Miss Universe 2014

Miss Universe 2014
Paulina Vega, Miss Universe 2014
(photographed in 2014)
Date 25 January 2015
Presenters
Entertainment
Venue FIU Arena, Miami, Florida, United States
Broadcaster
Entrants 88
Placements 15
Withdrawals
Returns
Winner Paulina Vega
 Colombia
Congeniality Queen Celestine
 Nigeria
Best National Costume Elvira Devinamira
 Indonesia
Photogenic Gabriela Berrios
 Puerto Rico

Miss Universe 2014, the 63rd Miss Universe pageant, was held on 25 January 2015 at the FIU Arena in Miami, Florida, United States. Gabriela Isler of Venezuela crowned her successor Paulina Vega of Colombia at the end of the event. 88 contestants competed in this year with a new crown manufactured by Diamonds International Corporation the newest official jewelry sponsor of the Miss Universe Organization. This was the last Miss Universe to be aired on NBC and the last edition that Donald Trump had been the owner.

Results

Placements

Final results Contestant
Miss Universe 2014
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
3rd Runner-Up
4th Runner-Up
Top 10
Top 15

Contestants

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss Universe 2014

88 contestants competed for the title of Miss Universe 2014:[1]

Country/TerritoryContestantAgeHeightHometown
Albania AlbaniaZhaneta Byberi195 ft 10 in (1.78 m)Tirana
Angola AngolaZuleica Wilson215 ft 8 in (1.73 m)Cabinda
Argentina ArgentinaValentina Ferrer235 ft 10 in (1.78 m)Córdoba
Aruba ArubaDigene Zimmerman215 ft 7 in (1.70 m)Oranjestad
Australia AustraliaTegan Martin235 ft 10 in (1.78 m)Newcastle
Austria AustriaJulia Furdea205 ft 7 in (1.70 m)Vienna
The Bahamas BahamasTomii Culmer245 ft 11 in (1.80 m)Nassau
Belgium BelgiumAnissa Blondin225 ft 7 in (1.70 m)Brussels
Bolivia BoliviaClaudia Tavel255 ft 8 in (1.73 m)Santa Cruz
Brazil BrazilMelissa Gurgel205 ft 5 in (1.65 m)Fortaleza
British Virgin Islands British Virgin IslandsJaynene Jno Lewis265 ft 7 in (1.70 m)Tortola
Bulgaria BulgariaKristina Georgieva235 ft 9 in (1.75 m)Sofia
Canada CanadaChanel Beckenlehner275 ft 8 in (1.73 m)Caledon
Chile ChileHellen Toncio205 ft 8 in (1.73 m)Santiago
China ChinaKaren Hu245 ft 11 in (1.80 m)Beijing
Colombia ColombiaPaulina Vega225 ft 9 in (1.75 m)Barranquilla
Costa Rica Costa RicaKarina Ramos215 ft 8 in (1.73 m)San José
Croatia CroatiaIvana Mišura265 ft 7 in (1.70 m)Zagreb
Curaçao CuraçaoLaurien Angelista275 ft 7 in (1.70 m)Willemstad
Czech Republic Czech RepublicGabriela Franková215 ft 7 in (1.70 m)Prague
Dominican Republic Dominican RepublicKimberly Castillo265 ft 10 in (1.78 m)Higüey
Ecuador EcuadorAlejandra Argudo225 ft 9 in (1.75 m)Portoviejo
Egypt EgyptLara Debbane215 ft 9 in (1.75 m)Cairo
El Salvador El SalvadorPatricia Murillo225 ft 6 in (1.68 m)San Salvador
Ethiopia EthiopiaHiwot Mamo245 ft 7 in (1.70 m)Addis Ababa
Finland FinlandBea Toivonen225 ft 10 in (1.78 m)Helsinki
France FranceCamille Cerf205 ft 11 in (1.80 m)Coulogne
Gabon GabonMaggaly Nguema225 ft 6 in (1.68 m)Libreville
Georgia (country) GeorgiaAna Zubashvili225 ft 9 in (1.75 m)Tbilisi
Germany GermanyJosefin Donat215 ft 6 in (1.68 m)Leipzig
Ghana GhanaAbena Appiah215 ft 9 in (1.75 m)Accra
United Kingdom Great BritainGrace Levy255 ft 11 in (1.80 m)London
Greece GreeceIsmini Dafopoulou265 ft 8 in (1.73 m)Athens
Guam GuamBrittany Bell275 ft 9 in (1.75 m)Barrigada
