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Miss Universe 2016
Logo of Miss Universe 2016
Date	30 January 2017
Presenters	Steve Harvey Ashley Graham
Venue	Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines
Broadcaster	Fox (international) Solar Entertainment (official broadcast coverage) TV5 (preliminary events)
Entrants	86
Placements	TBD
Debuts	Sierra Leone
Withdrawals	El Salvador, Gabon, Ghana, Greece, Ireland, Lebanon, Montenegro, Serbia
Returns	Barbados, Belize, Guam, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Malta, Namibia, Romania, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, 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. This will be the second time in the history of the competition that the pageant will skip a year, following the 2014 pageant which was held on January 2015.

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.

Cancellations and renegotiation

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.

On 4 December 2016 it was reported that the event, and consequentially hosting rights of the Philippines, was cancelled due to President Rodrigo Duterte's controversial remarks such as his rhetoric towards US President Barack Obama and comments on plans to separate ties of the Philippines with the United States was not received well by the William Morris Entertainment/International Marketing Group (WME), the owners of the Miss Universe franchise. Duterte's expression that he would be glad to kill drug addicts like how Adolf Hitler led the killing of Jews during the Holocaust led to WME CEO Zev Emanuel, who is Jewish to cancel the hosting.

Chavit Singson one of the key people of the Philippine hosting considered filing a case for breach of contract but decided against it despite the hosts already paid in full. Singson was inclined to regain hosting rights since he argued that his credibility and the reputation of the Miss Universe brand will be ruined if it gets cancelled. Singson sent a representative along with some of his Jewish companions to convince Emanuel to push through with the event. Duterte's later apology to his Holocaust-related remark helped in the renegotiation as well as Singson's offer to add women empowerment programs to the pageant.

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
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.

The Mall of Asia Arena will also host several events including the Governor's Ball, the National Gift Auction, the National Costume Show, the Fashion Show, the Designer Showcase, the Preliminary Competition of swimsuits and evening gowns and the After Party with the new Miss Universe 2016 winner.

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 consisting of Baguio, Palawan, Siargao, Batanes, Tacloban, and Iloilo was also announced but nothing was stated if the venues are final. On December 1, 2016, Iloilo was announced as the main host of the photoshoot of the contestants set on January 19, 2017 but possibly coinciding with the annual Dinagyang Festival on the same week.

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

Kick-off event

A kick-off party was hosted on December 9, 2016 at Conrad Manila, a hotel in Pasay, marking the beginning of the pageant.

12 contestants were in attendance for the event. They were:

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.

In December 13, 2016, some of the pageant's candidates had a photoshoot with whale sharks in Oslob, Cebu. This activity was criticized by Greenpeace Southeast Asia, Marine Wildlife Watch, and other wildlife conservationist groups in the Philippines and discourages human interaction with the whale sharks. The Department of Tourism says that there were only five candidates present and the activity was an occular inspection. Following criticisms, the DOT is considering to do the whale watching activity for the final show in Donsol, Sorsogon instead.

In December 14, 2016 The DOT cancelled the fashion show originally scheduled on January 19, 2016 at the SMX Convention Center in Davao City to prevent further "controversy" following the claim of local-based designers led by the Davao Fashion and Design Council Foundation that they have been "brushed off" by the pageant organizers. The group claimed that they were never consulted and questioned why they were asked to dress up local models instead of being in charge of pre-show cocktail of the main event which is tasked to non-Mindanaon designer, Renee Salud. Following the cancellation announcement, the DFDCFI said that they respect the decision but urged the organizers that Davao City to remain as one of the places to be visited by the candidates.

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. TV5 has exclusive rights to air preliminary events including the Swimsuit and Long Gown competitions as well as exclusive Philippine digital rights. TV5 will air the pre-pageant and others activities while the coronation night will air on GMA Network.

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.

Ashley Graham will serve as backstage host

Contestants

It has been suggested that this section be split out into another article titled Miss Universe 2016 contestants. (Discuss) (November 2016)

85 delegates have been confirmed. Age, height and hometown are as listed at the Miss Universe 2016 Official Website.

