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 |