Guatemala GuatemalaAna Luisa Montufar215 ft 8 in (1.73 m)Guatemala City
Guyana GuyanaNiketa Barker245 ft 9 in (1.75 m)Georgetown
Haiti HaitiChristie Desir255 ft 10 in (1.78 m)Port-Au-Prince
Honduras HondurasGabriela Ordoñez215 ft 9 in (1.75 m)Comayagua
Hungary HungaryHenrietta Kalemen215 ft 7 in (1.70 m)Budapest
India IndiaNoyonita Lodh215 ft 6 in (1.68 m)Bangalore
Indonesia IndonesiaElvira Devinamira215 ft 9 in (1.75 m)Surabaya
Republic of Ireland IrelandLisa Madden235 ft 9 in (1.75 m)Cork
Israel IsraelDoron Matalon215 ft 9 in (1.75 m)Beit Aryeh-Ofarim
Italy ItalyValentina Bonariva255 ft 9 in (1.75 m)Milan
Jamaica JamaicaKaci Fennell235 ft 9 in (1.75 m)Kingston
Japan JapanKeiko Tsuji215 ft 6 in (1.68 m)Nagasaki
Kazakhstan KazakhstanAiday Issayeva255 ft 9 in (1.75 m)Almaty
Kenya KenyaGaylyne Ayugi215 ft 7 in (1.70 m)Nairobi
South Korea KoreaYoo Ye-bin225 ft 7.5 in (1.71 m)Daegu
Kosovo KosovoArtnesa Krasniqi235 ft 8 in (1.73 m)Pristina
Lebanon LebanonSaly Greige255 ft 7 in (1.70 m)Bishmizzine
Lithuania LithuaniaPatricija Belousova195 ft 5 in (1.65 m)Vilnius
Malaysia MalaysiaSabrina Beneett245 ft 10 in (1.78 m)Kuala Lumpur
Mauritius MauritiusPallavi Gungaram215 ft 6 in (1.68 m)Vacoas-Phoenix
Mexico MexicoJosselyn Garciglia245 ft 8 in (1.73 m)La Paz
Myanmar MyanmarSharr Htut Eaindra205 ft 7 in (1.70 m)Yangon
Netherlands NetherlandsYasmin Verheijen215 ft 11 in (1.80 m)Amsterdam
New Zealand New ZealandRachel Maree Millns245 ft 11 in (1.80 m)Wellington
Nicaragua NicaraguaMarline Barberena275 ft 6 in (1.68 m)Chichigalpa
Nigeria NigeriaQueen Celestine225 ft 10 in (1.78 m)Lagos
Norway NorwayElise Dalby195 ft 11 in (1.80 m)Hamar
Panama PanamaYomatzy Hazlewood235 ft 8 in (1.73 m)Panama City
Paraguay ParaguaySally Jara215 ft 6 in (1.68 m)Asuncion
Peru PeruJimena Espinoza266 ft 0 in (1.83 m)Lima
Philippines PhilippinesMary Jean Lastimosa[2]275 ft 7 in (1.70 m)Tulunan
Poland PolandMarcela Chmielowska235 ft 9 in (1.75 m)Warsaw
Portugal PortugalPatrícia Da Silva255 ft 9 in (1.75 m)Lisbon
Puerto Rico Puerto RicoGabriela Berrios245 ft 9 in (1.75 m)San Juan
Russia RussiaYulia Alipova245 ft 10 in (1.78 m)Balakovo
Serbia SerbiaAnđelka Tomašević215 ft 7 in (1.70 m)Zubin Potok
Singapore SingaporeRathi Menon245 ft 8 in (1.73 m)Singapore
Slovakia SlovakiaSilvia Prochádzková235 ft 10 in (1.78 m)Bratislava
Slovenia SloveniaUrška Bračko215 ft 10 in (1.78 m)Maribor
South Africa South AfricaZiphozakhe Zokufa235 ft 8 in (1.73 m)Cape Town
Spain SpainDesirée Cordero225 ft 9 in (1.75 m)Seville
Sri Lanka Sri LankaAvanti Marianne255 ft 10 in (1.78 m)Colombo
Saint Lucia St. LuciaRoxanne Didier-Nicholas235 ft 7 in (1.70 m)Castries
Sweden SwedenCamilla Hansson265 ft 8 in (1.73 m)Stockholm
Switzerland SwitzerlandZoé Metthez215 ft 8 in (1.73 m)Zurich
Tanzania TanzaniaNale Boniface225 ft 6 in (1.68 m)Dodoma
Thailand ThailandPimbongkod Chankaew205 ft 11 in (1.80 m)Bangkok
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad & TobagoJevon King265 ft 10 in (1.78 m)Diego Martin
Turkey TurkeyDilan Çiçek Deniz205 ft 10 in (1.78 m)Istanbul
Turks and Caicos Islands Turks & CaicosShanice Williams225 ft 9 in (1.75 m)Grand Turk Island
Ukraine UkraineDiana Harkusha205 ft 9 in (1.75 m)Kharkiv
Uruguay UruguayJohana Riva245 ft 10 in (1.78 m)Montevideo
United States United StatesNia Sanchez245 ft 8 in (1.73 m)Las Vegas
Venezuela VenezuelaMigbelis Castellanos195 ft 9 in (1.75 m)Cabimas

