Miss Universe 2006
| Miss Universe 2006 | |
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 Miss Universe 2006, Zuleyka Rivera | |
| Date | 23 July 2006 |
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| Entertainment | |
| Venue | Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Broadcaster | |
| Entrants | 86 |
| Placements | 20 |
| Debuts | |
| Withdrawals | |
| Returns |
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| Winner | Zuleyka Rivera Puerto Rico |
| Congeniality | Angela Asare Ghana |
| Best National Costume | Kurara Chibana Japan |
| Photogenic | Lia Andrea Ramos Philippines |
Miss Universe 2006, the 55th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 23 July 2006 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, United States. Zuleyka Rivera of Puerto Rico was crowned by Natalie Glebova of Canada at the end of the event. This is the 5th time that Puerto Rico has won Miss Universe. 86 contestants competed for the title.
Results
Placements
| Final results | Contestant |
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| Miss Universe 2006 | |
| 1st Runner-Up | |
| 2nd Runner-Up |
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| 3rd Runner-Up |
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| 4th Runner-Up | |
| Top 10 |
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| Top 20 |
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Order of announcements
Top 20
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Top 10
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Top 5
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Contestants
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss Universe 2006
Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles
Top 5 at Miss Universe 2006
Albania – Eralda Hitaj
Angola – Isménia Júnior
Antigua and Barbuda – Shari McEwan
Argentina – Magalí Romitelli
Aruba – Melissa Laclé
Australia – Erin McNaught
Bahamas – Samantha Carter
Belgium – Tatiana Silva
Bolivia – Desiree Durán
Brazil – Rafaela Zanella
Bulgaria – Galena Dimova
Canada – Alice Panikian
Cayman Islands – Ambuyah Ebanks
Chile – Belén Montilla[citation needed]
China – Gao Yinghui
Colombia – Valerie Domínguez
Costa Rica – Fabriella Quesada
Croatia – Biljana Mančić
Cyprus – Elena Ierodiakonou
Czech Republic – Renata Langmannová
Denmark – Betina Faurbye
Dominican Republic – Mía Taveras
Ecuador – Catalina "Katty" López
Egypt – [Fawzia Mohamed
El Salvador – Rebeca Iraheta
Estonia – Kirke Klemmer
Ethiopia – Dina Fekadu
Finland – Ninni Laaksonen
France – Alexandra Rosenfeld
Georgia – Ekaterine Buadze
Germany – Natalie Ackermann
Ghana – Angela Asare
Greece – Olympia Hopsonidou
Guatemala – Jackelinne Piccinini
Guyana – Alana Ernest
Hungary – Adrienn Bende
Iceland – Sif Aradóttir
India – Neha Kapur
Indonesia – Nadine Chandrawinata
Ireland – Melanie Boreham
Israel – Anastacia Entin
Jamaica – Cindy Wright
Japan – Kurara Chibana
Kazakhstan – Dina Nuraliyeva
Korea – Kim Joo-hee
Latvia – Sanita Kubliņa
Lebanon – Gabrielle Bou Rached
Malaysia – Melissa Ann Tan
Mauritius – Isabelle Antoo
Mexico – Priscila Perales
Namibia – Anna Nashandi
New Zealand – Elizabeth Gray
Nicaragua – Cristiana Frixione
Nigeria – Tienepre Oki
Northern Marianas – Shequita Bennett
Norway – Martine Jonassen
Panama – María Alessandra Mezquita
Paraguay – Lourdes Arévalos
Peru – Fiorella Viñas
Philippines – Lia Ramos
Poland – Francys Sudnicka
Puerto Rico – Zuleyka Rivera
Russia – Anna Litvinova †
Serbia and Montenegro[a] – Nada Milinić
Singapore – Carol Cheong
Slovak Republic – Judita Hrubyová
Slovenia – Nataša Pinoza
South Africa – Thuli Sithole
Spain – Elisabeth Reyes
Sri Lanka – Jacqueline Fernandez
Saint Lucia – Sascha Andrew-Rose
Saint Martin – Gisella Hilliman
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Shivern Peters
Sweden – Josephine Alhanko
Switzerland – Lauriane Gilliéron
Thailand – Charm Osathanond
Trinidad and Tobago – Kenisha Thom
Turkey – Ceyla Kirazlı
Turks and Caicos – Shaveena Been
Ukraine – Inna Tsymbalyuk
United Kingdom – Julie Doherty
Uruguay – Fatimih Dávila †
United States – Tara Conner
US Virgin Islands – JeT'aime Cerge
Venezuela – Jictzad Viña
Zambia – Mofya Chisenga †
- ^ The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro had dissolved over a month prior to the pageant, on 3 June 2006, with Serbia and Montenegro becoming independent countries; but they still competed as a united country.
Judges
Final telecast
The following celebrities judged the final competition.
- James Lesure[1] – Actor from NBC's Las Vegas
- Claudia Jordan[1] – Model for Deal or No Deal; former Miss Rhode Island USA (1997) and Miss Rhode Island Teen USA (1990)
- Sean Yazbeck[1] – Winner of season 5 of The Apprentice
- Amelia Vega[1] – Miss Universe 2003 from Dominican Republic
- Emmitt Smith[1] – Former Dallas Cowboys player and Dancing with the Stars winner
- Marc Cherry[1] – American writer and producer
- Tom Green[1] – Actor and comedian
- María Celeste Arrarás – Telemundo host[citation needed]
- Patrick McMullan[1] – Fashion photographer
- Bridgette Wilson[1] – Miss Teen USA 1990 from Oregon
- Santino Rice[1] – Project Runway finalist
Note: Actress Bo Derek was scheduled to be a judge but was later replaced.[citation needed]
Notes
Debuts
Returns
Last competed in 1977:
Last competed in 1997:
Last competed in 2000:
Last competed in 2002:
Last competed in 2003:
- Argentina
- New Zealand
Last competed in 2004:
- Cayman Islands
- Estonia
- Ghana
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Sweden
Withdrawals
Awards
- Ghana - Miss Congeniality (Angela Asare)
- Philippines - Miss Photogenic (Lia Andrea Ramos)
- Japan - Best National Costume (Kurara Chibana)
General references
- West, Donald (ed.). "Miss Universe 2006". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012.
References
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j "Miss Universe 2006 Pageant - 2005". Hollywood.com. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
External links
- Miss Universe official website
- "New Miss Universe hails from Puerto Rico". The Seattle Times. Associated Press. 24 July 2006. Archived from the original on 10 August 2006. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
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