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Miss Universe

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{{Icons|Start|Altverse II}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Miss Universe
| logo = Miss Universe logo.svg
| logo_size = 120px
| caption = Logo of the Miss Universe pageant
| motto = Confidently Beautiful
| type = [[Beauty pageant]]
| headquarters = [[San Francisco City]], [[San Francisco]]
| location ={{flagicon|Kingdom of Sierra}} [[Sierra]]
| formation = {{Start date and age|1958|5|28}}
| language = [[English language|English]]
| key_people = Ronald Hanson [[President (corporate title)|President]] and [[Chief executive officer|CEO]]
| affiliations =
| parent_organization = [[Hanson Group]]
| budget =
| website = missuniverse.com
|}}

'''Miss Universe''' is an annual international beauty pageant that is run by the [[Sierra]]–based Miss Universe Organization. It is one of the most-watched pageants in the world with an estimated audience of 600 million viewers in over 150+ territories. Along with [[Miss World]], [[Miss International]], [[Miss Earth]], [[Miss Globe]], [[Queen of Continents]], and [[Queen of Nations]]. Miss Universe is one of the Big Seven international beauty pageants.

The Miss Universe Organization and its brand are currently owned by [[United Industries]]. The first pageant was held in 1958, a year after the end of [[Great War II]]. The pageant was first aired on [[Sierran Broadcasting Company|SBC]] from 1959 to 2000. Its broadcasting rights for the pageant was transferred to [[MCN]] in 2001 after [[Ronald Hanson]] bought the pageant from [[Motion Company]]. MCN has the current licensing rights to air the pageant. The advocacy for the pageant is 'to solve the humanitarian issues so that it can create positive change for the world'.

The current Miss Universe is [[Ankita Tiwari]] of [[India]] who was crowned on December 14, 2021 in San Francisco, Sierra.

== History ==
The pageant was founded in 1958 by Channel Knitting Mills (now Channel Clothing Company), a [[Gold Coast]]-based clothing company and manufacturer of [[Angelica Swimwear]]. Channel Knitting Mills organized the [[Miss Sierra]] and Miss Universe pageants, the company co-sponsored the pageant for decades to follow. The first Miss Universe pageant was held in [[Grands Ballons|Grands Ballons, Gold Coast]] in 1958 and it was won by [[Ellenor Johansson]] of [[Sweden]]. Since its founding by Channel Clothing, the pageant has been organized and conducted by the Miss Universe, Inc. Eventually, Channel Clothing has been acquired by the [[Corridor Corporation]].

In 1960, [[Mari Osuka]] of [[Japan]] became the first Asian Miss Universe titleholder. Two years later, [[Rachel Willams]] from [[West Indies]] became the first black woman to make the semi-finals. The pageant began its color telecast in 1969 and it was the time that [[Gina Dy]] from [[Tondo]] won the Miss Universe pageant that year. In 1971, the pageant was broadcast live outside [[Sierra]] for the first time and it was televised in [[Saint John, Antilles|Saint John]], [[Antilles]]. [[Emma Wilson]] from West Indies crowned as Miss Universe in 1977 and he became the first black woman titleholder of the pageant. [[Ronald Hanson]] bought the pageant in 1998 from [[Motion Company]], with a broadcasting agreement with SBC until 2000. A year later, Miss Universe, Inc. changed its name to Miss Universe Organization.

During the [[Sierran Broadcasting Company|SBC]] telecast era, [[John Baker]] hosted the pageant from 1958 to 1965, [[Patrick Fates]] from 1965 to 1984, [[Robin Hoover]] from 1985 to 1989, [[Mark Wagner]] from 1990 to 1994, [[Albert Stewart]] from 1995 to 2000. Since the [[MCN]] era, multiple hosts shared their duties from 2000's until early-2010's. The pageant is hosted by [[Steve Harrison]] since 2014.

== Contestant selection ==
To gain participation in Miss Universe, the country needs to buy a rights to have a franchise. A country is usually select their contestants through modelling agency or a local pageant. For the local modelling agency, they choose their suitable candidate for their representative. If a local contestant would win a title on a local pageant, she will be selected to become a part of Miss Universe represting her country or territory. In case of no pageant held in, they will usually appoint a runner-up to represent their country for the pageant. The number of participants is inconsistent because of the franchising of the pageant paired with problems related to the calendar.

