The prestigious beauty pageant miss Universe will celebrate its 71st edition this Saturday, January 14 from the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, where the most beautiful woman in the universe will be crowned.
Around 90 international beauties will face off in a culminating event when the reigning Miss Universe, Harnaaz Kaur Sandhufrom India, present the crown to the new queen of the pageant.
Learn a little about each of the candidates and select your favorite for the most anticipated night of the year:
LATINAS SAY PRESENT
Miss Argentina: Barbara Cabrera
Miss Bolivia: Maria Camila Sanabria Pereyra
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Miss Colombia: Maria Fernanda Aristizabal
Miss Costa Rica: María Fernanda Rodríguez Ávila
Miss Ecuador: Nayelhi González
Miss El Salvador: Alejandra Guajardo Sada
Miss Guatemala: Ivana Batchelor
Miss Honduras: Rebeca Rodriguez
Miss Mexico: Irma Cristina Miranda Valenzuela
Miss Puerto Rico: Ashley Carino
Miss Dominican Republic: Andreína Martínez
Miss Venezuela: Amanda Dudamel
ALL THE CANDIDATES
Miss Angola: Swelia Da Silva Antonio
Miss Armenia: Kristina Ayanian
Miss Bahamas: Angel J. Cartwright
Miss Belgium: Chayenne Van Aarle
Miss Bulgaria: Kristina Plamenova
Miss Cameroon: Mouketey Lynette Monalisa Jelly
Miss Croatia: Arijana Podgajski
Miss Curaçao: Gabriela Dos Santos
Miss Filipinas: Celeste Cortesi
Miss Finland: Petra Hämäläinen
Miss Ghana: Engracia Afua K. Mofuman
Miss Great Britain: Noky Simbani
Miss Greece: Korina Emmanouilidou
Miss Equatorial Guinea: Dawn Elizabeth Obama Moliko
Miss Indonesia: Laksmi De Neefe Suardana
Miss Iceland: Hrafnhildur Haraldsdóttir
Miss Cayman Islands: Chloe Powery-Doxey
Miss British Virgin Islands: Lia Claxton
Miss Japan: Marybelen Sakamoto
Miss Kazakhstan: Diana Tashimbetova
Miss Kyrgyzstan: Altynai Botoyarova
Miss Malta: Maxine Formosa Gruppetta
Miss Mauricio: Alexandrine Belle Etoile
Miss Nigeria: Hannah Iribhogbe
Miss Polonia: Aleksandra Klepaczka
Miss Czech Republic: Sára Mikulenková
Miss Republic of Slovakia: Karolina Michalcikova
Miss Seychelles: Gabriella Gonthier
Miss South Africa: I’m Not Nokeri
Miss Thailand: Anna Sueangam-iam
Miss Trinidad and Tobago: Tya Jané Ramey
Miss Ukraine: Viktoria Apanasenko
Miss Vietnam: Nguyen Thi Ngoc Chau
Don’t miss the 71st edition of Miss Universe this Saturday at 8pm ET/ 5pm PT in this extensive live coverage from coast to coast only on Telemundo. Also, join the conversation via @Telemundo at Facebook, Instagram, Twitter y TikTok using #MissUniverse.