Miss Universe 2014

Miss Universe 2014
Paulina Vega, Miss Universe 2014
Date	25 January 2015
Presenters	Thomas Roberts Natalie Morales Jeannie Mai Shandi Finnessey Ariella Arida
Entertainment	Prince Royce Nick Jonas Gavin DeGraw
Venue	FIU Arena, Miami, Florida, United States
Broadcaster	NBC (WTVJ) Telemundo (WSCV)
Entrants	88
Placements	15
Withdrawals	Azerbaijan Botswana Denmark Estonia Namibia Romania Vietnam
Returns	Albania Egypt Georgia Ireland Kenya Kosovo Portugal St. Lucia Uruguay
Winner	Paulina Vega  Colombia
Congeniality	Queen Celestine  Nigeria
Best National Costume	Elvira Devinamira  Indonesia
Photogenic	Gabriela Berrios  Puerto Rico
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Miss Universe 2014, the 63rd Miss Universe pageant, was held on 25 January 2015 at the FIU Arena at the Florida, United States. Gabriela Isler of Venezuela crowned her successor Paulina Vega of Colombia at the end of the event. This is the second time that Colombia has won the title.

88 contestants competed in this year with a new crown manufactured by Diamonds International Corporation the newest official jewelry sponsor of the Miss Universe Organization. This was the last Miss Universe to be aired on NBC and the last edition that Donald Trump had been the owner. Due a change of the format of the pageant, this was the first time that the telecast had 3 hours instead of 2.

Results

Placements

Order of announcements

Contestants

FIU Arena, Miami, Florida, United States the venue for Miss Universe 2014.

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss Universe 2014

88 contestants competed for the title of Miss Universe 2014:^[1]

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age	Hometown
Albania	Zhaneta Byberi	19	Tirana
Angola	Zuleica Wilson	21	Cabinda
Argentina	Valentina Ferrer	22	Córdoba
Aruba	Digene Zimmerman	21	Oranjestad
Australia	Tegan Martin	23	Newcastle
Austria	Julia Furdea	20	Vienna
Bahamas	Tomii Culmer	24	Nassau
Belgium	Anissa Blondin	22	Brussels
Bolivia	Claudia Tavel	25	Santa Cruz
Brazil	Melissa Gurgel	20	Fortaleza
British Virgin Islands	Jaynene Jno Lewis	26	Tortola
Bulgaria	Kristina Georgieva	23	Sofia
Canada	Chanel Beckenlehner	27	Caledon
Chile	Hellen Toncio	20	Santiago
China	Hu Yanliang	24	Beijing
Colombia	Paulina Vega	22	Barranquilla
Costa Rica	Karina Ramos	21	San José
Croatia	Ivana Mišura	26	Zagreb
Curaçao	Laurien Angelista	27	Willemstad
Czech Republic	Gabriela Franková	21	Prague
Dominican Republic	Kimberly Castillo	26	Higüey
Ecuador	Alejandra Argudo	22	Portoviejo
Egypt	Lara Debbane	21	Cairo
El Salvador	Patricia Murillo	22	San Salvador
Ethiopia	Hiwot Mamo	24	Addis Ababa
Finland	Bea Toivonen	22	Helsinki
France	Camille Cerf	20	Coulogne
Gabon	Maggaly Nguema	22	Libreville
Georgia	Ana Zubashvili	22	Tbilisi
Germany	Josefin Donat	21	Leipzig
Ghana	Abena Appiah	21	Accra
Great Britain	Grace Levy	25	London
Greece	Ismini Dafopoulou	26	Athens
Guam	Brittany Bell	27	Barrigada
Guatemala	Ana Luisa Montufar	21	Guatemala City
Guyana	Niketa Barker	24	Georgetown
Haiti	Christie Désir	25	Port-Au-Prince
Honduras	Gabriela Ordoñez	21	Comayagua
Hungary	Henrietta Kelemen	21	Budapest
India	Noyonita Lodh	21	Bangalore
Indonesia	Elvira Devinamira	21	Surabaya
Ireland	Lisa Madden	23	Cork
Israel	Doron Matalon	21	Beit Aryeh-Ofarim
Italy	Valentina Bonariva	25	Milan
Jamaica	Kaci Fennell	23	Kingston
Japan	Keiko Tsuji	21	Nagasaki
Kazakhstan	Aiday Issayeva	25	Almaty
Kenya	Gaylyne Ayugi	21	Nairobi
Korea	Yoo Ye-bin	22	Daegu
Kosovo	Artnesa Krasniqi	23	Pristina
Lebanon	Saly Greige	25	Bishmizzine
Lithuania	Patricija Belousova	19	Vilnius
Malaysia	Sabrina Beneett	24	Kuala Lumpur
Mauritius	Pallavi Gungaram	21	Vacoas-Phoenix
Mexico	Josselyn Garciglia	24	La Paz
Myanmar	Sharr Htut Eaindra	20	Yangon
Netherlands	Yasmin Verheijen	21	Amsterdam
New Zealand	Rachel Millns	24	Wellington
Nicaragua	Marline Barberena	27	Chichigalpa
Nigeria	Queen Celestine	22	Lagos
Norway	Elise Dalby	19	Hamar
Panama	Yomatzy Hazlewood	23	Panama City
Paraguay	Sally Jara	21	Asuncion
Peru	Jimena Espinoza	26	Lima
Philippines	Mary Jean Lastimosa[2]	27	Tulunan
Poland	Marcela Chmielowska	23	Warsaw
Portugal	Patrícia Da Silva	25	Lisbon
Puerto Rico	Gabriela Berrios	24	Toa Baja
Russia	Yulia Alipova	24	Balakovo
Serbia	Anđelka Tomašević	21	Zubin Potok
Singapore	Rathi Menon	24	Singapore
Slovak Republic	Silvia Prochádzková	23	Bratislava
Slovenia	Urška Bračko	21	Maribor
South Africa	Ziphozakhe Zokufa	23	Cape Town
Spain	Desirée Cordero	22	Seville
Sri Lanka	Avanti Marianne	25	Colombo
St. Lucia	Roxanne Didier-Nicholas	23	Castries
Sweden	Camilla Hansson	26	Stockholm
Switzerland	Zoé Metthez	21	Zurich
Tanzania	Nale Boniface	22	Dodoma
Thailand	Pimbongkod Chankaew	20	Bangkok
Trinidad and Tobago	Jevon King	26	Diego Martin
Turkey	Dilan Çiçek Deniz	20	Istanbul
Turks and Caicos	Shanice Williams	22	Grand Turk Island
Ukraine	Diana Harkusha	20	Kharkiv
Uruguay	Johana Riva	24	Montevideo
United States	Nia Sanchez	24	Las Vegas
Venezuela	Migbelis Castellanos	19	Cabimas

