Miss Universe 1997
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Miss Universe 1997 was the 46th Miss Universe pageant, held on 16 May 1997 at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Brook Lee of the United States was crowned by Alicia Machado of Venezuela at the end of the event. Seventy-four delegates competed in this year.[1] This is the first Miss Universe edition to be produced by Donald Trump.[2]
Background
Selection of participants
Replacements
The winner of Miss Universo Chile 1997, Hetu'u Rapu from Easter Island was replaced by her 1st runner-up, Claudia Delpín because Hetu'u did not meet the age requirement of eighteen to take part at Miss Universe 1997 by seventeen days.[3][4] The winner of Miss Deutschland 1997, Nadine Schmidt elected not to participate at Miss Universe 1997, and she was replaced by her 3rd runner-up, Agathe Neunen because the other runners-up did not meet the age requirement of 18 to take part at Miss Universe. However, Schmidt later participated at Miss Baltic Sea 1997 and won the crown. Miss Russia 1996, Alexandra Petrova couldn't participate because she was underage at the time, however she attended the contest in Miami as a guest with Russian Organizers. Miss Slovakia 1996, Vladimíra Hreňovčíková elected in November 1996 also couldn't attend the pageant due underage, an emergency Miss Slovakia 1997 pageant was held in April and won by Lucia Povrazníková; however Vladimíra went next year to Miss Universe 1998 where she won Miss Photogenic award. Miss Ukraine 1996, Natalya Shvachko was going to participate in this contest, but however she obtained a Lucrative Modeling Contract with Ford Models in New York in the spring of 1997. and gave up from participating at MU 1997, being replaced by veteran pageant Natalia Nadtochiy due to the realization of the Miss Ukraine 1997 contest in the first week of May 1997; She finally went to Miss Universe 3 years later. Miss Israel 1997, Mirit Greenberg couldn't participate because she was underage and went only to Miss World 1997. Miss Ireland 1996, Niamh Redmond was replaced by her second runner up - Fiona Mullally to Miss Universe 1997, due her poor performance at Miss World 1996 by Irish Organizers.
Debuts, returns, and withdrawals
Miss Nicaragua 1996, Luz Maria Sanchez Herdocia did not participate because the television station that ran Miss Nicaragua (Canal 6) declared bankruptcy in April, and therefore they couldn't pay the entry fee.[5] Maryjane McKibben of Western Samoa dropped out of the pageant after two days, she later won the Miss South Pacific Pageant 1997. Miss Great Britain 1996-1997, Elizabeth (Liz) Angela Fuller nor could she attend the MU 1997, because the British national contest was held in Mexico in 1996, and by then, rules of the Miss Universe contest forbade holding national competitions outside the participant country and the organizers were admonished, forcing Liz not to participate in Miami. Miss Norway 1996-1997, Eva Sjoholt did not participate due to her studies of Criminology and the lack of funds and sponsorship. Leoni Boon of Netherlands and Mette Ravn Ibsen of Denmark also had to withdraw from the contest due to lack of money and sponsorship and both competed in Miss Europe 1997 instead, making the first absence of Netherlands in the Miss Universe after 40 years competing. For the second time, Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 1996-1997, Emma Komlosy could not participate at the Miss Universe 1997 due to the lack of money and sponsors and their national contest was not held until 1998. Charlemagne Cassidy of Cook Islands only went to Miss South Pacific Pageant 1997 due lack of funds. Miss Universe Zambia 1997, Kusobile Kamwambi Nor went also to MU 1997 in Miami because her organization did not get the funds and money to compete, in addition to not paying her the promised awards by winning the title. Katia Brisson of Haiti didn't participate due to undisclosed reasons. The Puteri Indonesia 1997 pageant was cancelled due to re-ban of beauty contests in Indonesia in late May 1996 by the Suharto Government due to religious reasons, and whose ban was set up in 2000 after the political transition. Sri Lanka lost their licence for Miss Universe until 2005. Ghana & Cayman Islands didn't hold their national pageants until Summer-Fall 1997.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Results
Placements
| Placement | Contestant |
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| Miss Universe 1997 |
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| 1st Runner-Up | |
| 2nd Runner-Up |
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| Top 6 |
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| Top 10 |
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Contestants
Seventy-four contestants competed for the title.
