Miss Universe 1997

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Miss Universe 1997
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Miss Universe 1997, Brook Lee
Date16 May 1997
Presenters
Entertainment Enrique Iglesias
Venue Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Broadcaster CBS (WFOR-TV)
Entrants74
Placements10
Debuts
  • Croatia
Withdrawals
  • Cayman Islands
  • Cook Islands
  • Denmark
  • Ghana
  • Great Britain
  • Indonesia
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Sri Lanka
Returns
  • Bermuda
  • Mauritius
  • United States Virgin Islands
Winner Brook Lee
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Congeniality Laura Csortan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Best National CostumeClaudia Vásquez
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
PhotogenicAbbygale Arenas
Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Philippines
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Miss Universe 1997 was the 46th Miss Universe pageant, held on 16 May 1997 at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Brook Lee of the United States was crowned by Alicia Machado of Venezuela at the end of the event. Seventy-four delegates competed in this year. [1] This is the first Miss Universe edition to be produced by Donald Trump. [2]

Contents

Background

Miami Beach Convention Center Miami Beach FL Convention Center02.jpg
Miami Beach Convention Center

Selection of participants

Replacements

The winner of Miss Universo Chile 1997, Hetu'u Rapu from Easter Island was replaced by her 1st runner-up, Claudia Delpín because Hetu'u did not meet the age requirement of eighteen to take part at Miss Universe 1997 by seventeen days. [3] [4] [5] The winner of Miss Deutschland 1997, Nadine Schmidt elected not to participate at Miss Universe 1997, and she was replaced by her 3rd runner-up, Agathe Neunen because the other runners-up did not meet the age requirement of 18 to take part at Miss Universe. However, Schmidt later participated at Miss Baltic Sea 1997 and won the crown.

Debuts, returns, and withdrawals

Miss Nicaragua 1996, Luz Maria Sanchez Herdocia did not participate because the television station that ran Miss Nicaragua (Canal 6) declared bankruptcy in April, and therefore they couldn't pay the entry fee. [6] Maryjane McKibben of Western Samoa dropped out of the pageant after two days.

Results

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss Universe 1997
1st Runner-up
2nd Runner-up
Top 6
Top 10

Contestants

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss Universe 1997 Miss Universe 1997 Map.PNG
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss Universe 1997

Seventy-four contestants competed for the title.

Country/TerritoryContestantAge [lower-alpha 1] Hometown
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Nazarena Vanesa González22 Buenos Aires
Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba Karen-Ann Peterson20 Piedra Plat
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Laura Csortan 20 Brisbane
Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas Nestaea Sealy [7] 18 Nassau
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Laurence Borremans 19 Wavre
Flag of Belize.svg  Belize Sharon Dominguez22 Orange Walk
Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda Naomi Darrell20 Warwick Parish
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia Helga Bauer [8] 19 Santa Cruz dela Sierra
Flag of Bonaire.svg  Bonaire Jhane-Louise Landwier18 Kralendijk
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Nayla Micherif21 Ubá
Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg  British Virgin Islands Melinda Penn [9] – Tortola
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Krassmira Todorova– Varna
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Carmen Kempt18 Red Deer
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Claudia Delpín18 Iquique
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Claudia Elena Vásquez22 Medellin
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Gabriela Aguilar19 Santa Ana
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Kristina Cherina [10] 18 Split
Flag of Curacao.svg  Curaçao Verna Vasquez23 Willemstad
Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus Korina Nikolaou18 Larnaca
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Petra Minářová19 Prague
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic Cesarina Mejía20 Azua
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador María José López19 Quito
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Eiman Abdallah Thakeb– Cairo
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador Carmen Carrillo19 San Salvador
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Kristiina Heinmets18 Tallinn
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Karita Tuomola 20 Kuopio
Flag of France.svg  France Patricia Spéhar21 Paris
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Agathe Neuner [11] 22 Munich
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Elina Zisi21 Athens
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala Carol Aquino19 Chiquimula
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras Joselina García 18 La Ceiba
Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong Lee San-san 19Hong Kong
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Ildikó Kecan19 Debrecen
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Solveig Lilja Guðmundsdóttir20 Reykjavík
Flag of India.svg  India Nafisa Joseph †19 Bangalore
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Fiona Mullally24 Limerick
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Dikla Hamdy– Beersheba
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Denny Méndez 18 Florence
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Nadine Julian Thomas [12] 21 Saint Catherine Parish
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Dalida Chammai23 Beirut
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Trincy Low21 George Town
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Claire Grech21 San Ġwann
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius Cindy Cesar20 Central de Flacq
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Rebeca Tamez 21 Ciudad Victoria
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia Sheya Shipanga22 Windhoek
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Marina McCartney20 Auckland
Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands Melanie Sibetang20 Saipan
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama Lía Borrero 20 Las Tablas
Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg  Paraguay Rosanna Jiménez– Encarnación
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru Claudia Maria Dopf [13] 20 Lima
Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines Abbygale Arenas22 Angeles City
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Agnieszka Zielińska21 Poznań
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Lara Antunes19 Lisbon
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico Ana Rosa Brito26 San Juan
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Diana Maria Urdareanu20 Timișoara
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Anna Baitchik20 Saint Petersburg
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Tricia Tan24Singapore
Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia Lucia Povrazníková18 Banská Bystrica
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Mbali Gasa21 Durban
Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea Lee Eun-hee19 Seoul
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Inés Sáinz Esteban21 Bilbao
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Victoria Lagerström 24 Stockholm
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Melanie Winiger 18 Locarno
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan Chio Hai Ta24 Taichung
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Suangsuda Lawanprasert 19 Bangkok
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago Margot Bourgeois24 Arouca
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Yeşim Çetin20 Istanbul
Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg  Turks and Caicos Islands Keisha Delancy23 Grand Turk
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Natalia Nadtochey21 Kharkiv
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Brook Lee 26 Pearl City
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  United States Virgin Islands Vania Thomas27 Charlotte Amalie
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Adriana Cano20 Montevideo
Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg  Venezuela Marena Bencomo 23 Valencia
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Lorraine Magwenzi22 Harare

† = deceased

Notes

  1. ↑ Ages at the time of the pageant

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