Miss Universe 2010

59th Miss Universe competition, beauty pageant edition

Miss Universe 2010

Ximena Navarrete

Date| August 23, 2010
Presenters|

* Bret Michaels
* Natalie Morales

Entertainment|

* John Legend
* The Roots
* Cirque du Soleil

Venue| Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Broadcaster|

* NBC (KVBC-DT)
* Telemundo (KBLR)

Entrants| 83
Placements| 15
Withdrawals|

* Bulgaria
* Cayman Islands
* Estonia
* Ethiopia
* Iceland
* Montenegro
* Namibia
* Vietnam

Returns|

* Botswana
* British Virgin Islands
* Denmark
* Haiti
* Kazakhstan
* Sri Lanka
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States Virgin Islands

Winner| Ximena Navarrete
Mexico
Congeniality| Jesinta Campbell
Australia
Best National Costume| Fonthip Watcharatrakul
Thailand
Photogenic| Fonthip Watcharatrakul
Thailand

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Miss Universe 2010 was the 59th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States on August 23, 2010.[1][2]

At the end of the event, Stefanía Fernández of Venezuela crowned Ximena Navarrete of Mexico as Miss Universe 2010. It was Mexico's second victory after their victory in 1991.[3][4]

Contestants from eighty-three countries and territories participated in this year's pageant. The pageant was hosted by Bret Michaels and Natalie Morales.[5] John Legend, The Roots, and Cirque du Soleil performed in this year's pageant.[1][6]

## Background

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Mandalay Bay Events Center, the venue of Miss Universe 2010

### Location and date

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Several cities from across the world had expressed interest to host the pageant. Among these cities that bid to host the pageant is Zagreb, Croatia which previously dropped its bid to host the pageant in 2009. The Croatian government and local investors renewed their proposal for the pageant, which would take place at the Arena Zagreb.[7] However, on February 20, 2010, the national director of Miss Universe Croatia Vladimir Krajelvic announced that the country withdrew its bid to host the contest due to the impacts in Croatia from the 2007-2008 financial crisis.[8]

On January 31, 2010, the Miss Universe Organization was in talks to host the 2010 edition of the competition in Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Bolivia after the Miss Universe commission visited Bolivia to evaluate if the city is capable to host the pageant.[9][10] However, during the visit of the commission in Bolivia, Minister of Culture Zulma Yugar publicly admitted the difficulties in hosting the pageant in line with the organization's demands. After a meeting held in La Paz in March 2010, Yugar formally announced that Santa Cruz withdrew its bid to host the pageant, alleging that the organization "disrespected the Constitution of Bolivia" and that the demands of the organization are financially impossible to attain.[11]

After several cities withdrew its bid to host the pageant, on May 25, 2010, the Miss Universe Organization confirmed that the competition would be at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States on August 23, 2010.[12]

### Selection of participants

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Contestants from eighty-three countries and territories were selected to compete in the competition. Two of these delegates were appointees to their positions after being a runner-up of their national pageant or being selected through a casting process, three were selected to replace the original dethroned winner, and another was crowned after the organization discovered that there was an error in the placements of the finalists.

Jéssica Schell, the second runner-up of Miss Guatemala 2010, was appointed to represent Guatemala after Alejandra Barillas, Miss Guatemala 2010, had a foot injury. Barillas competed in the pageant the following year.[13] Alexandra Cătălina Filip, Miss Universe Romania 2010, was replaced by her first runner-up, Oana Paveluc, as she refused to sign the contract with the Miss Universe Organization preventing her from representing Romania at a major dance competition in South Korea.[14][15] Serenay Sarikaya, Miss Turkey Universe 2010, was replaced by Miss Turkey 2010 Gizem Memiç as she wanted to continue her acting career.[16]

Sandra Marinovič originally was crowned as Miss Universe Slovenia 2010. However, Marinovič was stripped of the crown after three days when the organization discovered that there was a computational error in transcribing the judges' scores. The official winner was Marika Savšek, who was previously placed as second runner-up.[17]

Venus Raj originally was crowned Binibining Pilipinas Universe 2010. However, due to inconsistencies with her birth certificate, Raj was stripped off the title.[18] The title was given to Helen Nicolette Henson, the 2nd Runner-Up of Binibining Pilipinas 2010. However, two months after her dethronement, Raj reclaimed her title as Binibining Pilipinas Universe 2010 after obtaining a legal Philippine passport.[19]

The 2010 edition saw the returns of Botswana, the British Virgin Islands, Denmark, Haiti, Kazakhstan, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United States Virgin Islands. Haiti last competed in 1989, making the first time the country competed after two decades of withdrawal. The British Virgin Islands last competed in 2002, Botswana last competed in 2004, the US Virgin Islands last competed in 2007, while the others last competed in 2008. Bulgaria, the Cayman Islands, Estonia, Ethiopia, Iceland, Montenegro, Namibia, and Vietnam withdrew from the pageant. Nikolina Lončar, Miss Montenegro 2010, was replaced by Marijana Pokrajac as the representative of Montenegro due to being underage. However, Pokrajac withdrew due to undisclosed reasons. Lončar competed in the pageant the following year.[20] Odile Gertze, Miss Namibia 2010, withdrew due to being crowned one week from the official start of Miss Universe 2010. Phạm Thị Thanh Hằng of Vietnam withdrew due to lack of preparation.[21] Bulgaria, the Cayman Islands, Estonia, Ethiopia, and Iceland withdrew from the competition after its respective organization failed to hold a national competition or appoint a delegate.[22]

## Results

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Miss Universe 2010 participating countries and territories.

