Miss Universe 2023

Miss Universe 2023 will be the 72nd Miss Universe pageant, to be held in 2023 in El Salvador. R'Bonney Gabriel of the United States will crown her successor at the end of the event.

For the 71st edition of the pageant held in January 2023, see Miss Universe 2022.
Miss Universe 2023
Date2023
VenueEl Salvador
Debuts
  • Pakistan
Returns
  • Bangladesh
  • Egypt
  • Guyana
  • Hungary
  • Ireland
  • Latvia
  • Mongolia
  • New Zealand
  • Norway
  • Zimbabwe

Background

Location and date

On 14 January 2023, Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele announced that this edition will be held in El Salvador in late 2023, the last time that the country hosted in 1975, and the last time the event was held in Latin America since 2011.[1][2]

Selection of participants

Contestants from seven countries and territories have been selected to compete in the competition. One of these delegates was appointed to the position after being a runner-up of their national pageant or being selected through a casting process.

This edition will mark the debut of Pakistan; and the returns of Bangladesh, Egypt, Guyana, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Mongolia, New Zealand, Norway, and Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe last competed in 2001; Latvia last competed in 2006; Guyana last competed in 2017; Bangladesh, Egypt, Mongolia, and New Zealand last competed in 2019; meanwhile the others last competed in 2021.[3][4][5][6]

From this edition onwards, the Miss Universe Organization will allow married women and women with children to be contestants.[7]

Contestants

As of 13 May 2023, 7 contestants have been confirmed:

Country/TerritoryContestantAge[lower-alpha 1]Hometown
Belgium BelgiumEmilie Vansteenkiste[8]21Elewijt
Croatia CroatiaAndrea Erjavec[9]23Perušić
Czech Republic Czech RepublicVanesa Švédová[10]19Přerov
Kyrgyzstan KyrgyzstanDiami Almazbekova[11]21Bishkek
Mauritius MauritiusNilmani Hurlall[12]23Mahébourg
Philippines PhilippinesMichelle Dee[13]28Makati
Venezuela VenezuelaDiana Silva[14]25Caracas

Upcoming pageants
Country/Territory Date
Peru Peru May 18, 2023[15][16]
Curaçao Curaçao May 27, 2023[17]
Albania Albania June 1, 2023[18]
Kosovo Kosovo
Paraguay Paraguay June 25, 2023[19]
Malta Malta June 30, 2023[20]
Bolivia Bolivia July 1, 2023[21][22]
Ecuador Ecuador
United Kingdom Great Britain July 8, 2023[23][24][25]
Namibia Namibia
Netherlands Netherlands
Poland Poland July 16, 2023[26]
Laos Laos July 23, 2023[27]
Saint Lucia Saint Lucia July 31, 2023[28]
Costa Rica Costa Rica August 16, 2023[29][30]
Iceland Iceland
Thailand Thailand August 20, 2023[31][32]
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico August 24, 2023[33]
Cambodia Cambodia August 26, 2023[34][35]
Jamaica Jamaica
South Korea South Korea August 27, 2023[36]
Japan Japan August 30, 2023[37]
Canada Canada August 2023[38][39]
Colombia Colombia
Australia Australia September 1, 2023[40][41]
New Zealand New Zealand
Guyana Guyana September 2, 2023[42]
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic September 3, 2023[43]
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe September 9, 2023[44]
Republic of Ireland Ireland September 23, 2023[45]

Notes
  1. Ages at the time of the pageant

References
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