The Miss Universe has historically proven popular in regions like the Americas, Africa and Asia, especially in countries like [[Kingdom of Sierra|Sierra]], [[United Commonwealth]], [[Tondo]], [[United People's Committees|Andes]], [[Brazil]], [[South Africa]], [[Thailand]], and [[Indonesia]], given their successful track record of multiple semifinal appearances in the last decade and combined multiple titles in the competition's history.

== Main pageant ==

== Crowns ==
* '''Star of the Universe''' (1958-1967) — This crown was used from 1958 to 1967. It was named as such due to the star shape at the top of the crown. It is made up of approximately 1,000 Oriental cultured and black pearls set in solid gold and platinum and only weighed 1.25 pounds.
* '''Coventry Crown''' (1967-2001) — This crown was purely made of rhinestones, which featured a female figure (holding a scepter) as its main centerpiece. The cheaper cost of its rhinestone design made it possible to create exact replicas of the crown to be given to outgoing titleholders. It was also dubbed as ''The Lady Crown''.
* '''White Pearl Crown''' (2001-2016) — used from 2001 to 2016. The crown depicted the phoenix rising, signifying status, power and beauty, as stipulated in their sponsorship deal. The crown has 500 natural colorless diamonds of almost 30 carats (6.0 g), 120 South Sea and Akoya pearls, ranging in size from 3 to 18 mm diameter.
* '''Blue Diamond Crown''' (2016-2020) — The crown is reminiscent of the Manhattan Skyline and is composed of 311 diamonds, 5 pieces of blue topaz, 198 pieces of blue sapphire, 33 pieces of heat—fired crystals, and 220 grams of 18k karat white gold. The grand total weight of the crown is 411 grams.
* '''Power of Unity Crown''' (2021-present) — The crown consists of Golden Canary Diamond that weighs 62.83 carat.

== Recent titleholders ==
{{For|full list and details|List of Miss Universe titleholders}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" font-size: 95%;"
! width="50" |Edition
! width="180" |Country
! width="180" |Titleholder
! width="180" |National Title
! width="350" |Venue of Competition
! width="90" |Number of Entrants
|-
|[[Miss Universe 2021|2021]]
|{{flag|India}}
|[[Ankita Tawari]]
|[[Miss Universe India 2021]]
|[[San Francisco City]], [[San Francisco]], [[Sierra]]
|94
|-
|[[Miss Universe 2020|2020]]
|{{flag|Brazil}}
|[[Débora Medeiros]]
|[[Miss Brazil 2020]]
|[[Atlanta]], [[United Commonwealth]]
|90
|-
|[[Miss Universe 2019|2019]]
|{{flag|South Africa}}
|[[Lalela Matheba]]
|[[Miss South African Republic 2019|Miss SAR 2019]]
|Seoul, Korea
|89
|-
|[[Miss Universe 2018|2018]]
|{{flag|France}}
|[[Alice Varane]]
|[[Miss France 2019]]
|Bangkok, Thailand
|92
|-
|[[Miss Universe 2017|2017]]
|{{flag|South Africa}}
|[[Penelope Gardiner]]
|[[Miss South African Republic 2017|Miss SAR 2017]]
|[[Las Vegas]], [[Clark]], [[Sierra]]
|90
|}

==See also==
{{Big Seven Pageants}}
[[Category:Miss Universe]]
[[Category:International beauty pageants]]
[[Category:Recurring events established in 1958]]
[[Category:1958 establishments in San Francisco]]

Template:Big Seven Pageants

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** [[List of Miss World titleholders|winners]]
* [[Miss Universe]]
** [[List of Miss Universe titleholders|winners]]
* [[Miss International]]
** [[List of Miss International titleholders|winners]]
* [[Queen of Continents]]
** [[List of Queen of Continents titleholders|winners]]
* [[Miss Globe]]
** [[List of Miss Globe titleholders|winners]]
* [[Miss Earth]]
** [[List of Miss Earth titleholders|winners]]
* [[Queen of Nations]]
** [[List of Queen of Nations titleholders|winners]]

|below =
* [[List of beauty pageants]]

}}<noinclude>
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[[Category:Big Seven pageant templates| ]]
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Template:Big Seven Pageants

