Brazil Credicard Hall: Miss Universe 2011
Miss Universe 2011, the 60th anniversary of the Miss Universe pageant, will be held at the Credicard Hall, in São Paulo, Brazil on September 12, 2011. Ximena Navarrete of Mexico will crown her successor. 89 contestants are participating in this year´s pageant, surpassing the previous record of 86 contestants in 2006.
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Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers.
The contest was founded in 1952 by California clothing company Pacific Mills. The pageant became part of Kayser-Roth and then Gulf and Western Industries, before being acquired by Donald Trump in 1996.
In 1998, Miss Universe changed its name from Miss Universe, Inc. to Miss Universe Organization and the headquarters moved from Long Beach California, to New York City that year. Donald Trump brought in a new team of professionals to the contest headed by its new CEO, Molly Miles, and president Maureen Reidy. The contest would use the slogan “Redefined for Today” for promotion of the pageants.
The current Miss Universe is Ximena Navarrete, from Mexico. She won the title on August 23, 2010.
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Contestants:
Albania: Xhesika Berberi
Angola: Leila Lopes
Argentina: Natalie Rodriquez
Aruba: Gillain Berry
Australia: Scherri-lee Biggs
Bahamas: Anastagia Pierre
Belgium: Justine De Jonckherre
Bolivia: Olivia Pinheiro
Botswana: Larona Motlatsi Kgabo
Brazil: Priscila Machado
British Virgin Islands: Sheroma Hodge
Canada: Chelsae Durocher
Cayman Islands: Cristin Alexander
Chile: Vanessa Ceruti
China: Luo Zilin
Colombia: Catallina Robayo
Costa Rica: Johanna Solano
Croatia: Natalija Prica
Curacao: Eva Van Putten
Cyprus: Andriani Karantoni
Czech Republic: Jitka Novackova
Denmark: Sandra Amer
Dominican Republic: Dalia Fernandez
Ecuador: Claudia Schiess
Egypt: Sara El Khouly
El Salvador: Mayra Aldana
Estonia: Madli Vilsar
Finland: Pia Pakarinen
France: Laury Thilleman
Georgia: Eka Gurtskaia
Germany: Valeria Bystritskaia
Ghana: Erica Nego
Great Britain: Chloe-Beth Morgan
Greece: Iliana Papageorgiou
Guam: Shayna Jo Afaisen
Guatemala: Alejandra Barillas
Guyana: Kara Lord
Haiti: Anedie Azael
Honduras: Keilyn Gomez
Hungary: Betta Lipcsei
India: Vasuki Sunkavalli
Indonesia: Nadine Alexandra
Ireland: Aoife Hannon
Israel: Kim Edry
Italy: Elisa Torrini
Jamaica: Shakira Martin
Japan: Maria Kamiyama
Kazakhstan: Valeriya Aleinikova
Korea: Sora Chong
Kosovo: Aferdita Dreshaj
Lebanon: Yara El Khoury-Mikhael
Malaysia: Deborah Henry
Mauritius: Laetitia Darche
Mexico: Karin Ontiveros
Montenegro: Nikolina Loncar
Netherlands: Kelly Weekers
New Zealand: Priyani Puketapu
Nicaragua: Adriana Dorn
Nigeria: Sophie Gemal
Panama: Sheldry Saez
Paraguay: Alba Riquelme
Peru: Natalie Vertiz
Philippines: Shamcey Supsup
Poland: Rozlia Mancewicz
Portugal: Laura Goncalves
Puerto Rico: Viviana Ortiz
Romania: Larisa Popa
Russia: Natalia Gantimurova
Serbia: Anja Saranovic
Singapore: Valerie Shu Xian Lim
Slovak Republic: Dagmar Kolesarova
Slovenia: Ema Jagodic
South Africa: Bokang Montjane
Spain: Paula Guillo
Sri Lanka: Stephanie Siriwardhana
St. Lucia: Joy-Ann Biscette
Sweden: Ronnia Fornstedt
Switzerland: Kerstin Cook
Tanzania: Nelly Kamwelu
Thailand: Chanyasorn Sakornchan
Trinidad & Tobago: Gabrielle Walcott
Turkey: Melisa Asli Pamuk
Turks & Caicos: Easher Parker
U.S. Virgin Islands: Alexandrya Evans
Ukraine: Olesia Stefanko
Uruguay: Fernanda Semino
USA: Alyssa Campanella
Venezuela: Vanessa Goncalves
Vietnam: Hoangmy Vu
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NATALIE MORALES AND ANDY COHEN TO CO-HOST MISS UNIVERSE 2011
On August 2, 2011, Donald J. Trump and Paula M. Shugart, president of the Miss Universe Organization, announced that Natalie Morales, news anchor and co-host on NBC’s “Today” and Andy Cohen, host of Bravo’s “Watch What Happens: Live” will host the 2011 MISS UNIVERSE® Pageant live from Credicard Hall in São Paulo, Brazil on September 12, 9-11 p.m. ET on NBC. A live Spanish simulcast will air on Telemundo.
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