Miss Universe 2019, the 68th edition of the Miss Universe, was held on 8th December 2019 at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Ninety beautiful ladies from around the globe represented their respective countries to win the coveted crown.
At the end of the event finale, Catriona Gray Miss Universe 2018 crowned Zozibini Tunzi of South Africa as Miss Universe 2019. For South Africa, it was a sandwich win as Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters also won the crown for her country in 2017.
The 68th edition also debuted its new crown made by luxury jeweler Mouawad. Steve Harvey hosted the competition for the fifth consecutive year to host the event that will be broadcasted on Fox TV and Telemundo (in Spanish).
The newly crowned Miss Universe 2019 Zozibini Tunzi’s court included Madison Sara Anderson Berríos Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2019 as the first runner-up and Sofía Montserrat Aragón Torres Miss Universe Mexico 2019 as the second runner-up.
Apart from the winner and her court, Top 5 included Gabriela Tafur Náder Miss Universe Colombia 2019, Paweensuda Drouin (Fahsai Paweensuda) Miss Universe Thailand 2019 while Top 10 also included Maëva Coucke Miss Universe France 2019, Birta Abiba Þórhallsdóttir Miss Universe Iceland 2019, Frederika Alexis Cull Miss Universe Indonesia 2019, Kelin Poldy Rivera Kroll Miss Universe Peru 2019, Cheslie Kryst Miss Universe United States of America 2019.
Top 20 semfinalists for Miss Universe were selected as five each from three regions Asia Pacific & Africa, Europe and Americas and the remaining five were chosen from across the regions. Region-wise Top 20 were –
From Africa and Asia Pacific
Frederika Alexis Cull Miss Universe Indonesia 2019
Zozibini Tunzi Miss Universe South Africa 2019
Olutosin Itohan Araromi Miss Universe Nigeria 2019
Paweensuda Drouin (Fahsai Paweensuda) Miss Universe Thailand 2019
Hoàng Thi Thùy (Mia Hoang) Miss Universe Vietnam 2019
From Europe
Cindy Marina Miss Universe Albania 2019
Mia Rkman Miss Universe Croatia 2019
Maëva Coucke Miss Universe France 2019
Birta Abiba Þórhallsdóttir Miss Universe Iceland 2019
Sylvie Da Costa Silva Miss Universe Portugal 2019
From America
Clauvid Dály Cabrera Miss Universe Dominican Republic 2019
Sofía Montserrat Aragón Torres Miss Universe Mexico 2019
Kelin Poldy Rivera Kroll Miss Universe Peru 2019
Madison Sara Anderson Berríos Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2019
Cheslie Kryst Miss Universe United States of America 2019
Online Voting
Júlia do Vale Horta Miss Universe Brazil 2019
Gabriela Tafur Náder Miss Universe Colombia 2019
Vartika Singh Miss Universe India 2019
Gazini Christiana Jordi Ganados Miss Universe Philippines 2019
Lulyana Thalía Olvino Torres Miss Universe Venezuela 2019
A number of special awards were also handed out at the finale; Best National Costume was presented to Philippines’ Gazini Christiana Ganados while Miss Congeniality was presented to Poland’s Olga Bulawa.