Judges

Preliminary competition

Final telecast

Notes

Returns

Designations

  •  Ethiopia – Hiwot Mamo was appointed as Miss Universe Ethiopia 2014. She was the 1st runner-up in the Miss World Ethiopia 2014 pageant.
  •  Greece – Ismini Dafopoulou was appointed as Miss Universe Greece 2014 after a casting call took place.
  •  Haiti – Christie Desir was appointed to represent Haiti by Magali Febles, national director of Miss Universe in Haiti.
  •  Poland – Marcela Chmielowska was appointed as Miss Universe Poland 2014, due to the rescheduling of the Miss Polonia 2014 pageant to December 2014. She was 2nd runner-up in the Miss Polonia 2011 pageant.
  •   Switzerland – Zoé Metthez was appointed as Miss Universe Switzerland 2014 by François Matthey, national director of Miss Universe in Switzerland.

Replacements

  •  Belgium – Laurence Langen was replaced by her 1st runner-up, Anissa Blondin, due to problems with the Miss Belgium Organization.
  •  China – Nora Xu resigned her title, preferring to continue with her studies instead of competing in the pageant. She was replaced by Yanliang Hu.
  •  Serbia – Anđelka Tomašević replaced Arnela Zeković, who resigned due to personal reasons.
  •  South Africa – Rolene Strauss was crowned Miss South Africa 2014, but after she was crowned Miss World 2014, she was ineligible to compete for Miss Universe 2014. Ziphozakhe Zokufa the 1st runner-up, replaced Strauss as the representative for South Africa.
  •  Tanzania – Carolyne Bernard resigned from the competition after fracturing her feet in a car accident, and was replaced by 1st runner-up Nale Boniface.
  •  Thailand – Weluree Ditsayabut was to represent Thailand in Miss Universe 2014, but resigned her Miss Universe Thailand 2014 title on 9 June 2014, after calling for supporters of the Prime Minister of Thailand to be executed. 1st Runner-up Pimbongkod Chankaew replaced her to represent Thailand in the Miss Universe 2014 pageant.
  •  Ukraine – Anna Andres resigned her title due to personal reasons. 2nd Runner-up Diana Harkusha was selected to represent Ukraine at the Miss Universe pageant, and finished as 2nd runner-up.

Withdrawals

  •  US Virgin Islands – On 2 January, Miss US Virgin Islands 2014, Angela Gabriel was set to fly to Florida for the pageant, but she suffered an arm injury, and did not compete at the pageant.
  •  Vietnam – No national pageant was held due to lack of sponsorship. Nguyen Le Diem Trang, the 2nd runner-up of Miss Vietnam 2014 was appointed to represent Vietnam at Miss Universe 2014 but withdrew at the last minute due to lack of time to prepare for the pageant. The next edition of Miss Universe Vietnam will be held in 2015.

