Miss Universe 2011
Miss Universe 2011, the 60th anniversary of the Miss Universe pageant, was held on 12 September 2011 at Credicard Hall, São Paulo, Brazil. Leila Lopes of Angola was crowned at the end of the event by her predecessor Ximena Navarrete of Mexico. She became the first woman from Angola, and the fourth woman from Africa to win the title after South Africa in 1978, Namibia in 1992 and Botswana in 1999. Contestants from 89 countries and territories participated in this year's pageant, surpassing the previous record of 86 contestants in 2006. This marks the most recent edition, as of, that any country has posted its first national win at Miss Universe.
Results
Placements
| Final results | Contestant |
| Miss Universe 2011 |
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| 1st Runner-up | |
| 2nd Runner-up | |
| 3rd Runner-up | |
| 4th Runner-up | |
| Top 10 | |
| Top 16 |
Order of announcements
Top 16
- France
- Kosovo
- Colombia
- China
- Angola
- Australia
- Puerto Rico
- Brazil
- Netherlands
- USA
- Ukraine
- Panama
- Costa Rica
- Portugal
- Philippines
- Venezuela
Top 10
- Australia
- Costa Rica
- France
- Ukraine
- Portugal
- Panama
- Philippines
- Angola
- China
- Brazil
Top 5
- Ukraine
- Philippines
- China
- Brazil
- Angola
Contestants
- Albania – Xhesika Berberi
- Angola – Leila Lopes
- Argentina – Natalia Rodríguez
- Aruba – Gillain Berry
- Australia – Scherri-Lee Biggs
- Bahamas – Anastagia Pierre
- Belgium – Justine de Jonckheere
- Bolivia – Olivia Pinheiro
- Botswana – Larona Kgabo
- Brazil – Priscila Machado
- British Virgin Islands – Sheroma Hodge
- Canada – Chelsae Durocher
- Cayman Islands – Cristin Alexander
- Chile – Vanessa Ceruti
- China – Luo Zilin
- Colombia – Catalina Robayo
- Costa Rica – Johanna Solano
- Croatia – Natalija Prica
- Curaçao – Evalina van Putten
- Cyprus – Andriani Karantoni
- Czech Republic – Jitka Nováčková
- Denmark – Sandra Amer
- Dominican Republic – Dalia Fernández
- Ecuador – Claudia Schiess
- Egypt – Sara El-Khouly
- El Salvador – Mayra Aldana
- Estonia – Madli Vilsar
- Finland – Pia Pakarinen
- France – Laury Thilleman
- Georgia – Eka Gurtskaia
- Germany – Valeria Bystritskaia
- Ghana – Yayra Nego
- Great Britain – Chloe-Beth Morgan
- Greece – Iliana Papageorgiou
- Guam – Shayna Afaisen
- Guatemala – Alejandra Barillas
- Guyana – Kara Lord
- Haiti – Anedie Azael
- Honduras – Keylin Gómez
- Hungary – Betta Lipcsei
- India – Vasuki Sunkavalli
- Indonesia – Nadine Alexandra
- Ireland – Aoife Hannon
- Israel – Kim Edri
- Italy – Elisa Torrini
- Jamaica – Shakira Martin
- Japan – Maria Kamiyama
- Kazakhstan – Valeriya Aleinikova
- Korea – Jung So-ra
- Kosovo – Afërdita Dreshaj
- Lebanon – Yara Khoury Mikhael|
- Malaysia – Deborah Priya Henry
- Mauritius – Laetitia Darche
- Mexico – Karín Ontiveros
- Montenegro – Nikolina Lončar
- Netherlands – Kelly Weekers
- New Zealand – Priyani Puketapu
- Nicaragua – Adriana Dorn
- Nigeria – Sophie Gemal
- Panama – Sheldry Sáez
- Paraguay – Alba Riquelme
- Peru – Natalie Vértiz
- Philippines – Shamcey Supsup
- Poland – Rozalia Mancewicz
- Portugal – Laura Gonçalves
- Puerto Rico – Viviana Ortiz
- Romania – Larisa Popa
- Russia – Natalia Gantimurova
- Serbia – Anja Šaranović
- Singapore – Valerie Lim
- Slovak Republic – Dagmar Kolesárová
- Slovenia – Ema Jagodič
- South Africa – Bokang Montjane
- Spain – Paula Guilló
- Sri Lanka – Stephanie Siriwardhana
- St. Lucia – Joy-Ann Biscette
- Sweden – Ronnia Fornstedt
- Switzerland – Kerstin Cook
- Tanzania – Nelly Kamwelu
- Thailand – Chanyasorn Sakornchan
- Trinidad snd Tobago – Gabrielle Walcott
- Turkey – Melisa Aslı Pamuk
- Turks and Caicos – Easher Parker
- Ukraine – Olesya Stefanko
- Uruguay – Maria Fernanda Semino
- United States – Alyssa Campanella
- US Virgin Islands – Alexandrya Evans
- Venezuela – Vanessa Gonçalves
- Vietnam – Vũ Thị Hoàng My
Judges
Telecast judges
A total of seven judges were present for the final telecast.- Hélio Castroneves
- Connie Chung
- Isabeli Fontana
- Vivica A. Fox
- Adrienne Maloof-Nassif
- Lea Salonga
- Amelia Vega – Miss Universe 2003 from Dominican Republic
Preliminary judges
- BJ Coleman
- Francesca Romana Diana
- Ana Paula Junqueira
- Scott Lazerson
- Matheus Mazzafera
- Jimmy Nguyen
- Lara Spotts
Returns
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Replacements
- Curaçao – Evalina van Putten replaced Monifa Jansen since Jansen did not meet the age requirements stipulated by the Miss Universe Organization. Jansen was born in March 1993.
- El Salvador – Mayra Aldana replaced Alejandra Ochoa after Alejandra suffered from chronic respiratory illness and was not able to compete.
Designations
- ' – Sandra Amer was appointed as Miss Universe Denmark 2011 after a casting call took place.
- ' – Sara El-Khouly was appointed as Miss Universe Egypt 2011 after no national pageant was held due to the political crisis.
- ' – Iliana Papageorgiou was appointed by the Star Hellas organization to represent Greece at Miss Universe 2011.
- ' – Alejandra Barillas was appointed as Miss Universe Guatemala 2011 in a special ceremony. Barillas was the original representative to Miss Universe 2010 but due to an injury she could not attend. One of her runners-up took her place.
- ' – Valeriya Aleinikova was appointed to represent Kazakhstan after the Miss Kazakhstan organization dropped the franchise and a new organization took over.
- ' – Nikolina Loncar was appointed to represent Montenegro after she could not compete in 2010 because she did not meet the minimum age requirement.
- – Vũ Thị Hoàng My was appointed to represent Vietnam after the pageant organizers were unable to host a beauty pageant. The permission was granted by the Ministry of Culture of Vietnam, which authorizes the international representation of the nation in events of any kind.
Withdrawals
- ' – The Miss Norway 2011 pageant was held on 28 August, since the date of arrival of contestants is on 18 August, They decided that Sara Nicole Andersen, Miss Universe Norway 2011 to send on Miss Universe 2012. They officially withdrew at Miss Universe 2011.
- ' – No national pageant held.