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown
Albania	Lindita Idrizi	20	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	Elbasan
Angola	Luísa Baptista	21	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Cuando Cubango
Argentina	Estefanía Bernal	21	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	Buenos Aires
Aruba	Charlene Leslie	23	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	Oranjestad
Australia	Caris Tiivel	23	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	Perth
Austria	Dajana Dzinic	21	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)	Vienna
Bahamas	Cherell Williamson	23	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	Nassau
Barbados	Shannon Harris	22	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Bridgetown
Belgium	Stephanie Geldhof	19	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	Aalst
Belize	Rebecca Rath	23	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	Dangriga
Bolivia	Antonella Moscatelli	21	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Santa Cruz
Brazil	Raissa Santana	21	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Itaberaba
British Virgin Islands	Erika Creque	22	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)	Road Town
Bulgaria	Violina Ancheva	21	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	Sofia
Canada	Siera Bearchell	23	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Moose Jaw
Cayman Islands	Monyque Brooks	24	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	West Bay
Chile	Catalina Cáceres	26	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Santiago
China	Li Zhenying	23	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	Shanghai
Colombia	Andrea Tovar	23	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	Quibdó
Costa Rica	Carolina Rodríguez	27	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	Alajuela
Croatia	Barbara Filipović	19	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Zagreb
Curaçao	Chanelle de Lau	21	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	Willemstad
Czech Republic	Andrea Bezděková	21	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Prague
Denmark	Christina Mikkelsen	24	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Copenhagen
Dominican Republic	Rosalba Garcías	24	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	Maimón
Ecuador	Connie Jiménez	21	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Ventanas
Finland	Shirly Karvinen	24	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)	Helsinki
France	Iris Mittenaere	23	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	Paris
Georgia	Nuka Karalashvili	25	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	Tbilisi
Germany	Johanna Acs	24	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	Eschweiler
Great Britain	Jaime-Lee Faulkner	27	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	Sheffield
Guam	Muñeka Taisipic	18	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)	Yona
Guatemala	Virginia Argueta	22	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)	Jutiapa
Guyana	Soyini Fraser	26	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	Georgetown
Haiti	Raquel Pélissier	24	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	Port-au-Prince
Honduras	Sirey Moran	26	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	El Progreso
Hungary	Veronika Bodizs	24	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	Budapest
Iceland	Hildur María Leifsdóttir	24	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)	Kópavogur
India	Roshmitha Harimurthy	22	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Bangalore
Indonesia	Kezia Warouw	25	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Manado
Israel	Yam Kaspers Anshel	18	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Herzliya
Italy	Sophia Sergio	24	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	Naples
Jamaica	Isabel Dalley	20	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)	Montego Bay
Japan	Sari Nakazawa	23	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)	Shiga
Kenya	Mary Esther Were	27		Nairobi
Korea	Jenny Kim	23	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	Seoul
Kosovo	Camila Barraza	23	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	Pristina
Malaysia	Kiran Jassal	20	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)	Subang Jaya
Malta	Martha Fenech	26	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)	St. Julian's
Mauritius	Kushboo Ramnawaj	26	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	Rivière Du Poste
Mexico	Kristal Silva	24	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	Ciudad Victoria
Myanmar	Htet Htet Htun	24	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)	Yangon
Namibia	Lizelle Esterhuizen	20	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	Windhoek
Netherlands	Zoey Ivory	23	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	Almere
New Zealand	Tania Dawson	23	5 ft 5 in (165 cm)	Auckland
Nicaragua	Marina Jacoby	21	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	Matagalpa
Nigeria	Unoaku Anyadike	22	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	Lagos
Norway	Christina Waage	21	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	Nes
Panama	Keity Drennan	26	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Panama City
Paraguay	Andrea Melgarejo	22	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)	Villarrica
Peru	Valeria Piazza	26	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	Lima
Philippines	Maxine Medina	26	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	Quezon City
Poland	Izabella Krzan	21	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	Olsztyn
Portugal	Flávia Brito	23	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Lisbon
Puerto Rico	Brenda Jiménez	22	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	Aguadilla
Romania	Teodora Dan	27	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Craiova
Russia	Yuliana Korolkova	22	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	Orsk
Sierra Leone	Hawa Kamara	26	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)	Freetown
Singapore	Cheryl Chou	20	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)	Singapore
Slovak Republic	Zuzana Kollárová	24	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	Bratislava
Slovenia	Lucija Potočnik	25	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	Maribor
South Africa	Ntandoyenkosi Kunene	24	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Mkhondo
Spain	Noelia Freire	24	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	Ciudad Real
Sri Lanka	Jayathi De Silva	26	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	Colombo
Sweden	Ida Ovmar	21	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	Luleå
Switzerland	Dijana Cvijetić	22	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)	Gossau
Tanzania	Jihan Dimachk	20	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Dar es Salaam
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	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	Kiev
Uruguay	Magdalena Cohendet	22	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	Artigas
USA	Deshauna Barber	27	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	Washington, D.C.
US Virgin Islands	Carolyn Carter	26	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)	Saint Croix
Venezuela	Mariam Habach	20	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	El Tocuyo
Vietnam	Đặng Thị Lệ Hằng	23	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	Đà Nẵng

Designations

1. Unoaku Anyadike was appointed to compete at Miss Universe 2016 by Silverbird Group, the license holder for Miss Universe in Nigeria, after MBGN 2016 pageant was cancelled because of the economic recession plaguing the country. Anyadike was crowned MBGN 2015.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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. 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. Jiménez represented the municipality of Aguadilla at Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2016 and was the 1st runner-up at the pageant.
6. 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.

Withdrawals

•  El Salvador: No national pageant held nor designation of contestant.
•  Gabon: No national pageant held due to the political turmoil and unrest in the country followed after the general elections.
•  Ghana: No national pageant held after RAC (Roberta Annan Consulting), the former license holder in Ghana, parted away with the organization.
•  Greece: No national pageant held nor designation of contestant.
•  Ireland: No national pageant held nor designation of contestant.
•  Lebanon: No national pageant held due to the changes of ownership in the franchise.
•  Montenegro: Despite initially confirmed to participate, the contestant chosen to compete was removed from the official list of contestant on the Miss Universe website.
•  Serbia: Despite initially confirmed to participate, the contestant chosen to compete was removed from the official list of contestant on the Miss Universe website. Both Montenegro and Serbia have the same license franchise holder.

Notes

1. ^ The event will be held at 5:00 am Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00); for most of Europe and the Americas, this will be 29 January in their local times.

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External links

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

• Articles to be split from November 2016
• Miss Universe
• 2016 beauty pageants