Miss Universe 2013
Miss Universe 2013, the 62nd Miss Universe pageant, was held on 9 November 2013 at the Crocus City Hall, Krasnogorsk, a suburb of Moscow, Russia. Olivia Culpo of the United States crowned her successor Gabriela Isler of Venezuela at the end of the event. 86 contestants competed for the title.
Results
Placements
§ - Voted into the Top 16 by viewersOrder of announcements
Top 16
- Costa Rica
- Ukraine
- China
- Ecuador
- Great Britain
- Indonesia
- Venezuela
- Dominican Republic
- Puerto Rico
- Spain
- USA
- Nicaragua
- Switzerland
- India
- Brazil
- Philippines
Top 10
- Spain
- Philippines
- Great Britain
- India
- Brazil
- USA
- Ukraine
- Ecuador
- Venezuela
- Dominican Republic
Top 5
- Ecuador
- Brazil
- Spain
- Philippines
- Venezuela
Contestants
Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown |
Angola | Vaumara Rebelo | 22 | Luanda | |
Argentina | Brenda González | 20 | Rosario | |
Aruba | Stefanie Evangelista | 24 | San Nicolaas | |
Australia | Olivia Wells | 19 | Melbourne | |
Austria | Doris Hofmann | 23 | Steyr | |
Azerbaijan | Aysel Manafova | 23 | Baku | |
Bahamas | Lexi Wilson | 22 | Nassau | |
Belgium | Noémie Happart | 20 | Liege | |
Bolivia | Alexia Viruez | 19 | Santa Cruz | |
Botswana | Tsaone Macheng | 24 | Gaborone | |
Brazil | Jakelyne Oliveira | 20 | Rondonópolis | |
British Virgin Islands | Sharie De Castro | 22 | Tortola | |
Bulgaria | Veneta Krasteva | 21 | Sofia | |
Canada | Riza Santos | 27 | Calgary | |
Chile | María Jesús Matthei | 21 | Santiago | |
China | Jin Ye | 25 | Hebei | |
Colombia | Lucia Aldana | 21 | Cali | |
Costa Rica | Fabiana Granados | 23 | Guanacaste | |
Croatia | Melita Fabečić | 18 | Zagreb | |
Curaçao | Eline de Pool | 19 | Willemstad | |
Czech Republic | Gabriela Kratochvilová | 23 | Chotěboř | |
Denmark | Cecilia Iftikhar | 26 | Copenhagen | |
Dominican Republic | Yaritza Reyes | 19 | Santo Domingo | |
Ecuador | Constanza Báez | 22 | Quito | |
El Salvador | Alba Delgado | 22 | San Salvador | |
Estonia | Kristina Karjalainen | 24 | Tallinn | |
Ethiopia | Mhadere Tigabe | 19 | Addis Ababa | |
Finland | Lotta Hintsa | 25 | Helsinki | |
France | Hinarani de Longeaux | 23 | Tahiti | |
Gabon | Jennifer Ondo | 21 | Libreville | |
Germany | Anne-Julia Hagen | 23 | Berlin | |
Ghana | Hanniel Jamin | 19 | Accra | |
Great Britain | Amy Willerton | 21 | London | |
Greece | Anastasia Sidiropoulou | 21 | Athens | |
Guam | Alixes Scott | 18 | Tumon | |
Guatemala | Paulette Samayoa | 23 | Guatemala City | |
Guyana | Katherina Roshana | 24 | Georgetown | |
Haiti | Mondiana Pierre | 21 | Port-au-Prince | |
Honduras | Diana Schoutsen | 26 | Tela | |
Hungary | Rebeka Kárpáti | 19 | Budapest | |
India | Manasi Moghe | 22 | Mumbai | |
Indonesia | Whulandary Herman | 26 | Pariaman | |
Israel | Yityish Aynaw | 22 | Netanya | |
Italy | Luna Voce | 25 | Crotone | |
Jamaica | Kerrie Baylis | 25 | Kingston | |
Japan | Yukimi Matsuo | 26 | Kyoto | |
Kazakhstan | Aygerim Kozhakanova | 19 | Almaty | |
Korea | Yu-mi Kim | 23 | Seoul | |
Lebanon | Karen Ghrawi | 22 | Beirut | |
