2009 Miss Universe | 2009 Miss Universe Candidates | 2009 Miss Universe Results

Updates: Miss Universe 2009 - Miss Venezuela – Stefanía Fernández
1st Runner-up - Dominican Republic - Ada de la Cruz
2ndRunner-up - Kosovo - Marigona Dragusha
3rd Runner-up - Australia - Rachael Finch
4th Runner-up - Puerto Rico - Mayra Matos

Special Awards

Miss Congeniality - China - Wang Jingyao
Miss Photogenic - Thailand - Chutima Durongdej
Best National Costume - Panama - Diana Broce

Earlier: The 2009 Miss Universe (58th Miss Universe) pageant will be held on this coming August 23, 2009 in the beautiful Atlantis Paradise Island of Bahamas. Beautiful ladies from eighty-five countries and territories will compete for the title and the pageant will broadcast live in more than 60 countries around the world. This year’s coronation night will be hosted by Billy Bush and Claudia Jordan. This show will be aired and televised live on NBC.

2009 Miss Universe Candidates
ALBANIA - Hasna Xhukuci
ANGOLA - Nelsa Alves
ARGENTINA - Johanna Lasic
ARUBA - Dianne Croes
AUSTRALIA - Rachael Finch
BAHAMAS - Kiara Sherman
BELGIUM - Zeynep Sever
BOLIVIA - Dominique Peltier
BRAZIL - Larissa Costa
BULGARIA - Elitsa Lubenova
CANADA - Mariana Valente
CAYMAN ISLANDS - Nicosia Lawson
CHINA - Jing Yao Wang
COLOMBIA - Michelle Rouillard
COSTA RICA - Jessica Umaña
CROATIA - Sarah Cosic
CURACAO - Angie Simon
CYPRUS - Klelia Yiasemidou
CZECH REPUBLIC - Iveta Lutovska
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Ada de la Cruz
ECUADOR - Sandra Vinces
EGYPT - Elham Wagdi
EL SALVADOR - Mayella Mena
ESTONIA - Diana Arno
ETHIOPIA - Melat Yante
FINLAND - Essi Poysti
FRANCE - Chloe Mortaud
GEORGIA - Lika Orzhonikidze
GERMANY - Martina Lee
GHANA - Jennifer Koranteng
GREAT BRITAIN - Clair Cooper
GREECE - Viviana Kampanile
GUAM - Racine Manley
GUATEMALA - Lourdes Figueroa
GUYANA - Jenel Cox
HUNGARY - Zsuzsa Budai
ICELAND - Ingibjörg Egilsdóttir
INDIA - Ekta Chowdhry
INDONESIA - Zivanna Siregar
IRELAND - Diana Donnelly
ISRAEL - Yulia Liubianitzki
ITALY - Laura Valenti
JAPAN - Emiri Miyasaka
KAZAKHSTAN - Olga Nikitina
KOREA - Seon Na Ri
KOSOVO - Marigona Dragusha
LEBANON - Martine Andraos
MALAYSIA - Joanne Belle Ng Li Vun
MAURITIUS - Anais Veerapatren
MEXICO - Karla Carrillo
MONTENEGRO - Anja Jovanovic
NAMIBIA - Happie Ntalamo
NETHERLANDS - Avalon Chanel Weyzig
NEW ZEALAND - Katie Taylor
NICARAGUA - Indiana Sanchez
NIGERIA - Sandra Otohwo
NORWAY - Eli Landa
PANAMA - Diana Broce
PARAGUAY - Mareike Baumgarten
PERU - Karen Schwarz
PHILIPPINES - Pamela Bianca Manalo
POLAND - Angelika Jakubowska
PUERTO RICO - Mayra Matos
ROMANIA - Bianca Constantin
RUSSIA - Sofia Rudieva
SERBIA - Dragana Atlija
SINGAPORE - Rachel Kum
SLOVAK REPUBLIC - Denisa Mendrejova
SLOVENIA - Mirela Korac
SOUTH AFRICA - Tatum Keshwar
SWEDEN - Renate Cerljen
SWITZERLAND - Whitney Toyloy
TANZANIA - Illuminata James
THAILAND - Chutima Durongdej
TURKEY - Senem Kuyucuoglu
TURKS & CAICOS - Jewel Selver
UKRAINE - Kristina Kotz-Gotlib
URUGUAY - Cinthia D’Ottone
USA - Kristen Dalton
VENEZUELA - Stefania Fernandez
VIETNAM - Vo Hoang Yen
ZAMBIA - Andella Chileshe

NOTE: Spain and Honduras are yet to elect their representative. Sri Lanka and Trinidad & Tobago withdrew from this year’s pageant.