Controversy

Negotiations between Ceará State Secretary of Tourism, Brazil, and Miss Universe Organization started in late September 2013, when MUO directors traveled to Fortaleza to start dialogues and arrangement of pageant activities in the city. On 11 January 2014, Bismarck Maia, State Secretary of Tourism, announced the latest development to Fortaleza's market leading newspaper, Diário do Nordeste, confirming that the event would be held at Centro de Eventos do Ceará, in Ceará's capital.[10]

On 27 March 2014, Annette Cammer, national licenses director of the Miss Universe Organization, answered via an e-mail conversation to a question by a national directive that the 2014 Miss Universe pageant would not be held in Ceará's capital as promised and announced by local authorities.[11] Fortaleza's bid was officially retired on 20 May, and four other Brazilian cities – Rio de Janeiro, Ribeirão Preto, Porto Alegre and Manaus were being considered by MUO as a replacement.[12]

On 22 August 2014, Donald Trump posted to Twitter that Miami and other cities were "fighting hard to host the Miss Universe pageant" and that an announcement would be made soon; specifically mentioning the city of Miami prompted many pageant watchers to believe that the pageant was headed for the Floridian city for the first time since 1997.[13] On 9 September 2014, Puerto Rican newspaper, El Nuevo Dia, and Venezuelan newspaper, El Nacional, each printed an article that said that the contestants would be staying at a Trump-owned hotel in Miami; further fueling rumors that the pageant would be held in Miami in December.[14][15]

On 12 September 2014, Luigi Boria, mayor of Doral, Florida, announced via Twitter that the pageant was going to take place in Doral on 18 January 2015, leading to some controversy among pageant fans.[16][17] This was confirmed in late September. Because the pageant slipped into 2015, 2014 was the first year in the Miss Universe history where the pageant hasn't been celebrated during a Julian calendar year, however, the pageant was still known as the 2014 pageant.

General references

  • "Miss Universe Contestants: 2014". missuniverse.com. Archived from the original on December 30, 2014.

References

  1. ↑ "Miss Universe 2014 contestants". Miss Universe Organization.
  2. 1 2 Zonio, Aquiles Z. (9 January 2015). "Pacquiao 'honored' to judge at Miss Universe pageant". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Miss Universe Organization. "Lloyd Boston". MISS UNIVERSE. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  4. ↑ http://www.missuniverse.com/news/view/518#.VL7vKUfF-WE
  5. ↑ Miss Universe Organization. "Jeneine Doucette-White". MISS UNIVERSE. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  6. ↑ Miss Universe Organization. "Jimmy Nguyen". MISS UNIVERSE. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  7. ↑ Miss Universe Organization. "Corinne Nicolas". MISS UNIVERSE. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  8. ↑ Miss Universe Organization. "Tyler Tixier". MISS UNIVERSE. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 "Miss Universe 2014: Celebrity judges announced". International Business Times. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  10. ↑ Prestigious Beauty Pageant (1 February 2014). "Events Center of Ceara Brazil to host Miss Universe 2014". Prestigious Beauty Pageants. Archived from the original on 27 January 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  11. ↑ Belleza Venezolana (27 March 2014). "Miss Universo 2014 No Será en Brasil". bellezavenezolana.net. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  12. ↑ O Povo (20 May 2014). "Miss Universo 2014 não será mais em Fortaleza". O Povo. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  13. ↑ "BREAKING NEWS – D.Trump: "A DECISION WILL BE MADE VERY SOON"". Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  14. ↑ "Miami podría ser sede de Miss Universe 2014 – El Nuevo Día". El Nuevo Dia. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  15. ↑ "Miami podría ser sede del Miss Universo 2014". Archived from the original on 9 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  16. ↑ "OFFICIAL: MISS UNIVERSE 2014/2015 WILL BE HELD IN DORAL, FL". Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  17. ↑ "Miss Universe Pageant Coming to Doral in 2015". NBC Miami. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
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