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Miss Universe 69th edition winners, Miss Universe 2020 special awards, and highlights
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The just-concluded Miss Universe 2020 was the 69th edition of the Miss Universe competition. The world’s most popular beauty pageant was held on May 16, 2021, at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, United States.
The 2019 winner, Zozibini Tunzi of South Africa, crowned her successor at the end of the event.
Miss Mexico is Miss Universe 2020
Miss Universe 2020 Runners-up:
- 1st runner-up: Julia Gama, Brazil
- 2nd runner-up: Janick Maceta del Castillo, Peru
- 3rd runner-up: Adline Castelino, India
- 4th runner-up: Kimberly Jimenez, Dominican Republic
Here is the list of Special award winners: TBA
Best in National Costume – Miss Myanmar – Thuzar Wint Lwin
Top 5 Finalists: TBA
- Andrea Meza, Mexico
- Adline Castelino, India
- Julia Gama, Brazil
- Kimberly Jimenez, Dominican Republic
- Janick Maceta del Castillo, Peru
Miss Universe 2020 Top 10 Finalists: TBA
- Miqueal-Symone Williams, Jamaica
- Kimberly Jimenez, Dominican Republic
- Adline Castelino, India
- Janick Maceta del Castillo, Peru
- Maria Thattil, Australia
- Estefania Soto, Puerto Rico
- Amanda Obdam, Thailand
- Ivonne Cerdas, Costa Rica
- Andrea Meza, Mexico
- Julia Gama, Brazil
Top 21 Finalists:
- Colombia’s Laura Olascuaga
- Peru’s Janick Maceta del Castillo
- Australia’s Maria Thattil
- France’s Amandine Petit
- Myanmar’s Thuzar Wint Lwin
- Jamaica Miqueal-Symone Williams
- Mexico’s Andrea Meza
- Dominican Republic’s Kimberly Jimenez
- USA’s Asya Branch
- Indonesia’s Ayu Maulida Putri
- Argentina’s Alina Luz Akselrad
- India’s Adline Castelino
- Curacao’s Chantal Weirtz
- Puerto Rico’s Estefania Soto Torres
- Philippines’ Rabiya Mateo
- Brazil’s Julia Gama
- Great Britain’s Jeanette Akua
- Nicaragua’s Ana Marcelo
- Thailand’s Amanda Obdam
- Costa Rica’s Ivonne Cerdas
- Vietnam’s Khanh Van
List of 2020 Miss Universe Contestants:
- Paula Mehmetukaj, Albania
- Alina Luz Akselrad, Argentina
- Monika Grigoryan, Armenia
- Helen Hernandez, Aruba
- Maria Thattil, Australia
- Shauntae A. Miller, Bahamas
- Hillary-Ann Williams, Barbados
- Dhenia Covens, Belgium
- Iris Salguero, Belize
- Lenka Nemer, Bolivia
- Julia Gama, Brazil
- Shabree Frett, British Virgin Islands
- Radinela Chusheva, Bulgaria
- Sarita Reth, Cambodia
- Angele Kossinda, Cameroon
- Nova Stevens, Canada
- Mariah Tibbetts, Cayman Islands
- Daniela Nicolas, Chile
- Jiaxin Sun, China
- Laura Olascuaga, Colombia
- Ivonne Cerdas, Costa Rica
- Mirna Naiia Maric, Croatia
- Chantal Wiertz, Curaçao
- Klára Vavrušková, Czech Republic
- Amanda Petri, Denmark
- Kimberly Jimenez, Dominican Republic
- Leyla Espinoza Calvache, Ecuador
- Vanessa Velasquez, El Salvador
- Viivi Altonen, Finland
- Amandine Petit, France
- Chelsea Tayui, Ghana
- Jeanette Akua, Great Britain
- Eden Berandoive, Haiti
- Cecilia Rossell, Honduras
- Elísabet Hulda Snorradóttir, Iceland
- Adline Castelino, India
- Ayu Maulida, Indonesia
- Nadia Sayers, Ireland
- Tehila Levi, Israel
- Viviana Vizzini, Italy
- Miqueal-Symone Williams, Jamaica
- Aisha Harumi Tochigi, Japan
- Kamila Serikbai, Kazakhstan
- Hari Park, South Korea
- Blerta Veseli, Kosovo
- Christina Lasasimma, Laos
- Francisca Luhong James, Malaysia
- Anthea Zammit, Malta
- Vandana Jeetah, Mauritius
- Andrea Meza, Mexico
- Thuzar Wint Lwin, Myanmar
- Anshika Sharma, Nepal
- Denise Speelman, Netherlands
- Ana Marcelo, Nicaragua
- Sunniva Frigstad, Norway
- Carmen Jaramillo, Panama
- Vanessa Castro Guillén, Paraguay
- Janick Maceta del Castillo, Peru
- Rabiya Mateo, Philippines
- Natalia Piguła, Poland
- Cristiana Silva, Portugal
- Estefania Soto, Puerto Rico
- Bianca Lorena Tirsin, Romania
- Alina Sanko, Russia
- Bernadette Belle Ong, Singapore
- Natália Hoštáková, Slovakia
- Natasha Joubert, South Africa
- Andrea Martinez, Spain
- Amanda Obdam, Thailand
- Yelyzaveta Yastremska, Ukraine
- Lola de los Santos, Urugua
- Asya Branch, United States
- Mariangel Villasmil Arteaga, Venezuela
- Nguyen Tran Khanh Van, Vietnam
The following judges served as the judges for the Miss Universe 2020 coronation:
- Arden Cho – American actress, singer, and model
- Brook Lee – Miss Universe 1997 from the United States, American actress, television host, and model
- Christine Duffy – American businesswoman, president of Carnival Cruise Line
- Deepica Mutyala – American entrepreneur, businesswoman, and founder and CEO of Live Tinted
- Keltie Knight – Canadian television personality, actress, and former professional dancer
- Sheryl Adkins-Green – American Exec VP/Chief Marketing Officer at Mary Kay.
- Tatyana Orozco – Colombian economist from Universidad de los Andes
- Zuleyka Rivera – Miss Universe 2006 from Puerto Rico, TV host, dancer, model
This 2020 edition was participated by 74 contestants and was hosted by Mario Lopez and Olivia Culpo. Mario Lopez was last seen hosting the pageant during Miss Universe 2007.
Paulina Vega and Demi-Leigh Tebow served as expert analysts, and Cheslie Kryst served as a backstage correspondent; they had previously been crowned as Miss Universe 2014, Miss Universe 2017, and Miss USA 2019, respectively. Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi also performed during the finals night.
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Also read: Miss Universe 2020 Top 11 Predictions.
