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Miss Universe 2010
Miss Universe 2010
Miss Universe 2010. Participating nations, territories and re-
sults.
Date August 23, 2010
Presenters Natalie Morales, Bret Michaels
Entertainment John Legend & The Roots and Cirque du
Miss Universe 2010 title card
Soleil
Venue Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, 2010,
Miss Universe 2010 the 59th edition of the pageant, was
Nevada, U.S.
held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in the Mandalay
Broadcaster NBC, Telemundo Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. on August
23, 2010.[1] It was hosted by Bret Michaels and Natalie
Entrants 83
Morales.[2] Ximena Navarrete, Miss Mexico, was crowned
Placements 15 Miss Universe 2010 by outgoing titleholder Stefania Fer-
Withdraws Bulgaria, Cayman Islands, Estonia,
nandez from Venezuela.[1]
Ethiopia, Iceland, Montenegro, Namibia,
Vietnam
Results
Returns Botswana, British Virgin Islands,
Denmark, Haiti, Kazakhstan, Sri Lanka,
Trinidad & Tobago, US Virgin Islands
Placements
Winner Ximena Navarrete Final competition scores
Mexico
Winner
Congeniality Jesinta Campbell
Australia First Runner-up
Best National Fonthip Watcharatrakul Second Runner-up
Costume Thailand
Third Runner-up
Photogenic Fonthip Watcharatrakul
Thailand Fourth Runner-up
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Final results Contestant
Miss Universe 2010 • – Ximena Navarrete
1st runner-up • – Yendi Phillips
2nd runner-up • – Jesinta Campbell
3rd runner-up • – Anna Poslavska
4th runner-up • – Venus Raj
Top 10 • – Angela Martini
• – Rozanna Purcell
• – Nicole Flint
• – Jessica Scheel
• – Mariana Vicente
Top 15 • – Irina Antonenko
• – Natalia Navarro
• – Malika Ménard
• – Cilou Annys
• – Jitka Válková
Award Contestant
Miss Congeniality • – Jesinta Campbell
Miss Photogenic • – Fonthip Watcharatrakul
Best National Costume • – Fonthip Watcharatrakul
Top 10 Finalist • Chynna Phillips – Singer and actress
• Evan Lysacek – Olympic Gold Medal Figure Skater
Top 15 and Dancing with the Stars finalist
Semifinalist • Tamron Hall – MSNBC anchor
• Chazz Palminteri – Actor and writer
(#) Rank in each
• Jane Seymour – Actress and Dancing with the Stars
round of competition
participant
• Criss Angel – Illusionist and musician
• Sheila E. – Musician
Special awards
Preliminary judges
These were the judges for the preliminary competi-
Background music tion:[4]
• "Commander" by Kelly Rowland featuring David • Basim Shami – President of Farouk Systems
Guetta • BJ Coleman – Publicist, Journalist & Television
• "Burning Love" and "Viva Las Vegas" Medley from Personality
"Viva Elvis" by Cirque du Soleil (Live Performance)[3] • Carlos Bremer – CEO and General Director of Value
• "Save Room", "I Love Every Little Thing About You" Grupo Financiero
and "Shine" by John Legend and The Roots (Live • Corinne Nicolas – President of Trump Model
Performance)[3] Management
• : "Go That Far" by Bret Michaels • Louis Burgdorf – Talent Producer for MSNBC’s Joe
Scarborough & Mika Brzezinski
• Natalie Rotman – Commentator
Judges • Sadoux Kim – Television producer
Telecast judges
The following celebrities judged the final competition: [4]
• Niki Taylor – Model
• William Baldwin – Actor, producer, and writer
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Historical significance Angola Jurema Ferraz 25 1.80 m Namibe
(5 ft
• won Miss Universe for the second time in history, its 11 in)
first title since Lupita Jones in 1991. Coincidentally,
Ar- Yésica Di Vin- 22 1.74 m Mar del Plata
Jones also won in Las Vegas.
gentina cenzo (5 ft
• Countries that placed in the top 15 the previous year
were , Australia Belgium Czech Republic France
Australia, Belgium, Republic, France, 8 1⁄2 in)
Rico, Africa.
