Miss Universe 2024
Venue Mexico
Returns
  • Belize
  • China
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • New Zealand
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Miss Universe 2024 will be the 73rd Miss Universe pageant, to be held in Mexico.[1][2] Sheynnis Palacios of Nicaragua will crown her successor at the end of the event.

Background

Location and date

On 18 November 2023, during the Miss Universe 2023 pageant, businessman Raúl Rocha Cantú announced that the 73rd edition will be held in Mexico via a video presentation.[3] This marks the first time Mexico will host the pageant since previously hosting in 2007.

Selection of participants

In September 2023, during the Tanner Fletcher show at New York Fashion Week, Miss Universe 2022 R'Bonney Gabriel revealed that the Miss Universe Organization had made the decision to remove age restrictions for contestants over the age of 18, which would be implemented starting with the 2024 edition. Prior to this change, the pageant had restricted participation to women between ages 18–28 on the year of the pageant, outside of special circumstances.[a][5][6]

Debuts, returns and withdrawals

This edition will mark the returns of Belize, China, Kyrgyzstan, and New Zealand. New Zealand last competed in 2019; while the others last competed in 2022.[7][8]

Contestants

As of 19 February 2024, six contestants have been confirmed to compete for the title.

Country/Territory Contestant Age[b] Hometown
China China Jia Qi[9] 23 Chengdu
France France Indira Ampiot[10] 20 Basse-Terre
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Madina Almukhanova[11] 23 Almaty
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Maya Turdalieva[12] 25 Bishkek
Mongolia Mongolia Nominzul Zandangiin[13] 19 Ulaanbaatar
Venezuela Venezuela Ileana Márquez[14] 27 Valencia

Upcoming pageants

Country/Territory Date
Belgium Belgium 24 February 2024[15]
Belize Belize 13 April 2024[7]
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 18 May 2024[16]
Philippines Philippines 22 May 2024
Argentina Argentina 25 May 2024[17]
Jamaica Jamaica 29 June 2024[18]
Republic of Ireland Ireland June 2024[19]
Chile Chile 7 July 2024[20]
United Kingdom Great Britain 13 July 2024[21]
United States United States 4 August 2024[22]
Denmark Denmark 1 September 2024[23]

Notes

  1. ^ Contestants over the age of 28 competed in recent editions of Miss Universe due to postponements, or after withdrawing from their scheduled edition for personal reasons and being invited to compete instead the following year.[4]
  2. ^ Ages at the time of the pageant

References

  1. ^ "Mexico will host Miss Universe 2024: When will the beauty pageant be held?". Marca. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  2. ^ Staff, M. N. D. (29 November 2023). "Miss Universe pageant coming to Mexico in 2024". Mexico News Daily. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  3. ^ Mallorca, Hannah (19 November 2023). "Mexico confirmed as host country for Miss Universe 2024". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Delegates of Miss Universe 2020". Miss Universe. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  5. ^ Carballo, Charlie (12 September 2023). "Exclusive: Miss Universe R'Bonney Gabriel Announces the End of Age Restrictions for the Miss Universe Pageant at Tanner Fletcher's NYFW Show". Women's Wear Daily. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  6. ^ Alpad, Christina (13 September 2023). "Miss Universe pageant to remove age limit beginning 2024". The Manila Times.
  7. ^ a b Ku, Kristen (20 December 2023). "New chapter for Miss Universe Belize". Amandala. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  8. ^ Rivera, Alejandra (15 November 2023). "Miss China queda fuera del Miss Universo 2023, ¿la razón?" [Miss China is left out of Miss Universe 2023, the reason?]. El Heraldo (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  9. ^ "Nhan sắc Hoa hậu Hoàn vũ Trung Quốc 2023" [Beauty of Miss Universe China]. Tiền Phong (in Vietnamese). 23 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  10. ^ "Miss France : avant même la fin de son règne, Indira Ampiot révèle ce qu'elle fera après avoir rendu sa couronne" [Miss France : before even the end of her reign, Indira Ampiot reveals what she will do after having given up her crown]. Femina (in French). 13 November 2023.
  11. ^ "«Қазақстан аруы – 2023»: Қызылордалық Ботагөз Нұржігітова вице-мисс атанды" ["Miss Kazakhstan - 2023": Botagoz Nurzhigitova from Kyzylorda became the vice-miss]. Zharshysy Zhalagash (in Kazakh). 15 December 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  12. ^ "Победительницами "Мисс Кыргызстан" стали сразу три конкурсантки" [Three contestants became the winners of "Miss Kyrgyzstan"]. Tengri News (in Kazakh). 4 October 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  13. ^ "З.Номинзул "Miss Universe"-д оролцох боломжгүй болжээ" [Z. Nominzul could not participate in "Miss Universe"]. Zogii (in Mongolian). 19 October 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  14. ^ Perdomo, Williams (7 December 2023). "Ileana Márquez es Miss Venezuela 2023, la primera madre en conseguir la corona nacional" [Ileana Márquez is Miss Venezuela 2023, the first mother to win the national crown]. El Nacional (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  15. ^ "Bestel nu uw tickets color de finale van Miss België". Miss België (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  16. ^ @missuniversezw and director_bae_ (15 January 2024). "MISS UNIVERSE ZIMBABWE CALENDAR REVEAL". Retrieved 15 January 2024 – via Instagram.
  17. ^ @missuniversoar (17 February 2024). "¡Conteo Regresivo! La Final Nacional de Miss Universo Argentina 2024 se Acerca Rápidamente" (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 February 2024 – via Instagram.
  18. ^ @officialmissuniversejamaica (19 January 2024). "🌎 Journey to Mexico!🇲🇽 As we gear up for 2024 Pageant season, we want to ensure you're well-informed about a few CRUCIAL dates. Our application deadline is set for April 1st, 2024". Retrieved 19 January 2024 – via Instagram.
  19. ^ @missuniverseirelandorg (19 December 2023). "Exciting News on MUI 2024 : We said a new era had arrived and we are delighted to announce for the first time in the competitions history there is now NO upper limit for applications and in addition to this you can have Children or / and be Married". Retrieved 25 January 2024 – via Instagram.
  20. ^ @misschileuniverso (23 January 2024). "Este 7 de julio Chile conocerán a la sucesora de nuestra histórica @celeviel en la gran final nacional a realizarse en @centroculturalceina a las 18:00 horas". Retrieved 23 January 2024 – via Instagram.
  21. ^ @missuniversegb (14 September 2023). "Miss Universe Great Britain 2024 announcement... it's going to be a BIG year!". Retrieved 8 December 2023 – via Instagram.
  22. ^ @missusa (10 February 2024). "We're coming home.... to Hollywood!". Retrieved 10 February 2024 – via Instagram.
  23. ^ @missdanmark.dk (9 February 2024). "Miss Danmark 2024 - SIGN UP TODAY✨🇩🇰👑🇩🇰..." Retrieved 13 February 2024 – via Instagram.

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