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| Miss Universe 2010 |
| Date | August 23, 2010 |
| Presenters | Bret Michaels, Natalie Morales |
| 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 | Jimena Navarrete |
| Represented |  Mexico |
| Congeniality | Jesinta Campbell
 Australia |
| Best National Costume | Fonthip Watcharatrakul
 Thailand |
| Photogenic | Fonthip Watcharatrakul
Thailand |
Miss Universe 2010. Participating nations and territories and results.
Miss 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] Jimena Navarrete,
Miss Mexico, was crowned Miss Universe 2010 by outgoing titlehoder
Stefanía Fernández from
Venezuela.
[1]
Results
Placements
| Final results | Contestant |
| Miss Universe 2010 | |
| 1st Runner-up | |
| 2nd Runner-up | |
| 3rd Runner-up | |
| 4th Runner-up | |
| Top 10 | |
| Top 15 | |
Final competition scores
| |
- Winner
- First runner-up
- Second runner-up
- Third runner-up
- Fourth runner-up
- Top 10
- Top 15
- (#) Rank in each round of competition
- (T#) Denotes a tie
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Order of announcement
Top 15
- 1. Puerto Rico
- 2. Ukraine
- 3. Mexico
- 4. Belgium
- 5. Ireland
| - 6. South Africa
- 7. France
- 8. Australia
- 9. Jamaica
- 10. Russia
| - 11. Albania
- 12. Colombia
- 13. Guatemala
- 14. Czech Republic
- 15. Philippines
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Top 10
- 1. Ireland
- 2. Albania
- 3. Philippines
- 4. Jamaica
- 5. Mexico
| - 6. Ukraine
- 7. Puerto Rico
- 8. South Africa
- 9. Guatemala
- 10. Australia
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Top 5
- 1. Mexico
- 2. Australia
- 3. Jamaica
- 4. Ukraine
- 5. Philippines
Special awards
| Award | Contestant |
| Miss Congeniality | |
| Miss Photogenic | |
| Best National Costume | |
Background music
Judges
Preliminary judges
- Basim Shami – President of Farouk Systems[4]
- BJ Coleman – Publicist, Journalist & Television Personality[4]
- Carlos Bremer – CEO and General Director of Value Grupo Financiero[4]
- Corinne Nicolas – President of Trump Model Management[4]
- Louis Burgdorf – Talent Producer for MSNBC's Joe Scarborough & Mika Brzezinski[4]
- Natalie Rotman – Commentator[4]
- Sadoux Kim – Television producer[4]
Telecast judges
Historical Significance
- Mexico wins Miss Universe for the second time, the first was Lupita Jones in 1991. Coincidentally, Jones was also crowned in Las Vegas.
- Countries who also entered the top 15 the previous year were Albania, Australia, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Puerto Rico, and South Africa.
- Jamaica, Ukraine, Albania, and Guatemala places 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.
- Ireland last placed in 1998.
- Philippines last placed in 1999.
- Russia and Colombia last placed in 2008
- USA failed to place in the semifinals for the fourth time in pageant history.
- Venezuela did not make the cut for the first time since 2006.
- This is also the first time in pageant history where a country (Venezuela) has won twice in consecutive years and failed to place in the following year.
- Thailand won both Miss Photogenic and Best National Costume titles, the first time a country accomplished this feat.
- European delegates dominated the semifinals for the third consecutive time with 7 semi-finalists, followed by Caribbean with 2 semi-finalists.
Contestants
National pageant notes
Returning countries and territories
- Haiti last competed in 1989.
- British Virgin Islands last competed in 2002.
- Botswana last competed in 2004.
- US Virgin Islands last competed in 2007.
- Denmark, Kazakhstan, Sri Lanka and Trinidad & Tobago last competed in 2008.
Replacements
Guatemala – Alejandra Barillas was the original winner of Miss Universe Guatemala 2010, but she injured her left foot in an accident, preventing her from participating in the pageant. She was replaced by one of her runners-up, Jessica Schell.[5]
Romania – Alexandra Cătălina Filip was the original winner of Miss Universe Romania 2010. The 1st Runner-up, Oana Paveluc will represent Romania in Miss Universe 2010. Filip is a professional dancer and a national champion (2008–2010) in several types of sportive dancing. The next international dancing competition where Filip and her dancing partner, Ramon Zedan, plan to participate in will be held in Korea on August 28.
Turkey – Miss Turkey Organization is sending Miss Turkey World 2010, Gizem Memiç, because their Miss Universe delegate, Serenay Sarikaya, was underage (17) at the time of her coronation.
Withdrawals
Bulgaria – The Miss Bulgaria Organization will not send a representative to compete in Miss Universe 2010.[6]
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.[7]
Estonia – Valeri Kirss, Estonia’s national director, is selling the Eesti Miss Estonia pageant.
Ethiopia
Iceland
Montenegro
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 will not have a representative this year. They have officially withdrawn from the pageant.[8]
Crossovers
The following contestants previously competed at notable national and international beauty pageants:
References
External links
Argentina – Yesica Di Vincenzo competed at Miss International 2008 but did not place.
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.
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 a contestant in Miss Earth 2008.
Philippines – Venus Raj was a contestant in Miss Philippines Earth 2008 and placed as Miss Philippines Eco-Tourism (4th Runner-up).
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.[9]
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