Puerto Rico and South Africa Aruba Priscilla Lee 22 1.80 m Oranjestad
• , Ukraine Albania and Guatemala placed their
Ukraine, Albania, (5 ft
highest ever in the pageant. 11 in)
• placed for the fourth consecutive time. Aus- Jesinta Camp- 19 1.78 m Gold Coast
• scored its third straight placement and its highest tralia bell (5 ft
since Jennifer Hawkins’s victory in 2004. 10 in)
• last placed in 1984, the last being Julieta Urrutia who
Ba- Braneka Bas- 20 1.76 m Freeport
placed in the Top 10 (9th overall).
hamas sett (5 ft
• last placed in 1998, the last being Andrea Roche who
9 1⁄2 in)
placed in the Top 10 (9th overall).
• last placed in 1999, the last being Miriam Quiambao Bel- Cilou Annys 19 1.78 m Bruges
who was declared first runner-up. gium (5 ft
• last placed in 2004, the last being Christine Straw 10 in)
who placed in the Top 10 (8th overall). Bolivia Claudia Arce 19 1.73 m Sucre
• last placed in 2007, the last being Lyudmyla Lemaitre (5 ft
Bikmullina who placed in the Top 15 (15th overall). 8 in)
Mexico,
• , Mexico and Russia last placed in 2008. Taliana
Tirelo Ramase- 21 1.68 m Gaborone
Vargas (first runner-up), Elisa Najera (fourth runner-
Botswana di (5 ft
up), and Vera Krasova (third runner-up) were the
6 in)
last placers for these countries respectively.
• failed to place in the semifinals for first time since Brazil Débora Lyra 20 1.80 m Divinópolis
2002 and only the fourth time in pageant history. (5 ft
The last Miss USA who failed to place was Shauntay 11 in)
Hinton of the District of Columbia. British Josefina Nunez 22 1.65 m Road Town
• did not make the cut for the first time since 2006 and Virgin Is- (5 ft
for the 23rd time since it began competing. The last lands 5 in)
Miss Venezuela who failed to place was Jictzad Viña. Canada Elena Semikina 26 1.86 m Toronto
• and USA both did not make it for the first time (6 ft
together in the history of Miss Universe. 1 in)
• won both the Miss Photogenic and Best National
China Tang Wen 18 1.76 m Yichun
Costume awards. This is the second time in Miss
(5 ft
Universe history that a country accomplished this
9 1⁄2 in)
feat, after Kim Carlton of England in 1962. However,
Thailand became the first country to win both Colom- Natalia Navar- 23 1.79 m Barranquilla
awards via online voting. bia ro (5 ft
• European delegates dominated the semifinals for the 10 1⁄2 in)
third consecutive time with 7 semi-finalists. And like Costa Marva Wright 25 1.80 m San José
in previous years, one of them made the top 5. Rica (5 ft
11 in)
Contestants Croatia Lana Obad 22 1.73 m Zagreb
(5 ft
Country/ Contestant Age Height Hometown 8 in)
Territory
Cu- Safira de Wit 20 1.81 m Willemstad
Albania Angela Martini 24 1.77 m Shkoder
raçao (5 ft
(5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
9 1⁄2 in)
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Cyprus Demetra Olym- 22 1.74 m Aradhippou Guyana Tamika Henry 22 1.71 m Georgetown
biou (5 ft (5 ft
8 1⁄2 in) 7 1⁄2 in)
Czech Jitka Válková 18 1.69 m Třebíč Haiti Sarodj Bertin 24 1.75 m Port-au-
Republic (5 ft (5 ft Prince
6 1⁄2 in) 9 in)
Ena Sandra 20 1.74 m Sønderborg Hon- Kenia Martinez 26 1.75 m Tela
Den-
Causevic (5 ft duras (5 ft
mark
8 1⁄2 in) 9 in)
Do- Eva Arias 25 1.78 m Moca Hun- Tímea 19 1.72 m Szeged
minican (5 ft gary Babinyecz (5 ft
Republic 10 in) 7 1⁄2 in)
Lady Mina 24 1.70 m Guayaquil India Ushoshi Sen- 22 1.71 m Kolkata
(5 ft gupta (5 ft
Ecuador
7 in) 7 1⁄2 in)
Egypt Donia Hamed 22 1.79 m Cairo Indone- Qory Sandiori- 19 1.72 m Aceh
