Mrs. Universe

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Mrs. Universe
Formation2007;17 years ago (2007)
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Sofia, Bulgaria
Location
  • Bulgaria
Official language
English
Website mrsuniverseltd.com

Mrs. Universe is an annual international event for "the most honorable married woman". The event is open to married, divorced, and widowed women from nations on all continents around the world, who are between the ages of 18 and 55, have a family and career, and are involved in a "significant cause". [1] [2] [3] [4] It is based in Sofia, Bulgaria.

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Titleholders

YearCountryMrs. UniverseLocationEntrants
2024
2023Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Meranie Gadiana Rahman Pasay City, Philippines 97
2022Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Elena Maksimova [5] Sofia, Bulgaria 112
2021Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Ana Siradze [6] Seoul, South Korea 110
2020Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Zhuldyz AbdukarimovaVirtual pageant92
2019Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar Honey Cho Guangzhou, China 90
2018Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco Julia Gershun Cebu, Philippines 85
2017Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam Tram Hoang Luu Durban, South Africa [7] 78
2016Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Olga Torner Guangzhou, China 60
2015Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Ashley Callingbull-Burnham [8] [9] Minsk, Belarus [10] 56
2014Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Sabrina Pinion [11] Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 39
2013Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia Carol Lee [12] Oranjestad, Aruba 24
2012Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Layla Martínez [13] Rostov, Russia Unknown
2011Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Mayra Farias Pleven, Bulgaria Unknown
2010Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Jennika Hanusaari [14] Riga, Latvia Unknown
2009Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Vaida Ragénaite [15] Vilnius, Lithuania Unknown
2008Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Marika Gederte [14] Riga, Latvia Unknown
2007Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Eleonora Mancheva Sofia, Bulgaria Unknown

Controversies

The Mrs. Universe organization was sued in 2010 by the Miss Universe organization for an alleged breach of trademark. The Mrs. pageant countered that "Universe" is a generic word, and pointed out that the Mrs. pageant is exclusively for married women while the Miss pageant is for unmarried women. The Mrs. organization opined that the lawsuit was part of a conspiracy by human traffickers to stop the pageant, because Mrs. Universe held an awareness campaign about human trafficking. [16] Five years after, the Miss Universe organization again threatened legal action against Mrs. Universe for breach of trademark. This came on the tails of comments made by the first Indigenous woman to ever win a Universe title, Ashley Callingbull-Burnham, when she criticized the Canadian government's lack of support of First Nations people. [17]

The Mrs. Universe pageant has continued to run despite this controversy, arguing that it is a pageant for married, divorced, and widowed women while the Miss Universe pageant was restricted to women who have never been married. [18] Beginning in 2023, however, the Miss Universe Organization will allow married or pregnant women to compete in the pageant. [19]

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  4. ↑ "Contenders for Mrs Universe 2015 title to be shown BelAZ". Belarus News.
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  6. ↑ "Russian Anna Kudryavtseva-Siradze Wins "Mrs. Universe 2021"". 2022-07-02. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
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  8. ↑ "Ashley Callingbull, First Nations woman, crowned Mrs. Universe". CBC News. August 30, 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
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  13. ↑ "My husband is no narco, and if he is, he is not my husband: Mrs Universe". 15 August 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  14. 1 2 "Canadian from Enoch Cree Nation wins Mrs. Universe crown in Belarus" . Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  15. ↑ "Vaida Ragenaite Wins Riga Mrs Universe Crown" . Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  16. ↑ Analyst-Realistsays. "Mrs. Universe sued by Miss Universe | balticreports.com" . Retrieved 2022-08-12.
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