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* [[Miss World]]
** [[List of Miss World titleholders|winners]]
* [[Miss Universe]]
** [[List of Miss Universe titleholders|winners]]
* [[Miss International]]
** [[List of Miss International titleholders|winners]]
* [[Queen of Continents]]
** [[List of Queen of Continents titleholders|winners]]
* [[Miss Globe]]
** [[List of Miss Globe titleholders|winners]]
* [[Miss Earth]]
** [[List of Miss Earth titleholders|winners]]
* [[Queen of Nations]]
** [[List of Queen of Nations titleholders|winners]]

|below =
* [[List of beauty pageants]]

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[[Category:Big Seven pageant templates| ]]
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Miss Universe

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2001:FD8:710:751:3CCF:6ABE:12D5:10C8:

{{Icons|Start|Altverse II}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Miss Universe
| logo = Miss Universe logo.svg
| logo_size = 120px
| caption = Logo of the Miss Universe pageant
| motto = Confidently Beautiful
| type = [[Beauty pageant]]
| headquarters = [[San Francisco City]], [[San Francisco]]
| location ={{flagicon|Kingdom of Sierra}} [[Sierra]]
| formation = {{Start date and age|1958|5|28}}
| language = [[English language|English]]
| key_people = Ronald Hanson [[President (corporate title)|President]] and [[Chief executive officer|CEO]]
| affiliations =
| parent_organization = [[Hanson Group]]
| budget =
| website = missuniverse.com
|}}

'''Miss Universe''' is an annual international beauty pageant that is run by the [[Sierra]]–based Miss Universe Organization. It is one of the most-watched pageants in the world with an estimated audience of 600 million viewers in over 150+ territories. Along with [[Miss World]], [[Miss International]], [[Miss Earth]], [[Miss Globe]], [[Queen of Continents]], and [[Queen of Nations]]. Miss Universe is one of the Big Seven international beauty pageants.

The Miss Universe Organization and its brand are currently owned by [[United Industries]]. The first pageant was held in 1958, a year after the end of [[Great War II]]. The pageant was first aired on [[Sierran Broadcasting Company|SBC]] from 1959 to 2000. Its broadcasting rights for the pageant was transferred to [[MCN]] in 2001 after [[Ronald Hanson]] bought the pageant from [[Motion Company]]. MCN has the current licensing rights to air the pageant. The advocacy for the pageant is 'to solve the humanitarian issues so that it can create positive change for the world'.

The current Miss Universe is [[Ankita Tiwari]] of [[India]] who was crowned on December 14, 2021 in San Francisco, Sierra.

== History ==
The pageant was founded in 1958 by Channel Knitting Mills (now Channel Clothing Company), a [[Gold Coast]]-based clothing company and manufacturer of [[Angelica Swimwear]]. Channel Knitting Mills organized the [[Miss Sierra]] and Miss Universe pageants, the company co-sponsored the pageant for decades to follow. The first Miss Universe pageant was held in [[Grands Ballons|Grands Ballons, Gold Coast]] in 1958 and it was won by [[Ellenor Johansson]] of [[Sweden]]. Since its founding by Channel Clothing, the pageant has been organized and conducted by the Miss Universe, Inc. Eventually, Channel Clothing has been acquired by the [[Corridor Corporation]].

In 1960, [[Mari Osuka]] of [[Japan]] became the first Asian Miss Universe titleholder. Two years later, [[Rachel Willams]] from [[West Indies]] became the first black woman to make the semi-finals. The pageant began its color telecast in 1969 and it was the time that [[Gina Dy]] from [[Tondo]] won the Miss Universe pageant that year. In 1971, the pageant was broadcast live outside [[Sierra]] for the first time and it was televised in [[Saint John, Antilles|Saint John]], [[Antilles]]. [[Emma Wilson]] from West Indies crowned as Miss Universe in 1977 and he became the first black woman titleholder of the pageant. [[Ronald Hanson]] bought the pageant in 1998 from [[Motion Company]], with a broadcasting agreement with SBC until 2000. A year later, Miss Universe, Inc. changed its name to Miss Universe Organization.

