British Virgin Islands	Erika Creque	21	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Tortola
Canada	Siera Bearchell	23	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Moose Jaw
Cayman Islands	Monyque Brooks	24	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	West Bay
Chile	Catalina Cáceres	26	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	Santiago
China	Li Zhenying	24	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)	Hengyang
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Costa Rica	Carolina Rodríguez	27	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	Alajuela
Croatia	Barbara Filipović	19	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	Zagreb
Curaçao	Chanelle de Lau	21	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)	Willemstad
Czech Republic	Andrea Bezděková	21	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	Náchod
Denmark	Christina Mikkelsen	23	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Copenhagen
Dominican Republic	Rosalba Garcías	23	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)	Maimón
Ecuador	Connie Jiménez	20	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	Ventanas
Finland	Shirly Karvinen	23	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)	Jyväskylä
France	Iris Mittenaere	23	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	Steenvoorde
Georgia	Nuka Karalashvili	25	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	Tbilisi
Great Britain	Jaime-Lee Faulkner	27	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Sheffield
Guam	Muñeka Taisipic	18	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	Hagåtña
Guatemala	Virginia Argueta	21	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	Jalpatagua
Guyana	Soyini Fraser	26	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	Georgetown
Haiti	Raquel Pélissier	25	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	Port-au-Prince
Hungary	Veronika Bodizs	24	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)	Budapest
Iceland	Hildur María Leifsdóttir	24	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	Kópavogur
Indonesia	Kezia Warouw	25	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	Manado
Israel	Yam Kaspers Anshel	18	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	Herzliya
Jamaica	Isabel Dalley	19	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)	Montego Bay
Japan	Sari Nakazawa	23	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)	Shiga
Korea	Jenny Kim	23	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Seoul
Kosovo	Camila Barraza	23	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	Pristina
Malaysia	Kiran Jassal	20	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Subang Jaya
Malta	Martha Fenech	26	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)	St. Julian's
Mauritius	Kushboo Ramnawaj	26	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Port Louis
Mexico	Cristal Silva	24	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	Ciudad Victoria
Montenegro	Adela Zoranić	20	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	Bar
Myanmar	Htet Htet Htun	24	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	Yangon
Namibia	Lizelle Esterhuizen	20	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	Windhoek
Netherlands	Zoey Ivory	23	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	Almere
New Zealand	Tania Dawson	23	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	Auckland
Nicaragua	Marina Jacoby	21	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	Matagalpa
Norway	Christina Waage	21	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	Nes
Panama	Keity Drennan	26	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	Panama City
Paraguay	Andrea Melgarejo	22	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	Asunción
Peru	Valeria Piazza	26	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Lima
Philippines	Maxine Medina	26	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Quezon City
Poland	Izabella Krzan	21	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	Olsztyn
Puerto Rico	Brenda Jiménez	21	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	Aguadilla
Russia	Yuliana Korolkova	21	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	Orsk
Serbia	Bojana Bojanic	21	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	Novi Sad
Sierra Leone	Hawa Kamara	25	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)	Freetown
Singapore	Cheryl Chou	20	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	Singapore
Slovak Republic	Zuzana Kollárová	24	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	Bratislava
Slovenia	Lucija Potočnik	24	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Mislinja
South Africa	Ntandoyenkosi Kunene	24	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Piet Retief
Sri Lanka	Jayathi De Silva	26	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	Colombo
Sweden	Ida Ovmar	21	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Luleå
Switzerland	Dijana Cvijetić	22	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Gossau
Thailand	Chalita Suansane	21	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)	Samut Prakan
Turkey	Tansu Sila Çakir	21	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	Istanbul
Ukraine	Alena Spodynyuk	19	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	Kiev
Uruguay	Magdalena Cohendet	19	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	Artigas
USA	Deshauna Barber	26	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	Washington, D.C.
US Virgin Islands	Carolyn Carter	26	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	Saint Croix
Venezuela	Mariam Habach	20	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	El Tocuyo
Vietnam	Đặng Thị Lệ Hằng	23	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	Đà Nẵng

Designations

1. Keity Drennan was appointed Señorita Panamá 2016 at a small ceremony organized by Justine Pasek and Cesar Anel Rodríguez, the national directors of the Señorita Panamá pageant, after they were appointed the new franchise holders for Miss Universe in Panama. Previously, Medcom Corporation, under the direction of Marisela Moreno, held the franchise for Miss Universe in Panama.
2. Dijana Cvijetić was appointed Miss Universe Switzerland 2016 by Veeranda Aeberli, the new national director of the Miss Universe Switzerland pageant, because of a lack of time to hold the country pageant. Previously, François Matthey held the franchise for Miss Universe in Switzerland.
3. Carolyn Carter was chosen as Miss Universe US Virgin Islands 2016 by Tom Youth, the national director of the Miss Universe US Virgin Islands pageant.
4. Dang Thi Le Hang was appointed Miss Universe Vietnam 2016 by Tony Nguyen Quoc Toan, the national director of the Miss Universe Vietnam pageant. Dang was the 2nd runner-up at the 2015 Miss Universe Vietnam pageant.

