Miss Universe 2010, the 59th edition of the pageant, was held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. on August 23, 2010.It was hosted by Bret Michaels and Natalie Morales.
Jimena Navarrete, Miss Mexico, was crowned Miss Universe 2010 by outgoing titlehoder Stefanía Fernández from Venezuela.
Final results Contestant
Miss Universe 2010 Mexico - Jimena Navarrete
1st Runner-up Jamaica - Yendi Phillipps
2nd Runner-up Australia - Jesinta Campbell
3rd Runner-up Ukraine - Anna Poslavska
4th Runner-up Philippines - Venus Raj
Top 10 Albania - Angela Martini
Ireland - Rozanna Purcell
South Africa - Nicole Flint
Guatemala - Jessica Scheel
Puerto Rico - Mariana Vicente
Top 15 Belgium - Cilou Annys
Colombia - Natalia Navarro
Czech Republic - Jitka Válková
France - Malika Ménard
Russia - Irina Antonenko
Final competition scores
Country Swimsuit Evening Gown
Mexico 9.265 (2) 8.913 (1)
Jamaica 9.426 (1) 8.884 (2)
Australia 8.543 (5) 8.841 (3)
Ukraine 8.333 (7) 8.743 (4)
Philippines 8.957 (3) 8.714 (5)
Albania 8.229 (T8) 8.693 (6)
Ireland 8.784 (4) 8.548 (7)
South Africa 8.229 (T8) 8.420 (8)
Guatemala 8.071 (10) 8.286 (9)
Puerto Rico 8.443 (6) 7.971 (10)
Russia 7.843 (11)
Colombia 7.643 (12)
France 7.576 (13)
Belgium 7.571 (14)
Czech Republic 7.429 (15)
Order of announcement
Top 15
1. Puerto Rico
2. Ukraine
3. Mexico
4. Belgium
5. Ireland
6. South Africa
7. France
8. Australia
9. Jamaica
10. Russia
11. Albania
12. Colombia
13. Guatemala
14. Czech Republic
15. Philippines
Top 10
1. Ireland
2. Albania
3. Philippines
4. Jamaica
5. Mexico
6. Ukraine
7. Puerto Rico
8. South Africa
9. Guatemala
10. Australia
Top 5
1. Mexico
2. Australia
3. Jamaica
4. Ukraine
5. Philippines
Special awards
Award Contestant
Miss Congeniality Australia - Jesinta Campbell
Miss Photogenic Thailand - Fonthip Watcharatrakul
Best National Costume Thailand - Fonthip Watcharatrakul
Judges
Preliminary judgesBasim Shami – President of Farouk Systems
BJ Coleman – Publicist, Journalist & Television Personality
Carlos Bremer – CEO and General Director of Value Grupo Financiero
Corinne Nicolas – President of Trump Model Management
Louis Burgdorf – Talent Producer for MSNBC's Joe Scarborough & Mika Brzezinski
Natalie Rotman – Commentator
Sadoux Kim – Television producer
Telecast judges
Chazz Palminteri – Actor and writer
Chynna Phillips – Singer and actress
Criss Angel – Illusionist and musician
Evan Lysacek – Olympic Gold Medal Figure Skater and Dancing with the Stars participant
Jane Seymour – Actress and Dancing with the Stars participant
Niki Taylor – Model
Sheila E. – Musician
Tamron Hall – MSNBC anchor
William Baldwin – Actor, producer, and writer
Historical Significance
Mexico wins Miss Universe for the second time, the first was Lupita Jones in 1991. Coincidentally, Jones was also crowned in Las Vegas.
Countries who also entered the top 15 the previous year were Albania, Australia, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Puerto Rico, and South Africa.
Jamaica, Ukraine, Albania, and Guatemala places their highest ever in the pageant.
Czech Republic placed for the fourth consecutive time.
Australia scored its third straight placement and its highest since Jennifer Hawkins's victory in 2004.
Guatemala last placed in 1984.
Ireland last placed in 1998.
Philippines last placed in 1999.
Russia and Colombia last placed in 2008
USA failed to place in the semifinals for the fourth time in pageant history.
Venezuela did not make the cut for the first time since 2006.
This is also the first time in pageant history where a country (Venezuela) has won twice in consecutive years and failed to place in the following year.
Thailand won both Miss Photogenic and Best National Costume titles, the first time a country accomplished this feat.
European delegates dominated the semifinals for the third consecutive time with 7 semi-finalists, followed by Caribbean with 2 semi-finalists.
Replacements
Guatemala – Alejandra Barillas was the original winner of Miss Universe Guatemala 2010, but she injured her left foot in an accident, preventing her from participating in the pageant. She was replaced by one of her runners-up, Jessica Schell.
Romania – Alexandra Cătălina Filip was the original winner of Miss Universe Romania 2010. The 1st Runner-up, Oana Paveluc will represent Romania in Miss Universe 2010. Filip is a professional dancer and a national champion (2008–2010) in several types of sportive dancing. The next international dancing competition where Filip and her dancing partner, Ramon Zedan, plan to participate in will be held in Korea on August 28.
Turkey – Miss Turkey Organization is sending Miss Turkey World 2010, Gizem Memiç, because their Miss Universe delegate, Serenay Sarikaya, was underage (17) at the time of her coronation.
Withdrawals
Bulgaria – The Miss Bulgaria Organization will not send a representative to compete in Miss Universe 2010.
Cayman Islands – On September 8, 2009, it was announced that the Miss Cayman Islands 2009 contest would not take place due to lack of funding and sponsorship. Since the winner of that contest also competes in Miss World, there was no Caymanian representative to Miss World 2009 either.
Estonia – Valeri Kirss, Estonia’s national director, is selling the Eesti Miss Estonia pageant.
Ethiopia
Iceland
Montenegro
Namibia – Miss Namibia 2010, Odile Gertze, was crowned on July 31, 2010. Since that was only one week from the official start of Miss Universe 2010, national director Connie Maritz decided not to send the winner to Miss Universe but to Miss World 2010 and Miss Universe 2011 instead.
Vietnam – Vietnam will not have a representative this year. They have officially withdrawn from the pageant.
Crossovers
The following contestants previously competed at notable national and international beauty pageants:
Argentina – Yesica Di Vincenzo competed at Miss International 2008 but did not place.
Brazil – Débora Lyra competed at Top Model of the World 2008 and won.
Canada – Elena Semikina competed at Miss International 2008, but did not place.
Guatemala – Jessica Scheel, was a contestant in Miss Earth 2007.
Jamaica – Yendi Phillipps competed in Miss World 2007 and placed in the top 16 ("Beach Beauty" 1st runner-up).
Korea – Kim Joo-ri competed in Miss World 2009 and placed in the top 16 (Continental Queen of Asia & Oceania).
Peru – Giuliana Zevallos was a contestant in Miss Earth 2008.
Philippines – Venus Raj was a contestant in Miss Philippines Earth 2008 and placed as Miss Philippines Eco-Tourism (4th Runner-up).
Spain – Adriana Reverón placed in the top 8 at Miss Earth 2008.
U.S. Virgin Islands – Janeisha John represented her territory at Miss America 2008, but was unplaced.