| Country/Territory | Contestant | AgeTemplate:Efn | Hometown |
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| Script error: No such module "flag". | Nazarena Vanesa González | 22 | Buenos Aires |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Karen-Ann Peterson | 20 | Piedra Plat |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Laura Csortan | 20 | Brisbane |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Nestaea Sealy[6] | 18 | Nassau |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Laurence Borremans | 19 | Wavre |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Sharon Dominguez | 22 | Orange Walk |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Naomi Darrell | 20 | Warwick Parish |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Helga Bauer[7] | 19 | Santa Cruz dela Sierra |
| Template:BOE | Jhane-Louise Landwier | 18 | Kralendijk |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Nayla Micherif | 21 | Ubá |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Melinda Penn[8] | – | Tortola |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Krassmira Todorova | – | Varna |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Carmen Kempt | 18 | Red Deer |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Claudia Delpín | 18 | Iquique |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Claudia Elena Vásquez | 22 | Medellin |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Gabriela Aguilar | 19 | Santa Ana |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Kristina Cherina[9] | 18 | Split |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Verna Vasquez | 23 | Willemstad |
| File:Flag of Cyprus (1960–2006).svg Cyprus | Korina Nikolaou | 18 | Larnaca |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Petra Minářová | 19 | Prague |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Cesarina Mejía | 20 | Azua |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | María José López | 19 | Quito |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Eiman Abdallah Thakeb | – | Cairo |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Carmen Carrillo | 19 | San Salvador |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Kristiina Heinmets | 18 | Tallinn |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Karita Tuomola | 20 | Kuopio |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Patricia Spéhar | 21 | Paris |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Agathe Neuner[10] | 22 | Munich |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Elina Zisi | 21 | Athens |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Carol Aquino | 19 | Chiquimula |
| File:Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Honduras | Joselina García | 18 | La Ceiba |
| Template:Country data British Hong Kong | Lee San-san | 19 | Hong Kong |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Ildikó Kecan | 19 | Debrecen |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Solveig Lilja Guðmundsdóttir | 20 | Reykjavík |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Nafisa Joseph † | 19 | Bangalore |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Fiona Mullally | 24 | Limerick |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Dikla Hamdy | – | Beersheba |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Denny Méndez | 18 | Florence |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Nadine Julian Thomas[11] | 21 | Saint Catherine Parish |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Dalida Chammai | 23 | Beirut |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Trincy Low | 21 | George Town |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Claire Grech | 21 | San Ġwann |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Cindy Cesar | 20 | Central de Flacq |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Rebeca Tamez | 21 | Ciudad Victoria |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Sheya Shipanga | 22 | Windhoek |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Marina McCartney | 20 | Auckland |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Melanie Sibetang | 20 | Saipan |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Lía Borrero | 20 | Las Tablas |
| File:Flag of Paraguay (1990–2013).svg Paraguay | Rosanna Jiménez | – | Encarnación |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Claudia Maria Dopf[12] | 20 | Lima |
| File:Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Philippines | Abbygale Arenas | 22 | Angeles City |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Agnieszka Zielińska | 21 | Poznań |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Lara Antunes | 19 | Lisbon |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Ana Rosa Brito | 26 | San Juan |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Diana Maria Urdareanu | 20 | Timișoara |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Anna Baitchik | 20 | Saint Petersburg |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Tricia Tan | 24 | Singapore |
| Template:Flagicon Slovakia | Lucia Povrazníková | 18 | Banská Bystrica |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Mbali Gasa | 21 | Durban |
| File:Flag of South Korea (1949–1984).svg South Korea | Lee Eun-hee | 19 | Seoul |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Inés Sáinz Esteban | 21 | Bilbao |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Victoria Lagerström | 24 | Stockholm |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Melanie Winiger | 18 | Locarno |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Chio Hai Ta | 24 | Taichung |
| Template:Flagicon Thailand | Sueangsuda Lawanprasert[13] | 19 | Bangkok |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Margot Bourgeois | 24 | Arouca |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Yeşim Çetin | 20 | Istanbul |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Keisha Delancy | 23 | Grand Turk |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Natalia Nadtochiy | 21 | Kharkiv |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Brook Lee | 26 | Pearl City |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Vania Thomas | 27 | Charlotte Amalie |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Adriana Cano | 20 | Montevideo |
| File:Flag of Venezuela (1954–2006).svg Venezuela | Marena Bencomo | 23 | Valencia |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | Lorraine Magwenzi | 22 | Harare |
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Notes
References
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