User:Triila73/sandbox/What should Miss Universe 2024 really look like?
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| Date | 30 November 2024 |
| Venue | South Africa |
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Miss Universe 2024 will be the 73rd Miss Universe pageant, to be held in South Africa. Sheynnis Palacios of Nicaragua will crown her successor at the end of the event.
Background
[edit]Location and date
[edit]On 18 November 2023, during the Miss Universe 2023 pageant, Minister of Tourism Patricia de Lille announced that the 73rd edition will be held in South Africa on 30 November 2024 via a video presentation.[1]
Selection of participants
[edit]In September 2023, during the Tanner Fletcher show at New York Fashion Week, Miss Universe 2022 R'Bonney Gabriel revealed that the Miss Universe Organization had made the decision to raise the age limit to 30, which would be implemented starting with the 2024 edition. Prior to this change, the pageant had restricted participation to women between ages 18–28 on the year of the pageant, outside of special circumstances.[a][3][4]
Debuts, returns and withdrawals
[edit]This edition will mark the debuts of Mozambique, South Sudan, and Uganda and the returns of Belize, Botswana, Ethiopia, Montenegro, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, and the US Virgin Islands. Tunisia last competed in 1971; Botswana last competed in 2013; Montenegro and Serbia last competed in 2015; Ethiopia last competed in 2017; Sri Lanka last competed in 2018; Tanzania and the US Virgin Islands last competed in 2019; Sweden last competed in 2021; while the others last competed in 2022.[5][6]
Contestants
[edit]As of 3 January 2024, ten contestants have been confirmed to compete for the title.
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age[b] | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina |
Avril Marco[7] | 25 | Santiago del Estero |
 Austria |
Valentina Bleckenwegner[8] | 23 | Vienna |
 Botswana |
Lesego Chombo[9] | 22 | Gaborone |
 Costa Rica |
Andrea Montero[10] | 23 | Limón |
 France |
Indira Ampiot[11] | 20 | Basse-Terre |
 Kazakhstan |
Madina Almukhanova[12] | 23 | Almaty |
 Kyrgyzstan |
Maya Turdalieva[13] | 25 | Bishkek |
 Mongolia |
Nominzul Zandangiin[14] | 19 | Ulaanbaatar |
 Turkey |
Melike Bali[15] | 24 | Istanbul |
 Venezuela |
Ileana Márquez[16] | 27 | Valencia |
Upcoming pageants
[edit]| Country/Territory | Date |
|---|---|
 Sweden
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27 January 2024[17] |
 Sri Lanka
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28 January 2024[18] |
 Kenya
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10 February 2024[19][20] |
 Zambia
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 Belgium
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24 February 2024[21] |
 Mauritius
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2 March 2024[22] |
 China
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3 March 2024[23] |
 Belize
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13 April 2024[5] |
 Peru
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27 April 2024[24] |
 Zimbabwe
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18 May 2024[25] |
 Philippines
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1 June 2024[26] |
 Jamaica
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29 June 2024[27] |
 Great Britain
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13 July 2024[28] |
 United States
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31 August 2024[29] |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Mallorca, Hannah (2023-11-19). "Mexico confirmed as host country for Miss Universe 2024". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
- ^ "Delegates of Miss Universe 2020". Miss Universe. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ Carballo, Charlie (12 September 2023). "Exclusive: Miss Universe R'Bonney Gabriel Announces the End of Age Restrictions for the Miss Universe Pageant at Tanner Fletcher's NYFW Show". Women's Wear Daily. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ Alpad, Christina (13 September 2023). "Miss Universe pageant to remove age limit beginning 2024". The Manila Times.
- ^ a b Ku, Kristen (20 December 2023). "New chapter for Miss Universe Belize". Amandala. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ Rivera, Alejandra (15 November 2023). "Miss China queda fuera del Miss Universo 2023, ¿la razón?" [Miss China is left out of Miss Universe 2023, the reason?]. El Heraldo (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ^ "Miss World 2017 Contestants". Miss World. 11 November 2017.
- ^ austria
- ^ "Nhan sắc Hoa hậu Hoàn vũ Trung Quốc 2023" [Beauty of Miss Universe China]. Tiền Phong (in Vietnamese). 23 October 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- ^ "Andrea Montero crowned Miss Costa Rica 2020". The Times of India. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- ^ "Miss France : avant même la fin de son règne, Indira Ampiot révèle ce qu'elle fera après avoir rendu sa couronne" [Miss France : before even the end of her reign, Indira Ampiot reveals what she will do after having given up her crown]. Femina (in French). 13 November 2023.
- ^ "«Қазақстан аруы – 2023»: Қызылордалық Ботагөз Нұржігітова вице-мисс атанды" ["Miss Kazakhstan - 2023": Botagoz Nurzhigitova from Kyzylorda became the vice-miss]. Zharshysy Zhalagash (in Kazakh). 15 December 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "Победительницами "Мисс Кыргызстан" стали сразу три конкурсантки" [Three contestants became the winners of "Miss Kyrgyzstan"]. Tengri News (in Kazakh). 4 October 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "З.Номинзул "Miss Universe"-д оролцох боломжгүй болжээ" [Z. Nominzul could not participate in "Miss Universe"]. Zogii (in Mongolian). 19 October 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ Bracamonte, Earl D. C. (3 March 2023). "3 more national directors sever ties with Miss Universe Organization". Philippine Star. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ Perdomo, Williams (7 December 2023). "Ileana Márquez es Miss Venezuela 2023, la primera madre en conseguir la corona nacional" [Ileana Márquez is Miss Venezuela 2023, the first mother to win the national crown]. El Nacional (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 December 2023.
- ^ sweden
- ^ srilanka_jan2024
- ^ kenya
- ^ Zambia
- ^ "Bestel nu uw tickets color de finale van Miss België". Miss België (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ Mauritius
- ^ china
- ^ pageant peru
- ^ zim
- ^ philippinesjune2023
- ^ jamaicajune
- ^ @missuniversegb (14 September 2023). "Miss Universe Great Britain 2024 announcement... it's going to be a BIG year!". Retrieved 8 December 2023 – via Instagram.
- ^ missusa