(5 ft sia va (5 ft
10 1⁄2 in) 7 1⁄2 in)
El Sal- Sonia Cruz 20 1.73 m San Salvador Ireland Rozanna Pur- 19 1.80 m Clonmel
vador (5 ft cell (5 ft
8 in) 11 in)
Finland Viivi Pumpa- 22 1.67 m Vantaa Israel Bat-el Jobi 22 1.72 m Afula
nen (5 ft (5 ft
5 1⁄2 in) 7 1⁄2 in)
Malika Ménard 23 1.76 m Caen Italy Jessica Cecchini 20 1.77 m Borgosesia
France
(5 ft (5 ft
9 1⁄2 in) 9 1⁄2 in)
Jamaica Yendi Phillipps 24 1.78 m Kingston
Georgia Nana 21 1.77 m Tbilisi
Gogichaishvili (5 ft (5 ft
9 1⁄2 in) 10 in)
Ger- Kristiana Ro- 26 1.82 m Munich Japan Maiko Itai 26 1.73 m Ōita
many hder (5 ft (5 ft
11 1⁄2 in) 8 in)
Awurama 22 1.80 m Sekondi- Kaza- Asselina 27 1.75 m Almaty
Ghana
Simpson (5 ft Takoradi khstan Kuchukova (5 ft
11 in) 9 in)
Great Tara Hoyos- 20 1.68 m London Korea Kim Joo-ri 22 1.72 m Seoul
Britain Martinez (5 ft (5 ft
6 in) 7 1⁄2 in)
Anna Prelevic 20 1.81 m Athens Kosovo Kështjella 23 1.78 m Junik
Greece
(5 ft Pepshi (5 ft
11 1⁄2 in) 10 in)
Vanessa Torres 25 1.67 m Dededo Le- Rahaf Abdallah 22 1.74 m Khiam
Guam
(5 ft banon (5 ft
5 1⁄2 in) 8 1⁄2 in)
Jessica Scheel 20 1.70 m Retalhuleu Nadine Ann 23 1.69 m Subang Jaya
Gu-
(5 ft Malaysia Thomas (5 ft
atemala
7 in) 6 1⁄2 in)
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Mauri- Dalysha Doorga 23 1.73 m Goodlands Singa- Tania Lim Kim 22 1.75 m Singapore
tius (5 ft pore Suan (5 ft
8 in) 9 in)
Mexico Ximena Navar- 22 1.74 m Guadalajara Slovak Anna Amenová 25 1.73 m Bratislava
rete (5 ft Republic (5 ft
8 1⁄2 in) 8 in)
Nether- Desirée van 23 1.76 m Santpoort Slove- Marika Savšek 23 1.75 m Šmartno pri
lands den Berg (5 ft nia (5 ft Litiji
9 1⁄2 in) 9 in)
New Ria van Dyke 21 1.72 m Auckland South Nicole Flint 22 1.72 m Pretoria
Zealand (5 ft Africa (5 ft
7 1⁄2 in) 7 1⁄2 in)
Scharllette 18 1.80 m Bluefields Spain Adriana Rev- 24 1.77 m Tenerife
Nicaragua Allen (5 ft erón (5 ft
11 in) 9 1⁄2 in)
Nigeria Ngozi Odalonu 22 1.78 m Niger Sri Lan- Ishanka 23 1.74 m Kegalle
(5 ft ka Madurasinghe (5 ft
10 in) 8 1⁄2 in)
Norway Melinda El- 23 1.72 m Larvik Sweden Michaela Savic 19 1.74 m Helsingborg
venes (5 ft (5 ft
7 1⁄2 in) 8 1⁄2 in)
Panama Anyoli Abrego 22 1.77 m Santiago de Switzer- Linda Fäh 22 1.77 m Benken
(5 ft Veraguas land (5 ft
9 1⁄2 in) 9 1⁄2 in)
Yohana Benitez 23 1.76 m San Lorenzo Tanza- Hellen Dausen 23 1.68 m Arusha
Paraguay (5 ft nia (5 ft
9 1⁄2 in) 6 in)
Peru Giuliana Zeval- 22 1.80 m Loreto Thai- Fonthip 20 1.70 m Samut Prakan
los (5 ft land Watcharatrakul (5 ft
11 in) 7 in)
Philip- Venus Raj 22 1.75 m Bato LaToya Woods 24 1.78 m Couva
pines (5 ft Trinidad & (5 ft
9 in) Tobago 10 in)
Poland Maria 23 1.83 m Legnica Turkey Gizem Memiç 20 1.78 m Gaziantep
Nowakowska (6 ft (5 ft
0 in) 10 in)
Puerto Mariana Vi- 21 1.73 m Río Grande Anna Poslavska 23 1.80 m Nova Kakhov-
Rico cente (5 ft Ukraine (5 ft ka
8 in) 11 in)
Roma- Oana Paveluc 19 1.81 m Braşov Stephany Orte- 20 1.73 m Montevideo
nia (5 ft Uruguay ga (5 ft
11 1⁄2 in) 8 in)
Russia Irina Anto- 18 1.78 m Yekaterinburg USA Rima Fakih 24 1.74 m Dearborn
nenko (5 ft (5 ft
10 in) 8 1⁄2 in)
Serbia Lidija Kocić 22 1.80 m Belgrade U.S. Janeisha John 22 1.73 m St. Croix
(5 ft Virgin Is- (5 ft
11 in) lands 8 in)
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Marelisa Gib- 21 1.78 m Caracas official start of Miss Universe 2010, national director
son (5 ft Connie Maritz decided not to send the winner to
Venezuela
10 in) Miss Universe but to Miss World 2010 and Miss
Universe 2011 instead.