During the [[Sierran Broadcasting Company|SBC]] telecast era, [[John Baker]] hosted the pageant from 1958 to 1965, [[Patrick Fates]] from 1965 to 1984, [[Robin Hoover]] from 1985 to 1989, [[Mark Wagner]] from 1990 to 1994, [[Albert Stewart]] from 1995 to 2000. Since the [[MCN]] era, multiple hosts shared their duties from 2000's until early-2010's. The pageant is hosted by [[Steve Harrison]] since 2014.

== Contestant selection ==
To gain participation in Miss Universe, the country needs to buy a rights to have a franchise. A country is usually select their contestants through modelling agency or a local pageant. For the local modelling agency, they choose their suitable candidate for their representative. If a local contestant would win a title on a local pageant, she will be selected to become a part of Miss Universe represting her country or territory. In case of no pageant held in, they will usually appoint a runner-up to represent their country for the pageant. The number of participants is inconsistent because of the franchising of the pageant paired with problems related to the calendar.

The Miss Universe has historically proven popular in regions like the Americas, Africa and Asia, especially in countries like [[Kingdom of Sierra|Sierra]], [[United Commonwealth]], [[Tondo]], [[United People's Committees|Andes]], [[Brazil]], [[South Africa]], [[Thailand]], and [[Indonesia]], given their successful track record of multiple semifinal appearances in the last decade and combined multiple titles in the competition's history.

== Main pageant ==

== Crowns ==
* '''Star of the Universe''' (1958-1967) — This crown was used from 1958 to 1967. It was named as such due to the star shape at the top of the crown. It is made up of approximately 1,000 Oriental cultured and black pearls set in solid gold and platinum and only weighed 1.25 pounds.
* '''Coventry Crown''' (1967-2001) — This crown was purely made of rhinestones, which featured a female figure (holding a scepter) as its main centerpiece. The cheaper cost of its rhinestone design made it possible to create exact replicas of the crown to be given to outgoing titleholders. It was also dubbed as ''The Lady Crown''.
* '''White Pearl Crown''' (2001-2016) — used from 2001 to 2016. The crown depicted the phoenix rising, signifying status, power and beauty, as stipulated in their sponsorship deal. The crown has 500 natural colorless diamonds of almost 30 carats (6.0 g), 120 South Sea and Akoya pearls, ranging in size from 3 to 18 mm diameter.
* '''Blue Diamond Crown''' (2016-2020) — The crown is reminiscent of the Manhattan Skyline and is composed of 311 diamonds, 5 pieces of blue topaz, 198 pieces of blue sapphire, 33 pieces of heat—fired crystals, and 220 grams of 18k karat white gold. The grand total weight of the crown is 411 grams.
* '''Power of Unity Crown''' (2021-present) — The crown consists of Golden Canary Diamond that weighs 62.83 carat.

== Recent titleholders ==
{{For|full list and details|List of Miss Universe titleholders}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" font-size: 95%;"
! width="50" |Edition
! width="180" |Country
! width="180" |Titleholder
! width="180" |National Title
! width="350" |Venue of Competition
! width="90" |Number of Entrants
|-
|[[Miss Universe 2021|2021]]
|{{flag|India}}
|[[Ankita Tawari]]
|[[Miss Universe India 2021]]
|[[San Francisco City]], [[San Francisco]], [[Sierra]]
|94
|-
|[[Miss Universe 2020|2020]]
|{{flag|Brazil}}
|[[Débora Medeiros]]
|[[Miss Brazil 2020]]
|[[Atlanta]], [[United Commonwealth]]
|90
|-
|[[Miss Universe 2019|2019]]
|{{flag|South Africa}}
|[[Lalela Matheba]]
|[[Miss South African Republic 2019|Miss SAR 2019]]
|Seoul, Korea
|89
|-
|[[Miss Universe 2018|2018]]
|{{flag|France}}
|[[Alice Varane]]
|[[Miss France 2019]]
|Bangkok, Thailand
|92
|-
|[[Miss Universe 2017|2017]]
|{{flag|South Africa}}
|[[Penelope Gardiner]]
|[[Miss South African Republic 2017|Miss SAR 2017]]
|[[Las Vegas]], [[Clark]], [[Sierra]]
|90
|}

==See also==

[[Category:Miss Universe]]
[[Category:International beauty pageants]]
[[Category:Recurring events established in 1958]]
[[Category:1958 establishments in San Francisco]]