Designations

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•  Ethiopia – Hiwot Mamo was appointed as Miss Universe Ethiopia 2014. She was the 1st runner-up in the Miss World Ethiopia 2014 pageant.
•  Greece – Ismini Dafopoulou was appointed as Miss Universe Greece 2014 after a casting call took place.
•  Haiti – Christie Desir was appointed to represent Haiti by Magali Febles, national director of Miss Universe in Haiti.
•  Poland – Marcela Chmielowska was appointed as Miss Universe Poland 2014, due to the rescheduling of the Miss Polonia 2014 pageant to December 2014. She was 2nd runner-up in the Miss Polonia 2011 pageant.
•   Switzerland – Zoé Metthez was appointed as Miss Universe Switzerland 2014 by François Matthey, national director of Miss Universe in Switzerland.

Replacements

•  Belgium – Laurence Langen was replaced by her 1st runner-up, Anissa Blondin, due to problems with the Miss Belgium Organization.^{[citation needed]}
•  China – Nora Xu resigned her title, preferring to continue with her studies instead of competing in the pageant. She was replaced by Yanliang Hu.^{[citation needed]}
•  France – Camille Cerf (Miss France 2015) replaced Flora Coquerel (Miss France 2014) after Miss France decided to send Coquerel only to Miss World 2014, due to scheduling conflicts between the two pageants. Coquerel competed at Miss Universe the following year in 2015. Cerf was crowned Miss France 2015 one month prior to Miss Universe 2014.^{[citation needed]}
•  Serbia – Anđelka Tomašević replaced Arnela Zeković, who resigned due to personal reasons.^{[citation needed]}
•  South Africa – Rolene Strauss was crowned Miss South Africa 2014, but after she was crowned Miss World 2014, she was ineligible to compete for Miss Universe 2014.^{[citation needed]}Ziphozakhe Zokufa the 1st runner-up, replaced Strauss as the representative for South Africa.
•  Tanzania – Carolyne Bernard resigned from the competition after fracturing her feet in a car accident, and was replaced by 1st runner-up Nale Boniface.^{[citation needed]}
•  Thailand – Weluree Ditsayabut was to represent Thailand in Miss Universe 2014, but resigned her Miss Universe Thailand 2014 title on 9 June 2014, after calling for supporters of the Prime Minister of Thailand to be executed. 1st Runner-up Pimbongkod Chankaew replaced her to represent Thailand in the Miss Universe 2014 pageant.^{[citation needed]}
•  Ukraine – Anna Andres resigned her title due to personal reasons. 2nd Runner-up Diana Harkusha was selected to represent Ukraine at the Miss Universe pageant, and finished as 2nd runner-up.^{[citation needed]}

