Kaylah Walton
Tonight marks the 73rd Miss Universe pageant, returning to Mexico City for the first time since 2007.
After successfully completing its preliminary rounds, the event will reveal the new queen of world beauty, who will be crowned by Sheynnis Palacios from Nicaragua, the winner of the 2023 pageant.
The pageant winner will be announced shortly.
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The winner will receive an exquisite piece of jewelry designed by Mouawad, a Lebanese jeweler. This stunning item features diamond and sapphire inlays composed of 993 stones.
Historically, nine women from the United States have claimed the title, with Miriam Stevenson winning in 1954 and the most recent American winner being R’Bonney Gabriel in 2022.
This achievement makes American contestants the most successful in the pageant’s history, with Venezuela following closely with seven victories, and Puerto Rico achieving five wins.
Miss Universe Winners List
Here is the list of Miss Universe winners from its inception in 1952:
- 2024?
- 2023 Sheynnis Palacios, Nicaragua
- 2022 R’Bonney Gabriel, USA
- 2021 Harnaaz Sandhu, India
- 2020 Andrea Meza, Mexico
- 2019 Zozibini Tunzi, South Africa
- 2018 Catriona Gray, Philippines
- 2017 Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, South Africa
- 2016 Iris Mittenaere, France
- 2015 Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, Philippines
- 2014 Paulina Vega Dieppa, Colombia
- 2013 Gabriela Isler, Venezuela
- 2012 Olivia Culpo, USA
- 2011 Leila Lopes, Angola
- 2010 Ximena Navarrete, Mexico
- 2009 Stefania Fernandez, Venezuela
- 2008 Dayana Mendoza, Venezuela
- 2007 Riyo Mori, Japan
- 2006 Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza, Puerto Rico
- 2005 Natalie Glebova, Canada
- 2004 Jennifer Hawkins, Australia
- 2003 Amelia Vega Polanco, Dominican Republic
- 2002 Justine Pasek, Panama
- 2001 Denise M. Quiñones, Puerto Rico
- 2000 Lara Dutta, India
- 1999 Mpule Kwelagobe, Botswana
- 1998 Wendy Fitzwilliam, Trinidad and Tobago
- 1997 Brook Lee, USA
- 1996 Alicia Machado, Venezuela
- 1995 Chelsi Smith, USA
- 1994 Sushmita Sen, India
- 1993 Dayanara Torres, Puerto Rico
- 1992 Michelle McLean, Namibia
- 1991 Lupita Jones, Mexico
- 1990 Mona Grudt, Norway
- 1989 Angela Visser, Netherlands
- 1988 Porntip Nakhirunkanok, Thailand
- 1987 Cecilia Bolocco, Chile
- 1986 Barbara Palacios Teyde, Venezuela
- 1985 Deborah Carthy-Deu, Puerto Rico
- 1984 Yvonne Ryding, Sweden
- 1983 Lorraine Downes, New Zealand
- 1982 Karen Baldwin, Canada
- 1981 Irene Saez, Venezuela
- 1980 Shawn Weatherly, USA
- 1979 Maritza Sayalero, Venezuela
- 1978 Margaret Gardiner, South Africa
- 1977 Janelle Commissiong, Trinidad and Tobago
- 1976 Rina Messinger, Israel
- 1975 Anne Marie Puhtamo, Finland
- 1974 Amparo Muñoz, Spain
- 1973 Margie Moran, Philippines
- 1972 Kerry Anne Wells, Australia
- 1971 Georgina Rizk, Lebanon
- 1970 Marisol Malaret, Puerto Rico
- 1969 Gloria Diaz, Philippines
- 1968 Martha Vasconcellos, Brazil
- 1967 Sylvia Hitchcock, USA
- 1966 Margareta Arvidsson, Sweden
- 1965 Apasra Hongsakula, Thailand
- 1964 Corinna Tsopei, Greece
- 1963 Idea Maria Vargas, Brazil
- 1962 Norma Nolan, Argentina
- 1961 Marlene Schmidt, Germany
- 1960 Linda Bement, USA
- 1959 Akiko Kojima, Japan
- 1958 Luz Marina Zuluaga, Colombia
- 1957 Gladys Zender, Peru
- 1956 Carol Morris, USA
- 1955 Hellevi Rombin, Sweden
- 1954 Miriam Stevenson, USA
- 1953 Christiane Martel, France
- 1952 Armi Kuusela, Finland
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