Replacements

1. Stephanie Geldhof was appointed to compete at Miss Universe 2016 by Darline Devos, the President of the Miss Belgium pageant, as a replace men to Lenty Frans, Miss Belgium 2016, who will only compete at the Miss World 2016 pageant due to conflicting schedules with the Miss Belgium 2017 pageant slated for early January 2017. Geldhof was the 1st runner-up at the Miss Belgium 2016 pageant.
2. Paula Schneider was crowned Miss Bolivia Universo 2015 and was entitled to compete at the Miss Universe 2016 pageant; however, Schneider resigned in January 2016 citing personal reasons. Antonella Moscatelli, Miss Bolivia Universo 2016, replaced Schneider as Bolivia’s representative at the 2016 Miss Universe pageant.
3. Jenny Kim was appointed to compete at Miss Universe 2016 by Park Jeong-ah, the national director of the Miss Universe Korea pageant and also the new franchise holder for Miss Universe in Korea. Kim replaces Min-ji Lee, Miss Korea 2015, who would not compete at the Miss Universe 2016 pageant after Hanju E&M, the organizers of the Miss Korea pageant, lost the Miss Universe franchise. Coincidentally, Park Jeong-ah also holds the franchise for Miss World in Korea, and Kim was the 1st runner-up at the Miss World Korea 2015 pageant.
4. Kushboo Ramnawaj was handpicked to represent Mauritius at Miss Universe 2016 by Nevin Rupear, the national director of the Estrella Mauritius Organisation, after he was appointed the new franchise holder for Miss Universe in Mauritius. Ramnawaj replaces Danika Atchia, Miss Mauritius 2015, who was crowned by the previous franchise holder Primerose Obeegadoo and would have represented Mauritius at Miss Universe 2016 otherwise. Ramnawaj was apparently crowned Miss Mauritius 2014 and was supposed to compete at the Miss Universe 2015 pageant but was replaced because of a disagreement with the former franchise holder.
5. Adela Zoranić, Miss Universe Montenegro 2016, replaced Katarina Keković, Miss Universe Montenegro 2015, after Vesna De Vinča, the national director of the Miss Montenegro pageant, decided to send Keković to Miss World 2016 because of scheduling conflicts as the national contest was postponed to late October 2016 and also to comply with the new rule of the Miss Universe Organization which states that there shouldn't be simultaneous winners in a year.
6. Brenda Jimenez was crowned as the new Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2016 by Desiree Lowry, the national director of the Miss Universe Puerto Rico pageant, after Kristhielee Caride, the original winner, was dethroned due to her dismissive behaviour. Later, Caride challenged her dethronement in court, which ruled against her. Jimenez represented the municipality of Aguadilla at Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2016 and was the 1st runner-up at the pageant.
7. Yuliana Korolkova was appointed Miss Universe Russia 2016 by the Miss Russia Organization as a replacement to Yana Dobrovolskaya, the winner of the Miss Russia 2016 pageant, who will compete only at Miss World 2016 due to the conflicting schedules of the two international pageants. The winner of the Miss Russia pageant usually participates at both Miss Universe and Miss World pageants. Korolkova represented Orenburg Oblast at Miss Russia 2016 and was the 1st runner-up at the pageant.

Upcoming national pageants

The following countries and territories are scheduled to hold national pageants which will determine their representatives for Miss Universe 2016. Included are those with a confirmed date.

Country / Territory	Date
Tanzania	November 25, 2016
Kenya	December 11, 2016
Portugal	December 11, 2016

References

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21. "Miss Universe and WME-IMG implements new rule for Miss Universe Beauty Pageant". www.thetrendingfacts.com. 15 October 2016 2016. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
22. "Kristhielee Caride destituida de su corona de Miss Universe Puerto Rico" (in Spanish). Metro Digital. March 17, 2016. Retrieved March 17, 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
23. "Названы российские участницы конкурсов "Мисс мира" и "Мисс Вселенная"" (in Russian). Missosology. November 2, 2016.
24. "Mwaka huu kama uneamua kuwania taji, muda wake ndo huu. Wahi sasa! Piga simu au tuma barua pepe sasa!" (in Swahili). MISS UNIVERSE Tanzania on Facebook. August 28, 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
25. https://www.instagram.com/p/BMvTpz6D14P/?taken-by=sandranyanchoka
26. "Beautiful shows with amazing people. Thanks for a lovely evening FWP". Miss Universo Portugal en Facebook. October 22, 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

External links

• Miss Universe Organization Website
• 65th Miss Universe Official Website

• Miss Universe
• 2016 beauty pageants