MISS UNIVERSE 2023
How many countries are participating in Miss Universe 2023? Complete list of contestants
The Salvadoran capital, San Salvador, will be the venue for the latest edition of the Miss Universe global beauty pageant this weekend.
This weekend, El Salvador is to host the 72nd edition of the Miss Universe pageant, the most prestigious international beauty contest.
The event is to be presented by former Miss Universe Olivia Culpo, TV host Jeannie Mai, and the actor and journalist Maria Menounos.
In addition to the contest itself, Miss Universe 2023 will include a live musical performance by 12-time Grammy winner John Legend.
Can US win Miss Universe yet again?
At José Adolfo Pineda Arena in San Salvador, the United States will be seeking back-to-back Miss Universe crowns, having secured a record ninth title when Texas’ R’Bonney Gabriel took the 2022 spoils in January.
The US will be represented at Miss Universe 2023 by Utah’s Noelia Voigt, who earned her place at the contest when she was named Miss USA in October.
How many countries are competing at Miss Universe 2023?
In the Salvadoran capital, women from a total of 85 nations will be competing to succeed Gabriel as Miss Universe. They are:
- Albania: Endi Demneri (24)
- Angola: Ana Bárbara Da Silva Coimbra (23)
- Argentina: Yamile Luján Dajud Zuluaga (27)
- Aruba: Karol Croes (27)
- Australia: Moraya Wilson (22)
- Bahamas: Melissa Elaine Ingraham (26)
- Bahrain: Lujane Yacoub (19)
- Belgium: Emilie Vansteenkiste9 (21)
- Bolivia: Maria Estefany Rivero Giesse (26)
- Brazil: Maria Eduarda Ribeiro Brechane (19)
- British Virgin Islands: Ashellica Fahie (28)
- Bulgaria: Yuliia Pavlikova (30)
- Cambodia: Sotima John (23)
- Cameroon: Issie Marie Princesse Ndoun (22)
- Canada: Madison Elizabeth Svetlana Kvaltin (25)
- Cayman Islands: Ileann Powery (25)
- Chile: Celeste Viel Caballero (23)
- China: Jia Qi (23)
- Colombia: María Camila Avella Montañez (28)
- Costa Rica: Lisbeth Tatiana Valverde Brenes (28)
- Croatia: Andrea Erjavec (23)
- Curaçao: Kim Joanna Dorothy Rossen (25)
- Czech Republic: Vanesa Švédová (19)
- Denmark: Nikoline Uhrenholt Hansen (21)
- Dominican Republic: Mariana Isabel Downing Abreu (28)
- Ecuador: Delary Georgette Stoffers Villón (23)
- Egypt: Mohra Amin Tantawy (21)
- El Salvador: Isabella García-Manzo Gutiérrez (20)
- Equatorial Guinea: Diana-Lita Hinestrosa (25)
- Finland: Paula Susanna Joukanen (22)
- France: Diane Leyre (26)
- Germany: Helena Marlen Bleicher (24)
- Greece: Marielia Zaloumi (20)
- Guatemala: Melanie Michelle Cohn Bech (28)
- Guyana: Lisa Andrea Narine (26)
- Honduras: Zuheilyn Michelle ‘Zu’ Clemente Moncada (22)
- Hungary: Tünde Blága (27)
- Iceland: Lilja Síf Pétursdóttir (19)
- India: Shweta Sharda (22)
- Indonesia: Fabiënne Fionnuala Nicole Groeneveld (23)
- Italy: Carmen Panepinto Zayati (24)
- Jamaica: Jordanne Lauren Levy (22)
- Japan: Rio Miyazaki (20)
- Kazakhstan: Tomiris Zair (19)
- Kosovo: Arbesa Rrahmani (24)
- Laos: Phaimany ‘Papao’ Lathsabanthao (28)
- Latvia: Jekaterīna ‘Kate’ Aleksejeva (29)
- Lebanon: Maya Aboul Hosn (25)
- Malaysia: Serena Lee (22)
- Malta: Ella Sophie Portelli (22)
- Mauritius: Aurore Tatiana Beauharnais (23)
- Mexico: Melissa Flores Godínez (25)
- Mongolia: Namuunzul Batmagnai (23)
- Myanmar: Amara Bo (26)
- Namibia: Jameela Uiras Smith (23)
- Nepal: Jane Dipika Elizabeth Bohara Garrett (22)
- Netherlands: Rikkie Valerie Kollé (22)
- Nicaragua: Sheynnis Alondra Palacios Cornejo (23)
- Nigeria: Ugochi Mitchel Ihezue (26)
- Norway: Julie Marie Tollefsen (27)
- Pakistan: Erica Robin (24)
- Panama: Natasha Lineth Vargas Moreno (25)
- Paraguay: Elicena Andrada Orrego (28)
- Peru: Camila Namie Escribens (25)
- Philippines: Michelle Daniela Marquez Dee (28)
- Poland: Angelika Jurkowianiec (27)
- Portugal: Marina Machete Reis (28)
- Puerto Rico: Karla Inelisse Guilfú Acevedo (25)
- Republic of Ireland: Aishah Akorede (23)
- Russia: Margarita Aleksandrovna Golubeva (22)
- Santa Lucia: Earlyca Makeba Frederick (26)
- Singapore: Priyanka Annuncia (26)
- Slovakia: Kinga Puhová (22)
- South Africa: Bryoni Natalie Govender (27)
- South Korea: Soyun Kim (28)
- Spain: Athenea Paulinha Pérez Nsué (27)
- Switzerland: Lorena Santen (26)
- Thailand: Anntonia Porsild (26)
- Trinidad and Tobago: Marion Faith Gillezeau (25)
- Ukraine: Angelina Usanova (26)
- United Kingdom: Jessica Page Lennon (28)
- United States: Noelia Victoria Voigt Briceño (24)
- Venezuela: Diana Carolina Silva Francisco (26)
- Vietnam: Bùi Quỳnh Hoa (25)
- Zimbabwe: Brooke Bruk-Jackson (21)
Miss Universe 2023: what time, how to watch?
Miss Universe 2023 takes place on Saturday 18 November 2023, and is scheduled to get underway at 8pm ET/5pm PT. Viewers in the US will be able to watch the pageant on The Roku Channel and Telemundo.