Zambia Alice Musukwa 22 1.78 m Lusaka
• – Vietnam did not have a representative this year.
(5 ft
They officially withdrew from the pageant.[7]
10 in)
Crossovers
National pageant notes The following contestants previously competed at no-
table national and international beauty pageants:
Returning countries and territories • – Yesica Di Vincenzo competed at Miss International
• Last competed in 1989: • Last competed in 2008: 2008. In 2010, she participated in Reina
• • Hispanoamericana and placed seventh.
• Last competed in 2002: • • – Débora Lyra competed at Top Model of the World
• • 2008 and won.
• Last competed in 2004: • • – Elena Semikina competed at Miss International
• 2008, but did not place.
• Last competed in 2007: • – Jessica Scheel, was a contestant in Miss Earth 2007.
• • – Yendi Phillipps competed in Miss World 2007 and
placed in the top 16 ("Beach Beauty" 1st runner-up).
Replacements • – Kim Joo-ri competed in Miss World 2009 and
• – Alejandra Barillas was Miss Universe Guatemala placed in the top 16 (Continental Queen of Asia &
2010 until she injured her left foot in an accident. Oceania).
This stopped her from participating in the pageant. • – Giuliana Zevallos was crowned Miss Continente
She was replaced by one of her runners-up, Jessica Americano 2010 and competed in Miss Earth 2008.
Scheel. She competed 1 year later at Miss Universe • – Adriana Reverón placed in the top 8 at Miss Earth
2011. 2008.
• – Alexandra Catalina Filip was Miss Universe • – Janeisha John represented her territory at Miss
Romania 2010 but 1st Runner-up, Oana Paveluc, America 2008, but was unplaced.[8]
represented Romania instead. • – Stephany Ortega competed in Reina
• – Turkey sent Miss Turkey World 2010, Gizem Hispanoamericana 2010 and placed sixth.
Memic, because its Miss Universe 2010, Serenay Miss World 2010
Sarikaya, was below 18 and did not meet the age • : Braneka Basset (Top 25 semifinalist)
requirement. • : Cilou Annys
• : Asselina Kuchukova
Withdrawals • : Rahaf Abdallah
• : Dalysha Doorga
• – The Miss Bulgaria Organization did not send a
• : Desirée van den Berg (Top 25 semifinalist)
representative to compete in Miss Universe 2010.
• : Nicole Flint (Top 25 semifinalist)
• – On September 8, 2009, it was announced that the
• : Gizem Memiç
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 Prizes
World, there was no Caymanian representative to
The Miss Universe 2010 prize package includes:[9]
Miss World 2009 either.[5]
Miss Universe 2010
• – Valeri Kirss, Estonia’s national director, was selling
• The official Crown of Miss Universe 2010 designed by
the Eesti Miss Estonia pageant.
Diamond Nexus Labs
•
• Jewelry package designed by Diamond Nexus Labs
•
• Year-long salary as Miss Universe
• - Original contestant Nikolina Lončar was not
• Luxurious New York City apartment for one year
allowed to participate because she was only 16 at the
• Hair care products from Farouk Systems
time of her crowning. She later participated in Miss
• A designer swimwear collection from Dar Be Dar by
Universe 2011.[6]
Tala Raassi
• – Miss Namibia 2010, Odile Gertze, was crowned on
• One-year scholarship from New York Film Academy
July 31, 2010. Since that was only one week from the
• Sherri Hill Eveningwear
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• : Star World • : STAR World
• : Caracol TV and TNT • : Telemetro and TNT
• : Teletica • : STAR World
• : Star! Scandinavia • : Telefuturo and TNT
• : Telemundo, • : ATV and TNT
Colorvision and TNT • : ABS-CBN and Star
• : Gama TV and TNT World
• : MBC 3 • : Telemundo
• : TCS • : TVR
• : Star! and Viasat • : C1R
Baltics • : MBC 3
• : MTV3, Star! • : RTS
Tala Raassi who designed the bikinis.
