The 69th Miss Universe has begun and all the contestants have arrived at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, USA, beginning their journey to the big night of coronation on 16th May 2021 where the stunning queens from all over the world will represent their countries and compete for the coveted crown. Miss Universe 2019 Zozibini Tunzi from South Africa will crown her successor at the end of the grand coronation event.

With just a week away from the big night, the divas have started with the pageant activities including the photoshoots and interviews. Among these photoshoots happened the makeup sponsor shoot for which five queens were chosen similarly like last year’s shoot. In 2019, the five chosen queens were Croatia, Indonesia, Kenya, France and Colombia.

For this year’s shoot,  the chosen queens for the makeup sponsor shoot were, Iceland’s Elisabet Hulda, Puerto Rico’s Estefania Soto, South Africa’s Natasha Joubert, Philippine’s Rabiya Mateo and Uruguay’s Lola Santos Bicco. With pageant followers and fans anticipating their favorites for the Top 20 finalists, it is interesting to note that out of the last year’s five chosen queens, four made it to the Top 20, Croatia’s Mia Rkman, Indonesia’s Frederika Alexis Cull, France’s Maëva Coucke and Colombia’s Gabriela Tafur Náder.

Now with this year’s batch boasting of amazing talent and strong queens, it is hard to predict the finalists as all of the queens stand out exceptionally, but will the history repeat on the finale night, will this year’s sponsor shoot’s chosen queens make it to the Top 20 too ? Let us have a look at these five queens and their journeys so far –

Miss Universe Iceland 2020 Elísabet Hulda Snorradottir

Hailing from Reykjavik, Elisabet’s sincerity and dedication are her winning quotients at the pageant. She is fluent in languages such as English, Icelandic, Korean, and Japanese and is also learning Mandarin and Thai. Elisabet is advocates for learning from each other as global citizens. She is enthusiatic about learning about different cultures. She works with “Tolum Saman”, a program which teaches and aids in the learning of Icelandic language to immigrants. Iceland is yet to pioneer its win at Miss Universe, but with a strong delegate like Elisabet the country’s chances seem to have hiked.

Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2020 Estefania Soto Torres

Hailing from Caguas, Estefania is determined to represent her country and people on the platform with great potential. The diva is confident, strong, and focused towards performing her best at Miss Universe 2020 and has been taking makeup and self-styling lessons, practicing her runway walk and training on how to answer the judges’ questions. She is all set to represent Puerto Rico at Miss Universe 2020 and with her strong, confident, and focus towards goal, she is one of the strongest contenders and favorite for the title.

Miss Universe South Africa 2020 Natasha Joubert

Fueled with the light of the women who came before her, Natasha is all set to win two straight victories for her country at Miss Universe 2020 as she is dedicated towards the crown with her absolute confidence and sincerity. Natasha definitely has to reach a bar set pretty high as she succeeds none other than Miss Universe 2019, Zozibini Tunzi of South Africa.

Miss Universe Philippines 2020 Rabiya Mateo

Coming out as one of the most supported queens, Rabiya is definitely one of the strongest contenders at Miss Universe 2020. She is being looked upon by her fans from all over the world to create a sandwich win at the competition. In 2018, Catriona took home the crown with her stellar performance. Then in 2019, Zozibini Tunzi of South Africa took home the Miss Universe crown, now if Rabiya is able to make it to the top, she will be bringing a sandwich win home.

Miss Universe Uruguay 2020 Lola de los Santos Biccò

A proud member of the LGBTQ+ community, Lola is another strong contender who will be expected as the finalists. She also mentioned that representing her country and the Uruguayan women fills her with pride and she aims to do so at the international platform. The diva is strong, confident, and determined towards performing her best at the competition and making the people of Uruguay proud.