Miss Universe Malta 2016 was held on August 26’ 2016. There were a total of 24 stunning contestants who vied for the title this year. The grand slam pageant of Miss Universe Malta 2016 concluded with the crowning of Martha Fenech as the Miss Universe Malta 2016 winner. In addition to winning the crown and the opportunity to represent Malta at the Miss Universe pageant in January 2017 at Philippines, Martha Fenech will also enjoy a whole year of incredible activities and appearances on local television, magazines and newspapers. Martha Fenech will be the first representative of Malta to Miss Universe after 2001.
The national finale of Miss Universe Malta 2016 was held at Hilton Malta Conference Centre and was organised by Glow Promotions. The 24 finalists of Miss Universe Malta 2016 were –
Naomi Dingli
Nirvana Avellino
Christine Mifsud
Mirabelle Sultana
Nicola Grixti
Lourdes Calleja
Melissa Borg
Maria Victoria Mucat
Sara Abela
Jeanelle Camilleri
Andr Ionita
Laura Grech
Clara Cachia
Natalia Galea
Letizia Genovese
Jeanette Cherrett
Martine Vella
Martha Fenech
CJ Baldacchino
Dajana Laketic
Maxine Scerri
Oriana Zampa
Yanica Xuereb and
Francesca Mifsud
Miss Universe Malta is an annual national beauty pageant that selects representatives for the Miss Universe pageant. Established in the year 2016, the Miss Universe Malta pageant is organised by Glow Promotions. Before the Miss Universe Malta pageant, the representatives for Miss Universe were selected from the Miss Malta pageant.
Malta competed at the Miss Universe pageant from the year 1968 to 2001. Rosalie Theuma was the last Maltese representative to compete at Miss Universe. On March 30’ 2016, the franchise of Miss Universe was taken away from the Miss Malta Organisation, and in April 2016 Alan J. Darmanin and Jeff Francalanza from Glow Promotions took the Miss Universe license to send Maltese representatives to the international pageant.
