Miss Universe 2015, the 64th edition of Miss Universe, was held on 20th December 2015 at The AXIS in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Pia Wurtzbach of the Philippines was crowned the new queen by her predecessor Paulina Vega of Colombia at the end of the event finale. This was the most controversial crowning moment of Miss Universe pageant as Colombia, the first runner-up, was mistakenly announced the Miss Universe winner by the host Steve Harvey.
Philippines won the Miss Universe crown after 42 years, after Margarita Moran in 1973. 80 contestants competed for the crown. This was the first edition of the Miss Universe pageant to be held under the ownership of WME/IMG, which purchased the Miss Universe Organization from Donald Trump in 2015. Consequently, it is also the first edition of Miss Universe to be aired by Fox and Azteca.
Ariadna Gutiérrez of Colombia and Olivia Jordan of USA were adjudged first and second runners-up respectively. Top 5 also included Monika Radulovic of Australia and Flora Coquerel of France while Top 10 also included Kanisha Sluis of Curacao, Clarissa Molina of Dominican Republic, Ariana Miyamoto of Japan, Aniporn Chalermburanawong of Thailand and Mariana Jimenez of Venezuela.
Top 15 also included Annelies Törös of Belgium, Marthina Brandt of Brazil, Anindya Kusuma Putri of Indonesia, Wendolly Esparza of Mexico and Refilwe Mthimunye of South Africa.
The contestants who competed at Miss Universe 2015 were –
Megi Luka representing Albania
Whitney Shikongo representing Angola
Claudia Barrionuevo representing Argentina
Alysha Boekhoudt representing Aruba
Monika Radulovic representing Australia
Amina Dagi representing Austria
Toria Nichole representing Bahamas
Annelies Törös representing Belgium
Romina Rocamonje representing Bolivia
Marthina Brandt representing Brazil
Adorya Rocio Baly representing British Virgin Islands
Radostina Todorova representing Bulgaria
Paola Nunez representing Canada
Tonie Chisholm representing Cayman Islands
María Belén Jerez representing Chile
Xue Yunfang representing China
Ariadna Gutiérrez representing Colombia
Brenda Castro representing Costa Rica
Mirta Kuštan representing Croatia
Kanisha Sluis representing Curaçao
Nikol Švantnerová representing Czech Republic
Cecilie Wellemberg representing Denmark
Clarissa Molina representing Dominican Republic
Francesca Cipriani representing Ecuador
Idubina Rivas representing El Salvador
Rosa-Maria Ryyti representing Finland
Flora Coquerel representing France
Ornella Obone representing Gabon
Janet Kerdikoshvili representing Georgia
Sarah-Lorraine Riek representing Germany
Hilda Akua representing Ghana
Nena France representing Great Britain
Mikaela-Eleni Fotiadi representing Greece
Jeimmy Aburto representing Guatemala
Shauna Ramdyhan representing Guyana
Lisa Drouillard representing Haiti
Iroshka Elvir representing Honduras
Nikoletta Nagy representing Hungary
Urvashi Rautela representing India
Anindya Kusuma Putri representing Indonesia
Joanna Cooper representing Ireland
Avigail Alfatov representing Israel
Giada Pezzaioli representing Italy
Sharlene Rädlein representing Jamaica
Ariana Miyamoto representing Japan
Seoyeon Kim representing South Korea
Mirjeta Shala representing Kosovo
Cynthia Samuel representing Lebanon
Vanessa Tevi Kumares representing Malaysia
Sheetal Khadun representing Mauritius
Wendolly Esparza representing Mexico
Maja Cukic representing Montenegro
May Barani Thaw representing Myanmar
Jessie Jazz Vuijk representing Netherlands
Samantha McClung representing New Zealand
Daniela Torres representing Nicaragua
Debbie Collins representing Nigeria
Martine Rødseth representing Norway
Gladys Brandao Amaya representing Panama
Myriam Arévalos representing Paraguay
Laura Spoya representing Peru
Pia Wurtzbach representing Philippines
Weronika Szmajdzinska representing Poland
Emília Araújo representing Portugal
Catalina Morales representing Puerto Rico
Vladislava Evtushenko representing Russia
Daša Radosavljevic representing Serbia
Lisa Marie White representing Singapore
Denisa Vyšnovská representing Slovakia
Refilwe Mthimunye representing South Africa
Carla García representing Spain
Paulina Brodd representing Sweden
Lorraine Marriot representing Tanzania
Aniporn Chalermburanawong representing Thailand
Asli Melisa Uzun representing Turkey
Anna Vergelskaya representing Ukraine
Bianca Sánchez representing Uruguay
Olivia Jordan representing USA
Mariana Jiménez representing Venezuela
Pham Huong representing Vietnam