Lithuania | Simona Burbaitė | 21 | Vilnius | |
Malaysia | Carey Ng | 25 | Putrajaya | |
Mauritius | Diya Beeltah | 25 | Quatre Bornes | |
Mexico | Cynthia Duque | 21 | Monterrey | |
Myanmar | Moe Set Wine | 25 | Yangon | |
Namibia | Paulina Malulu | 24 | Windhoek | |
Netherlands | Stephanie Tency | 23 | Amsterdam | |
New Zealand | Holly Cassidy | 22 | Auckland | |
Nicaragua | Nastassja Bolívar | 25 | Diriamba | |
Nigeria | Stephanie Okwu | 19 | Imo State | |
Norway | Mari Ekeløf | 24 | Hamar | |
Panama | Carolina Brid | 23 | Veraguas | |
Paraguay | Guadalupe González | 21 | Asunción | |
Peru | Cindy Mejía | 26 | Lima | |
Philippines | Ariella Arida | 24 | Alaminos | |
Poland | Paulina Krupińska | 26 | Warsaw | |
Puerto Rico | Monic Pérez | 23 | Arecibo | |
Romania | Oana Andrei | 26 | Târgoviște | |
Russia | Elmira Abdrazakova | 23 | Mezhdurechensk | |
Serbia | Ana Vrcelj | 20 | Belgrade | |
Singapore | Shi Lim | 25 | Bukit Batok | |
Slovak Republic | Jeanette Borhyová | 21 | Ivanka pri Dunaji | |
Slovenia | Nina Đurđević | 22 | Maribor | |
South Africa | Marilyn Ramos | 22 | Klerksdorp | |
Spain | Patricia Yurena Rodríguez | 23 | Canary Islands | |
Sri Lanka | Amanda Rathnayake | 23 | Colombo | |
Sweden | Alexandra Friberg | 19 | Stockholm | |
Switzerland | Dominique Rinderknecht | 24 | Zurich | |
Tanzania | Betty Omara | 20 | Dar es Salaam | |
Thailand | Chalita Yaemwannang | 25 | Bangkok | |
Trinidad and Tobago | Catherine Miller | 21 | Port-of-Spain | |
Turkey | Berrin Keklikler | 19 | Istanbul | |
Turks and Caicos | Snwazna Adams | 27 | Providenciales | |
Ukraine | Olga Storozhenko | 21 | Vinnytsia | |
United States | Erin Brady | 26 | East Hampton | |
Venezuela | Gabriela Isler | 25 | Valencia | |
Vietnam | Trương Thị May | 25 | Ho Chi Minh City |
Judges
Preliminary competition
- Irina Agalarova – Russian fashion icon
- Corinne Nicolas – modeling industry veteran
- David Perozzi – Emmy-nominated producer and journalist
- Alicia Quarles – New York-based correspondent for E! News
- Gabriel Rivera-Barraza – fashion publicist and philanthropist
- Jose Sariego – Senior Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs for Telemundo Media
- Elena Semikina – Miss Universe Canada 2010
Final telecast
- Carol Alt – American model and actress, host of Fox News program A Healthy You & Carol Alt
- Italo Fontana – Italian watchmaker, founder of U-Boat Watches
- Philipp Kirkorov – Russian pop singer
- Tara Lipinski – retired American figure skater, Olympic gold medalist
- Nobu Matsuhisa – Japanese celebrity chef and restaurateur
- Farouk Shami – Palestinian-American businessman, founder of professional hair care products company Farouk Systems
- Steven Tyler – lead vocalist of Aerosmith, former American Idol judge
- Anne Vyalitsyna – Russian model, coach for Oxygen reality show The Face
Debuts
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Returns
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Designations
- ' – Doris Hofmann was appointed to represent Austria, she was the 1st runner-up at the Miss Austria 2013 pageant.