### Placements

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Placement  | Contestant

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Miss Universe 2010  |

* Mexico – Ximena Navarrete[23]

1st runner-up  |

* Jamaica – Yendi Phillipps[23]

2nd runner-up  |

* Australia – Jesinta Campbell[23]

3rd runner-up  |

* Ukraine – Anna Poslavska[23]

4th runner-up  |

* Philippines – Venus Raj[23]

Top 10  |

* Albania – Angela Martini[23]
* Guatemala – Jessica Scheel[23]
* Ireland – Rozanna Purcell[23]
* Puerto Rico – Mariana Vicente[23]
* South Africa – Nicole Flint[23]

Top 15  |

* Belgium – Cilou Annys[23]
* Colombia – Natalia Navarro[23]
* Czech Republic – Jitka Válková[23]
* France – Malika Ménard[23]
* Russia – Irina Antonenko[23]

#### Final Scores

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Country/Territory  | Swimsuit  | Evening Gown

|
|

Mexico[23] | 9.265 (2)  | 8.913 (1)
Jamaica[23] | 9.426 (1)  | 8.884 (2)
Australia[23] | 8.543 (5)  | 8.841 (3)
Ukraine[23] | 8.333 (7)  | 8.743 (4)
Philippines[23] | 8.957 (3)  | 8.714 (5)
Albania[23] | 8.229 (8)  | 8.693 (6)
Ireland[23] | 8.784 (4)  | 8.548 (7)
South Africa[23] | 8.229 (8)  | 8.420 (8)
Guatemala[23] | 8.071 (10)  | 8.286 (9)
Puerto Rico[23] | 8.443 (6)  | 7.971 (10)
Russia[23] | 7.843 (11)  |
Colombia[23] | 7.643 (12)
France[23] | 7.586 (13)
Belgium[23] | 7.571 (14)
Czech Republic[23] | 7.429 (15)

### Special awards

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Award  | Contestant

|

Miss Congeniality  |

* Australia – Jesinta Campbell[24]

Miss Photogenic  |

* Thailand – Fonthip Watcharatrakul[24]

Best National Costume

## Pageant

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### Format

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Same with 2007, fifteen semifinalists were chosen through the preliminary competition— composed of the swimsuit and evening gown competitions and closed-door interviews. The fifteen semifinalists competed in the swimsuit competition and were narrowed down to ten afterward. The ten semifinalists competed in the evening gown competition and were narrowed down to five afterward. The five finalists competed in the question and answer round and the final look.[25]

### Selection committee

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#### Preliminary competition

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* Basim Shami – President of Farouk Systems[26]
* BJ Coleman – Publicist, Journalist & Television Personality[26]
* Carlos Bremer – CEO and General Director of Value Grupo Financiero[26]
* Corinne Nicolas – President of Trump Model Management[26]
* Louis Burgdorf – Talent Producer for MSNBC's Joe Scarborough & Mika Brzezinski[26]
* Natalie Rotman – Television Host and Fashion Expert[26]
* Sadoux Kim – Television producer[26]

#### Final telecast

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* Niki Taylor – Model[27]
* William Baldwin – Actor, producer and writer[27][28]
* Chynna Phillips – Singer and actress[27][28]
* Evan Lysacek – Olympic Gold Medal Figure Skater and Dancing with the Stars finalist[27][28]
* Tamron Hall – MSNBC anchor[27][28]
* Chazz Palminteri – Actor and writer[27][28]
* Jane Seymour – Actress and Dancing with the Stars participant[27][28]
* Criss Angel – Illusionist and musician[27][28]
* Sheila E. – Musician[27][28]

## Contestants

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Eighty-three contestants competed for the title.[29]