Scandinavia and • : MediaCorp Channel 5
Showtime Scandinavia and STAR World
• Shoe wardrobe from Nina Footwear • : Paris Première • : STAR World
• Modeling portfolio by Fadil Berisha • : Das Vierte • : Star! Scandinavia
• Hair, dental and skin services • : ANT1 • : CTS and STAR World
• Professional health and nutrition consultation • : Sisimiut TV • : Channel 7 (Thailand)
• Membership to fitness club • : KUAM-TV and Star World
Miss Photogenic • : TNT • :NBC Caribbean New
Award was voted by online viewers who went to • : Canal 11 and TNT Media Group and TNT
NBC.com to vote for their favorite contestant. • : TVB Pearl and Star • : CNBC-e and NTV
• $1000 cash prize World • : MBC 3
• Gift from Diamond Nexus Lab • : Star! Scandinavia and • : STAR One
Miss Congeniality Showtime Scandinavia • : TNT
Award was voted by the 83 participating delegates. • : Star World • (host country): NBC
• $1000 cash prize • : Indosiar and Star and Telemundo
• Gift from Diamond Nexus Lab World • : WVGN-LP
Best National Costume • : STAR One • : Venevisión and TNT
Award was decided by online voters who went to Club • : Channel 9 • : STAR World and
Universe, an exclusive membership club on the Miss Uni- • : Stream VTCHD VIP 1
verse website. • : TNT
• : TV Asahi(November
International broadcasters 2011)
These are some of the networks outside the United States
(telecasted on NBC and Telemundo) that showed the 2010 References
Miss Universe pageant live (or recorded earlier) in their [1] ^ Chareunsey, Don (25 May 2010). "2010 Miss
respective countries and territories: Universe Pageant is at Mandalay Bay on Aug. 23".
• : STAR World • : RTV21 Las Vegas Sun. http://www.lasvegassun.com/
• : RTV21 • : Star! and Viasat news/2010/may/25/2010-miss-universe-pageant-
• : KKHJ-LP Baltics mandalay-bay-aug-23/.
• : TNT • : LBC and MBC 3 [2] Mach, Daniel (3 August 2010). "Michaels, Morales to
• : ATV • : STAR World Host Miss Universe Pageant". NBC Philadelphia.
• : 7TWO and STAR One • : STAR World http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/entertainment/
• : ZNS-TV • : STAR World celebrity/NATL-Michaels-Morales-to-Host-Miss-
• : STAR World • : Televisa and TNT Universe-Pageant--99870379.html.
• : TNT • : STAR World [3] ^ "Press release". Miss Universe Organization.
• : Star! Benelux • : Star! Benelux August 18, 2010. http://cdn.missuniverse.com/
• : VSB-TV • : STAR World media/promos/
• : Unitel and TNT • : Vibe news.12821542582010%20Judges%20Release.pdf.
• : Rede Bandeirantes • : Televicentro Retrieved 30 October 2010.
and TNT Latin America • : WSZE [4] ^ "Miss Universe: Judges". Miss Universe
• : WNBC • : TV2, Showtime Organization. http://www.missuniverse.com/
• : Citytv Scandinavia and Star! members/judges/2010. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
• : TNT Latin America Scandinavia
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[5] "Miss Cayman Islands 2009 postponed due to lack http://stcroixsource.com/content/news/local-
of funding and sponsorship". Caymanian Compass. news/2007/05/20/uvi-student-takes-miss-vi-
September 7, 2009. http://www.caycompass.com/ pageant-crown.
cgi-bin/CFPnews.cgi?ID=10385279. [9] "Miss Mexico, Ximena Navarrete crowned Miss
[6] "Nikolina Lončar ostala kod kuće". Vijesti online. Universe® 2010 during Live NBC Telecast". Miss
August 12, 2010. http://translate.google.com/ Universe Organization. August 31, 2010.
http://www.missuniverse.com/news/view/81.
translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://www.montenews.me/
vijesti/zabava/69638.html. Retrieved 23 March Retrieved 27 September 2010.
2011.
[7] Vietnam Officially Withdraws from Miss Universe
2010
External links
[8] Leger, Aslin (May 20 2007). "UVI Student Takes • Official Site
Miss V.I. Pageant Crown". St Croix Source.
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