Judges

Preliminary competition

• Lloyd Boston – Fashion guru, TV host and regular correspondent on NBC's The Today Show and CBS's The Insider^[3]
• Azucena Cierco – Latina actress, TV host and special correspondent at Telemundo, particularly her hosting stint at Un Nuevo Dia^[4]
• Jeneine Doucette-White – New York bureau manager at Access Hollywood^[5]
• Michelle McLean – Miss Universe 1992 from Namibia
• Jimmy Nguyen – Prominent entertainment and digital media lawyer, diversity advocate, blogger and technology adviser^[6]
• Corinne Nicolas – President of Trump Models Modelling Agency^[7]
• Tyler Tixier – Part of the sales team of Delta Air Lines, dubbed as the World's Best Airline^[8]

Final telecast

• Kristin Cavallari – American actress, TV personality, fashion designer^[9]
• William Levy – Cuban American model and actor, previously named People en Español's Sexiest Man Alive^[9]
• Manny Pacquiao – Filipino world champion professional boxer, Fighter of the Decade^[9][2]
• Louise Roe – English TV presenter, fashion journalist, host of MTV International's "Plain Jane", STAR World Asia's "Fit for Fashion"^[9]
• Lisa Vanderpump – Reality star of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills^[9]
• Emilio Estefan – musician and producer^{[citation needed]}
• DeSean Jackson – Washington Redskins wide receiver^{[citation needed]}
• Nina Garcia – Creative Director of Marie Claire Magazine, Project Runway judge, and fashion industry expert^{[citation needed]}
• Rob Dyrdek – Entrepreneur^{[citation needed]}
• Giancarlo Stanton – Miami Marlins right fielder^{[citation needed]}

Notes

Returns

Withdrawals

•  US Virgin Islands – On 2 January, Miss US Virgin Islands 2014, Angela Gabriel was set to fly to Florida for the pageant, but she suffered an arm injury, and did not compete at the pageant.^{[citation needed]}
•  Vietnam – No national pageant was held due to lack of sponsorship. Nguyễn Lâm Diễm Trang, the 2nd Runner-up of Miss Vietnam 2014 was appointed to represent Vietnam at competition but withdrew at the last minute due to lack of time to prepare for the pageant. The next edition of Miss Universe Vietnam will be held in 2015.^{[citation needed]}

Controversy

Negotiations between Ceará State Secretary of Tourism, Brazil, and Miss Universe Organization started in late September 2013, when MUO directors traveled to Fortaleza to start dialogues and arrangement of pageant activities in the city. On 11 January 2014, Bismarck Maia, State Secretary of Tourism, announced the latest development to Fortaleza's market leading newspaper, Diário do Nordeste, confirming that the event would be held at Centro de Eventos do Ceará, in Ceará's capital.^[10]

On 27 March 2014, Annette Cammer, national licenses director of the Miss Universe Organization, answered via an e-mail conversation to a question by a national directive that the 2014 Miss Universe pageant would not be held in Ceará's capital as promised and announced by local authorities.^[11] Fortaleza's bid was officially retired on 20 May, and four other Brazilian cities – Rio de Janeiro, Ribeirão Preto, Porto Alegre and Manaus were being considered by MUO as a replacement.^[12]

On 22 August 2014, Donald Trump posted to Twitter that Miami and other cities were "fighting hard to host the Miss Universe pageant" and that an announcement would be made soon; specifically mentioning the city of Miami prompted many pageant watchers to believe that the pageant was headed for the Floridian city for the first time since 1997.^[13] On 9 September 2014, Puerto Rican newspaper, El Nuevo Dia, and Venezuelan newspaper, El Nacional, each printed an article that said that the contestants would be staying at a Trump-owned hotel in Miami; further fueling rumors that the pageant would be held in Miami in December.^[14][15]

On 12 September 2014, Luigi Boria, mayor of Doral, Florida, announced via Twitter that the pageant was going to take place in Doral on 18 January 2015, leading to some controversy among pageant fans.^[16][17] This was confirmed in late September. Because the pageant slipped into 2015, 2014 was the first year in the Miss Universe history where the pageant hasn't been celebrated during a Julian calendar year, however, the pageant was still known as the 2014 pageant.

General references

• "Miss Universe Contestants: 2014". missuniverse.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2014.

References