Country/Territory | Contestant | Age[a] | Hometown

|
|
|

Albania | Angela Martini[30] | 24 | Shkoder
Angola | Jurema Ferraz[31] | 25 | Namibe
Argentina | Yésica Di Vincenzo[32] | 22 | Mar del Plata
Aruba | Priscilla Lee | 22 | Oranjestad
Australia | Jesinta Campbell[33] | 19 | Gold Coast
Bahamas | Braneka Bassett[34] | 20 | Freeport
Belgium | Cilou Annys[35] | 19 | Bruges
Bolivia | Claudia Arce[36] | 19 | Sucre
Botswana | Tirelo Ramasedi[37] | 21 | Gaborone
Brazil | Débora Lyra[38] | 20 | Divinópolis
British Virgin Islands | Josefina Nunez[39] | 22 | Road Town
Canada | Elena Semikina[40] | 26 | Toronto
China | Tang Wen[41] | 18 | Yichun
Colombia | Natalia Navarro[42] | 23 | Barranquilla
Costa Rica | Marva Wright[43] | 25 | San José
Croatia | Lana Obad[44] | 22 | Zagreb
Curaçao | Safira de Wit[45] | 20 | Willemstad
Cyprus | Demetra Olymbiou[46] | 22 | Aradhippou
Czech Republic | Jitka Válková[47] | 18 | Třebíč
Denmark | Ena Sandra Causevic[48] | 20 | Sønderborg
Dominican Republic | Eva Arias[49] | 25 | Moca
Ecuador | Lady Mina[50] | 24 | Guayaquil
Egypt | Donia Hamed[51] | 22 | Cairo
El Salvador | Sonia Cruz | 20 | San Salvador
Finland | Viivi Pumpanen[52] | 22 | Vantaa
France | Malika Ménard[53] | 23 | Hérouville-Saint-Clair
Georgia | Nanuka Gogichaishvili[54] | 21 | Tbilisi
Germany | Kristiana Rohder[55] | 26 | Munich
Ghana | Awurama Simpson[56] | 22 | Sekondi-Takoradi
Great Britain | Tara Hoyos-Martínez[57] | 20 | London
Greece | Anna Prelević[58] | 20 | Athens
Guam | Vanessa Torres[26] | 25 | Dededo
Guatemala | Jessica Scheel[59] | 20 | Retalhuleu
Guyana | Tamika Henry[60] | 22 | Georgetown
Haiti | Sarodj Bertin[61] | 24 | Port-au-Prince
Honduras | Kenia Martinez[62] | 26 | Tela
Hungary | Tímea Babinyecz[63] | 19 | Szeged
India | Ushoshi Sengupta[64] | 22 | Kolkata
Indonesia | Qory Sandioriva[65] | 19 | Banda Aceh
Ireland | Rozanna Purcell[66] | 19 | Clonmel
Israel | Bat-el Jobi | 22 | Afula
Italy | Jessica Cecchini | 20 | Borgosesia
Jamaica | Yendi Phillipps[67] | 24 | Kingston
Japan | Maiko Itai[68] | 26 | Ōita
Kazakhstan | Asselina Kuchukova | 27 | Almaty
Kosovo | Kështjella Pepshi | 23 | Junik
Lebanon | Rahaf Abdallah | 22 | Khiam
Malaysia | Nadine Ann Thomas[69] | 23 | Subang Jaya
Mauritius | Dalysha Doorga[70] | 23 | Goodlands
Mexico | Ximena Navarrete[71] | 22 | Guadalajara
Netherlands | Desirée van den Berg[72] | 23 | Santpoort
New Zealand | Ria van Dyke[73] | 21 | Auckland
Nicaragua | Scharllette Allen Moses[74] | 18 | Bluefields
Nigeria | Ngozi Odalonu[75] | 22 | Niger
Norway | Melinda Elvenes[76] | 23 | Larvik
Panama | Anyolí Ábrego[77] | 22 | Santiago de Veraguas
Paraguay | Yohana Benitez | 23 | San Lorenzo
Peru | Giuliana Zevallos[78] | 22 | Lima
Philippines | Venus Raj[79] | 22 | Bato
Poland | Maria Nowakowska[80] | 23 | Legnica
Puerto Rico | Mariana Vicente[81] | 21 | Río Grande
Romania | Oana Paveluc[15] | 19 | Braşov
Russia | Irina Antonenko[82] | 18 | Yekaterinburg
Serbia | Lidija Kocić[83] | 22 | Belgrade
Singapore | Tania Lim | 22 | Singapore
Slovakia | Anna Amenová[84] | 25 | Bratislava
Slovenia | Marika Savšek[17] | 24 | Šmartno pri Litiji
South Africa | Nicole Flint[85] | 22 | Pretoria
South Korea | Joori Kim[86] | 22  | Seoul
Spain | Adriana Reverón | 24 | Tenerife
Sri Lanka | Ishanka Madurasinghe[87] | 23 | Kegalle
Sweden | Michaela Savić | 19 | Helsingborg
Switzerland | Linda Fäh[88] | 22 | Benken
Tanzania | Hellen Dausen[89] | 23 | Arusha
Thailand | Fonthip Watcharatrakul | 20 | Samut Prakan
Trinidad and Tobago | LaToya Woods[90] | 25 | Couva
Turkey | Gizem Memiç[91] | 20 | Gaziantep
Ukraine | Anna Poslavska[92] | 23 | Nova Kakhovka
United States | Rima Fakih[93] | 24 | Dearborn
Uruguay | Stephany Ortega[94] | 20 | Montevideo
United States Virgin Islands | Janeisha John | 22 | St. Croix
Venezuela | Marelisa Gibson[95] | 21 | Caracas
Zambia | Alice Musukwa | 22 | Lusaka

## Notes

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1. ^ Ages at the time of pageant.

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* NZL: Ria van Dyke
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* TTO: La Toya Woods
* TUR: Gizem Memiç
* UKR: Anna Poslavska
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* VEN: Marelisa Gibson
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