Miss Universe 1997

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Miss Universe 1997
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Miss Universe 1997, Brook Lee
Date16 May 1997
Presenters
Entertainment
Venue Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Broadcaster
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
United States
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Miss Universe 1997 was the 46th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Florida, United States, on 16 May 1997.

Contents

Brook Lee of the United States was crowned by Alicia Machado of Venezuela at the conclusion of the event. Seventy-four delegates competed in this year. [1]

This is the first Miss Universe edition produced by Donald Trump. [2]

Background

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Miami Beach Convention Center

Selection of participants

Replacements

The winner of Miss Universe Chile 1997, Hetu'u Rapu, from Easter Island, was replaced by her first runner-up, Claudia Delpín, because Hetu'u did not meet the age requirement to take part at Miss Universe 1997 by seventeen days. [3] [4]

Results

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss Universe 1997
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
  • Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago – Margot Bourgeois
Top 6
Top 10
  • Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia – Kristiina Heinmets
  • Flag of India.svg India – Nafisa Joseph
  • Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico – Ana Rosa Brito Suarez
  • Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden – Victoria Lagerström

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 [a] 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 [5] 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
Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia Helga Bauer [6] 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 [7] – 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 [8] 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 [9] 22 Munich
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Elina Zisi21 Athens
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala Carol Aquino19 Chiquimula
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022, 2026-present).svg Honduras Joselina García 18 La Ceiba
Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).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 [10] 21 Saint Catherine Parish
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Dalida Chammai23 Beirut
Flag of Malaysia 23px.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 [11] 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 (official).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 Lagerström24 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 Sueangsuda Lawanprasert [12] 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 Nadtochiy21 Kharkiv
Flag of the United States (23px).png  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

Notes

  1. ↑ Ages at the time of the pageant

References

  1. ↑ "Miss Universe 1997 Brook Lee -- Straight Ally for LGBT Equality". The Huffington Post. June 12, 2014. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
  2. ↑ Archives, L. A. Times (1996-10-24). "OTHER NEWS". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  3. ↑ "Ganadoras de los años noventa" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  4. ↑ "Rapa Nui en la historia de la belleza chilena" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  5. ↑ "The women who would be queen" . Sun Sentinel. 15 May 1997. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "Helga Bauer pone su sello a la agenda del Alcalde" [Helga Bauer puts her stamp on the Mayor's agenda]. El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). 11 June 2004. Retrieved 1 September 2023– via Bolivia.com.
  7. ↑ "Weighing in on Festival". The BVI Beacon. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  8. ↑ Plivelić, Petra (17 November 2019). "Koja je prava Miss Hrvatske? Razgovarali smo s tri aktualne misice i vlasnicima direkcija hrvatskih izbora..." [Who is the real Miss Croatia? We talked to three current misses and the owners of the directorates of Croatian elections...]. Jutarnji list (in Croatian). Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  9. ↑ "Kür der Miss Bergisch-Land 1999" [Freestyle competition for Miss Bergisch-Land 1999]. Remscheider General-Anzeiger (in German). 13 October 1999. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  10. ↑ "Those Who Went Before". Jamaica Observer. 24 January 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  11. ↑ "Die neue "Miß Peru" stammt aus Würzburg" [The new "Miss Peru" comes from Würzburg]. Die Welt (in German). 15 November 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  12. ↑ "ประวัติ น้ำฝน สรวงสุดา ลาวัณย์ประเสริฐ" [Biography of Namfon Suengsuda Lawanprasert]. Sanook (in Thai). 11 July 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
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