- ' – Aysel Manafova was appointed to represent Azerbaijan by Aras Agalarov, one of the main organizers of the pageant, she was previously Miss Azerbaijan 2012.
- ' – Cecilia Iftikhar was appointed to represent Denmark by Lene Memborg, national director of Miss Universe in Denmark. Cecilia was previously Miss Earth Denmark 2011.
- ' – Anne-Julia Hagen was appointed as "Miss Universe Germany 2013" after a casting call took place. She was Miss Germany 2010.
- ' – Anastasia Sidiropoulou was appointed as "Miss Universe Greece 2013" by Vassilis Prevelakis, national director of Miss Universe in Greece. Anastasia was previously "Miss Young 2010".
- ' – Aygerim Kozhakanova was appointed to represent Kazakhstan, she was a contestant at the Miss Kazakhstan 2012 pageant.
- – Trương Thị May was appointed as "Miss Universe Vietnam 2013" by Unicorp, the license holder of the Miss Universe Organization in Vietnam. She is 1st Runner-up of Miss Ethnic Vietnam 2006.
Replacements
- ' – Denise Garrido was crowned Miss Universe Canada 2013 during the pageant finals but was stripped of the crown after a few hours when the organization discovered that there was a typo error in the ratings of the top 5 entries, which significantly impacted the final results of the competition. The official winner was then announced to be Riza Santos, who was previously placed as first runner-up. This is the first instance of this type of error in the 11 years that Beauties of Canada has produced the Miss Universe Canada pageant. Garrido has actually ranked as third runner-up.
- ' – Hinarani de Longeaux was appointed to represent France, by the Miss France Organization as a replacement to Marine Lorphelin, the winner of the Miss France 2013 pageant, who placed 1st Runner-up at Miss World 2013 and was ineligible to compete for Miss Universe 2013. Longeaux was the 1st runner-up at the Miss France 2013 pageant.
- – Nikolina Bojic was crowned Miss Serbia 2013, but was dethroned after it was revealed that she was married. Aleksandra Doknic took her place as Miss Serbia 2013 for Miss World, while Ana Vrcelj became new Miss Serbia 2013 for Miss Universe.
Withdrawals
- ' – Fioralba Dizdari withdrew due to Kosovo not being able to compete.
- ' – No contest held
- ' – The date for Star Cyprus 2013 conflicted with Miss Universe.
- ' – Janeta Kerdikoshvili did not participate because of unexpected health problems. However, she represented the country at the Miss Universe 2015.
- ' – The Miss Universe Ireland pageant was rescheduled for the following year.
- ' – Mirjeta Shala withdrew because she wasn't able to enter Russia as it does not recognize Kosovo as an independent country. Mirjeta represented the country in the Miss Universe 2015.
- ' – Nikoleta Jovanović withdrew as she did not meet the minimum age requirements.
- ' – No contest held
- – Micaela Orsi withdrew because her visa application was denied by the Russian Embassy and for some disagreements about her contract with the national director.
Controversies
An Internet petition was also started for the Miss Universe Organization to relocate the pageant from Moscow due to these laws as well as human rights concerns.
MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts, also openly gay, took on hosting duties. While he condemned Russia for its anti-gay law, he stated his belief that his presence in Russia would make for a more effective statement against Russian homophobia than boycotting. Also, Patricia Yurena Rodriguez of Spain is currently the highest-placed LGBT member at Miss Universe, placing runner-up only to Isler of Venezuela, but only came out years after her stint in the pageant.
Years after the event, the owner at the time, Donald Trump, is involved in an ongoing controversy related to the pageant in Russia.