The contestants who competed for Miss Universe 2019 were Cindy Marina Miss Universe Albania 2019, Salett Natalia Martins Miguel Miss Universe Angola 2019, Mariana Jesica Varela Miss Universe Argentina 2019, Dayana Davtyan Miss Universe Armenia 2019, Danna García Miss Universe Aruba 2019, Priya Olivia Serrao Miss Universe Australia 2019, Tarea Bianca Sturrup Miss Universe Bahamas 2019, Shirin Akter Shela Miss Universe Bangladesh 2019, Shanel Marie Ifill Miss Universe Barbados 2019, Angeline Flor Pua Miss Universe Belgium 2019, Destinee Dominique Arnold Miss Universe Belize 2019, Fabiana Hurtado Tarrazona Miss Universe Bolivia 2019, Júlia Horta Miss Universe Brazil 2019, Bria Ashley Smith Miss Universe British Virgin Islands 2019, Lora Asenova Miss Universe Bulgaria 2019, Somnang Alyna Miss Universe Cambodia 2019, Alyssa Boston Miss Universe Canada 2019, Kadejah Bodden Miss Universe Cayman Islands 2019, Geraldine González Martínez Miss Universe Chile 2019, Rosie Zhu Xin Miss Universe China 2019, Gabriela Tafur Náder Miss Universe Colombia 2019, Paola Chacón Fuentes Miss Universe Costa Rica 2019, Mia Rkman Miss Universe Croatia 2019, Kyrsha Attaf Miss Universe Curacao 2019, Barbora Hodacová Miss Universe Czech Republic 2019, Katja Stokholm Miss Universe Denmark 2019, Clauvid Dály Cabrera Miss Universe Dominican Republic 2019, Cristina Hidalgo Berry Miss Universe Ecuador 2019, Diana Hamed Miss Universe Egypt 2019, Zuleika Soler Aragón Miss Universe El Salvador 2019, Serafina Nchama Eyene Miss Universe Equatorial Guinea 2019, Anni Harjunpää Miss Universe Finland 2019, Maëva Coucke Miss Universe France 2019, Tako Adamia Miss Universe Georgia 2019, Miriam Rautert Miss Universe Germany 2019, Emma Victoria Jenkins Miss Universe Great Britain 2019, Sissie Luo Miss Universe Guam 2019, Gabriela Clesca Vallejo Miss Universe Haiti 2019, Rosemary Arauz Miss Universe Honduras 2019, Birta Abiba Þórhallsdóttir Miss Universe Iceland 2019, Vartika Singh Miss Universe India 2019, Frederika Alexis Cull Miss Universe Indonesia 2019, Fionnghuala O'Reilly Miss Universe Ireland 2019, Sella Sharlin Miss Universe Israel 2019, Sofia Marilù Trimarco Miss Universe Italy 2019, Iana Tickle Garcia Miss Universe Jamaica 2019, Ako Kamo Miss Universe Japan 2019, Alfïya Ersaiyn Miss Universe Kazakhstan 2019, Stacy Michuki Miss Universe Kenya 2019, Lee Yeon Ju Miss Universe South Korea 2019, Fatbardha Hoxha Miss Universe Kosovo 2019, Vichitta Phonevilay Miss Universe Laos 2019, Paulita Baltrušaityte Miss Universe Lithuania 2019, Shweta Sekhon Miss Universe Malaysia 2019, Teresa Ruglio Sánchez Miss Universe Malta 2019, Ornella Lafleche Miss Universe Mauritius 2019, Sofía Aragón Miss Universe Mexico 2019, Gunzaya Bat-Erdene Miss Universe Mongolia 2019, Swe Zin Htet Miss Universe Myanmar 2019, Nadja Breytenbach Miss Universe Namibia 2019, Pradeepta Adhikari Miss Universe Nepal 2019, Sharon Pieksma Miss Universe Netherlands 2019, Diamond Langi Miss Universe New Zealand 2019, Inéss López Sevilla Miss Universe Nicaragua 2019, Olutosin Itohan Araromi Miss Universe Nigeria 2019, Helene Abildsnes Miss Universe Norway 2019, Mehr Eliezer Miss Universe Panama 2019, Ketlin Lottermann Miss Universe Paraguay 2019, Kelin Rivera Kroll Miss Universe Peru 2019, Gazini Christiana Ganados Miss Universe Philippines 2019,Olga Bulawa Miss Universe Poland 2019, Sylvie Da Costa Silva Miss Universe Portugal 2019, Madison Anderson Berríos Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2019, Dorina Chihaia Miss Universe Romania 2019, Bebiana Mangal Miss Universe Saint Lucia 2019, Marie Esther Bangura Miss Universe Sierra Leone 2019, Mohana Prabha Miss Universe Singapore 2019, Laura Longauerová Miss Universe Slovakia 2019, Zozibini Tunzi Miss Universe South Africa 2019, Natalie Ortega Miss Universe Spain 2019, Lina Ljungberg Miss Universe Sweden 2019, Shubila Stanton Miss Universe Tanzania 2019, Paweensuda Drouin Miss Universe Thailand 2019, Bilgi Aydogmus Miss Universe Turkey 2019, Anastasiia Subbota Miss Universe Ukraine 2019, Cheslie Kryst Miss Universe United States of America 2019, Andrea Piecuch Miss Universe United States Virgin Islands 2019, Fiona Tenuta Vanerio Miss Universe Uruguay 2019, Thalía Olvino Torres Miss Universe Venezuela 2019, Hoàng Thi Thùy Miss Universe Vietnam 2019.