Miss Universe 2016 Iris Mittenaere of France will pass her crown to her successor on November 26, 2017 at The AXIS at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. It is the 66th edition of the international beauty pageant currently owned by William Morris Endeavor (WME) / International Management Group (IMG).
There are 92 women competing for the Miss Universe 2017 crown. Twenty-five of them are from Europe.
- Miss Albania Blerta Leka
- Miss Austria Celine Schrenk
- Miss Belgium Liesbeth Claus
- Miss Bulgaria Nikoleta Todorova
- Miss Croatia Shanaelle Petty
- Miss Czech Republic Michaela Habanova
- Miss Finland Michael Soderholm
- Miss France Alicia Aylies
- Miss Germany Sophia Koch
- Miss Great Britain Anna Burdzy
- Miss Iceland Arna Yr Jonsdottir
- Miss Ireland Cailin Toibin
- Miss Italy Maria Polverino
- Miss Malta Tiffany Pisani
- Miss Netherlands Nicky Opheij
- Miss Norway Kaja Kojan
- Miss Poland Katarzyna Wlodarek
- Miss Portugal Matilde Lima
- Miss Romania Ioana Mihalache
- Miss Russia Ksenia Alexandrova
- Miss Slovakia Vanessa Bottanova
- Miss Slovenia Emina Ekic
- Miss Spain Sofia del Prado
- Miss Sweden Frida Fornander
- Miss Ukraine Yana Krasnikova
Mittenaere is the second woman from France to win Miss Universe. The first one was Christiane Martel, who was crowned in 1953.
The country with the most Miss Universe crowns is the United States with eight followed by Venezuela with seven and Puerto Rico with five. Both the Philippines and Sweden have three.
Like France, Finland also has two Miss Universe crowns. Colombia, Mexico, Japan, Canada, Australia, India, Trinidad and Tobago, Thailand and Brazil have two crowns each, as well.
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