Miss Universe 2023 candidates

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The Miss Universe 2022 coronation night will be held at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States on January 14, 2023. It is the 71st edition of the international beauty pageant headquartered in New York, United States.

This is also the last Miss Universe edition exclusively for women who have never been married and given birth. The competition’s 72nd edition will start welcoming candidates who are married and have children as long as they are 18-28 years old.

Representing India, Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu was 21 when she was crowned Miss Universe 2021 in Eilat, Israel on December 12, 2021. The respective first and second runners-up were Nadia Ferreira, then 22, of Paraguay and Lalela Mswane, then 24, of South Africa.

Sandhu is the third Miss Universe from India. The first two are Sushmita Sen and Lara Dutta, who were crowned in 1994 and 2000, respectively.

A total of 88 women will compete for the Miss Universe 2022 crown. Here are the candidates:

NAME AGE COUNTRY / TERRITORY
Deta Kokomani 21 Albania
Swelia da Silva Antonio 25 Angola
Barbara Yasmin Cabrera 26 Argentina
Kristina Ayanian 25 Armenia
Kiara Arends 24 Aruba
Monique Riley 27 Australia
Angel Cartwright 28 Bahamas
Evlin Khalifa 24 Bahrain
Chayenne van Aarle 23 Belgium
Ashley Lightburn 22 Belize
Tashi Choden 23 Bhutan
Fernanda Pavisic 23 Bolivia
Mia Mamede 27 Brazil
Lia Claxton 18 British Virgin Islands
Kristina Plamenova 26 Bulgaria
Hang Manita 24 Cambodia
Cameroon
Amelia Tu 21 Canada
Chloe Powery-Doxey 25 Cayman Islands
Sofia Depassier 24 Chile
China
Maria Fernanda Aristizabal 25 Colombia
Maria Fernanda Rodriguez 24 Costa Rica
Arijana Podgajski  20 Croatia
Gabriëla Dos Santos 20 Curaçao
Sára Mikulenková 20 Czech Republic
Malou Posborg Peters 20 Denmark
Andreina Martínez 25 Dominican Republic
Nayelhi Gonzalez Ulloa 28 Ecuador
Alejandra Guajardo 26 El Salvador
Alba Isabel Obama Moliko 21 Equatorial Guinea
Petra Hämäläinen 26 Finland
Floriane Bascou 20 France
Soraya Kohlmann 24 Germany
Engracia Mofuman 27 Ghana
Noky Simbani 25 Great Britain
Korina Emmanouilidou 22 Greece
Ivana Batchelor 22 Guatemala
Mideline Phelizor 27 Haiti
Rebeca Rodríguez 20 Honduras
Hrafnhildur Haraldsdóttir 18 Iceland
Divita Rai 25 India
Laksmi De-Neefe Suardana 26 Indonesia
Balsam Hussein 26 Iraq
Virginia Stablum 24 Italy
Toshami Calvin 26 Jamaica
Marybelen Sakamoto 24 Japan
Aidana Akhantaeva 21 Kazakhstan
Roksana Ibrahimi 24 Kosovo
Altynai Botoyarova 18 Kyrgyzstan
Payengxa Lor 21 Laos
Kate Alexeeva 28 Latvia
Yasmina Zaytoun 20 Lebanon
Lesley Cheam 26 Malaysia
Maxine Formosa Gruppetta 22 Malta
Alexandrine Belle-Étoile 26 Mauritius
Irma Cristina Miranda Valenzuela 26 Mexico
Zar Li Moe 21 Myanmar
Cassia Sharpley 23 Namibia
Sophiya Bhujel 27 Nepal
Ona Moody 25 Netherlands
Norma Huembes Salazar 24 Nicaragua
Hannah Iribhogbe 21 Nigeria
Ida Anette Hauan 26 Norway
Solaris Barba 23 Panama
Leah Ashmore 28 Paraguay
Alessia Rovegno Cayo 24 Peru
Silvia Celeste Rabimbi Cortesi 25 Philippines
Aleksandra Klepaczka 23 Poland
Telma Madeira 23 Portugal
Ashley Cariño 28 Puerto Rico
Anna Linnikova 22 Russia
Sheris Paul 27 Saint Lucia
Gabriella Gonthier 24 Seychelles
Carissa Yap 22 Singapore
Karolína Michalčíková 24 Slovakia
Ndavi Nokeri 23 South Africa
Hanna Kim 28 South Korea
Alicia Faubel 26 Spain
Alia Giundi 19 Switzerland
Anna Sueangam-iam 24 Thailand
Tya Jané Ramey 25 Trinidad and Tobago
Aleyna Şirin 21 Turkiye
Viktoria Apanasenko 29 Ukraine
R’Bonney Gabriel 28 United States
Carla Romero 25 Uruguay
Amanda Dudamel Newman 23 Venezuela
Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Châu 28 Vietnam

Which country will host Miss Universe 2023?

New Orleans is proud to host the 71st Miss Universe competition on Saturday, January 14, 2023 at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Delegates from all over the world will compete for the crown, which will be bestowed by 70th Miss Universe winner Harnaaz Sandhu.

Who won Miss Universe 2023?

The competition will be aired on Jan. 14, 2023 — a Saturday — at the city's convention center, according to a news release. The live broadcast will culminate with the 70th Miss Universe — Bollywood actress Harnaaz Sandhu of India — crowning the winner.

Is there a weight limit for Miss Universe?

No. There are no required height, weight or specific measurements that qualify you to compete.

Who won the Miss Universe 2022?

The coronation night was held on April 30, 2022, at the Mall of Asia Arena in Bay City, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. Beatrice Luigi Gomez of Cebu City crowned Silvia Celeste Cortesi of Pasay as her successor at the end of the event.