Miss Universe 2022 facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Miss Universe 2022
R'Bonney Gabriel, Miss Universe 2022
Date	14 January 2023
Presenters	Jeannie Mai Olivia Culpo Catriona Gray Zuri Hall
Entertainment	Big Freedia Big Sam's Funky Nation Amanda Shaw Tank and the Bangas Yolanda Adams
Venue	New Orleans Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Broadcaster	The Roku Channel Telemundo (KGLA-DT)
Entrants	83
Placements	16
Debuts	Bhutan
Withdrawals	Denmark Hungary Ireland Israel Kazakhstan Kenya Morocco Norway Romania Sweden
Returns	Angola Belize Indonesia Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Malaysia Myanmar Saint Lucia Seychelles Switzerland Trinidad and Tobago Uruguay
Winner	R'Bonney Gabriel United States
Congeniality	Sofia Depassier Chile Maxine Formosa Malta
Best National Costume	Viktoria Apanasenko Ukraine
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The Miss Universe 2022 competition was the 71st time this big event happened. It took place in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The grand finale was held on January 14, 2023.

At the end of the exciting night, Harnaaz Sandhu from India crowned R'Bonney Gabriel from the United States as the new Miss Universe 2022. This was a special win for the United States. It was their first victory in ten years. It was also the ninth time the country won the Miss Universe title. R'Bonney Gabriel was the oldest person to win the crown. She was older than Andrea Meza from Mexico, who won in 2020.

Contestants from 83 different countries and places joined the competition. The show was hosted by Jeannie Mai and Olivia Culpo. Olivia Culpo was Miss Universe 2012. Catriona Gray, who was Miss Universe 2018, and Zuri Hall reported from backstage.

This competition was the first one under new ownership. A company from Thailand, JKN Global Group, bought the Miss Universe Organization. This happened in October 2022. The show was streamed online for the first time by The Roku Channel in the U.S.

About the Competition

Where and When It Happened

New Orleans Morial Convention Center, where Miss Universe 2022 was held

In September 2022, news came out that the Miss Universe 2022 event would be in early 2023. This was to avoid clashing with the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The World Cup took place in November and December 2022.

The Miss Universe Organization (MUO) confirmed the new date. They announced that the pageant would be on January 14, 2023. The chosen location was the New Orleans Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. This was the fourth time the Miss Universe event happened in the year after its title. This also happened in 2014, 2016, and 2020.

Choosing the Contestants

Eighty-three young women from different countries competed for the title. Some of these contestants were chosen in a special way. They might have been a runner-up in their home country's pageant. Or they were picked through a special selection process.

Tashi Choden from Bhutan made history. She became the second openly lesbian contestant in Miss Universe. The first was Swe Zin Htet from Myanmar in 2019.

Contestant Changes

Sometimes, a contestant needs to be replaced. For example, Chloe Powery-Doxey represented the Cayman Islands. She was the first runner-up in her national pageant. The original winner, Tiffany Conolly, was replaced due to a situation. Floriane Bascou, the first runner-up of Miss France 2022, also stepped in. The original winner, Diane Leyre, felt she didn't have enough time to get ready. Camila Sanabria from Bolivia was another replacement. She was the first runner-up of Miss Bolivia 2022. The original winner, Fernanda Pavisic, was replaced because she made fun of other contestants online.

New, Returning, and Missing Countries

The 2022 competition welcomed Bhutan for the very first time. Several countries returned after not competing for a few years. These included Angola, Belize, Indonesia, and Switzerland.

Some countries that competed in previous years did not send a contestant this time. This happened for countries like Denmark, Hungary, and Ireland.

Results

Top Placements

§ – Voted into the Top 16 by viewers

Special Awards

How the Pageant Worked

Competition Steps

The Miss Universe Organization made some changes to the competition this year. It was thought that 20 semifinalists would be chosen. However, because of the show's time limit, only 16 semifinalists were picked. This was the same number as in 2021.

The first 15 semifinalists were chosen based on early rounds. These rounds included swimsuit, evening gown, and interviews. Fans could also vote online for one more contestant to join the top 16.

These 16 semifinalists then competed in swimsuit and evening gown again. After that, only five finalists were chosen. These five answered questions from the judges. Then, the top three were announced. The final three contestants gave a short speech. After their speeches, Miss Universe 2022 and her two runners-up were announced.

The Judges

A special group of people decided who would win. These judges included former Miss Universe winners and other famous people. They watched all the contestants closely.

Here are some of the judges:

• Ximena Navarrete – Miss Universe 2010 from Mexico
• Big Freedia – A famous American rapper
• Mara Martin – An American model and business owner
• Wendy Fitzwilliam – Miss Universe 1998 from Trinidad and Tobago
• Emily Austin – An American journalist and social media star
• Olivia Quido – CEO of O Skin Med Spa
• Myrka Dellanos – An American TV host and journalist
• Sweta Patel – A vice president at Roku
• Olivia Jordan – Miss USA 2015 (she was only a judge for the preliminary rounds)
• Kathleen Ventrella – Chief marketing officer of ImpactWayv (also only a preliminary judge)

Contestants

Final results of Miss Universe 2022

Eighty-three contestants from around the world competed for the Miss Universe title.

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age	Hometown
Albania	Deta Kokomani	22	Durrës
Angola	Swelia António	25	Luanda
Argentina	Bárbara Cabrera	26	Buenos Aires
Armenia	Kristina Ayanian	25	Yerevan
Aruba	Kiara Arends	24	Oranjestad
Australia	Monique Riley	27	Sydney
The Bahamas	Angel Cartwright	28	Long Island
Bahrain	Evlin Khalifa	24	Riffa
Belgium	Chayenne Van Aarle	23	Antwerp
Belize	Ashley Lightburn	26	Belize City
Bhutan	Tashi Choden	23	Wangdue Phodrang
Bolivia	Camila Sanabria	28	Santa Cruz
Brazil	Mia Mamede	27	Vitória
British Virgin Islands	Lia Claxton	19	Tortola
Bulgaria	Kristina Plamenova	26	Byala Slatina
Cambodia	Manita Hang	24	Phnom Penh
Cameroon	Mouketey Lynette Jelly	26	Buea
Canada	Amelia Tu	21	Vancouver
Cayman Islands	Chloe Powery-Doxey	25	George Town
Chile	Sofia Depassier	24	Santiago
China	Sichen Jiang	26	Shanghai
Colombia	María Fernanda Aristizábal	25	Armenia
Costa Rica	Maria Fernanda Rodríguez	25	Quesada
Croatia	Arijana Podgajski	20	Krapina
Curaçao	Gabriëla Dos Santos	20	Willemstad
Czech Republic	Sára Mikulenková	20	Valašské Mezirící
Dominican Republic	Andreína Martinez	25	Santiago
Ecuador	Nayelhi González	26	Esmeraldas
El Salvador	Alejandra Guajardo	26	Cabañas
Equatorial Guinea	Alba Isabel Obama	21	Mbini
Finland	Petra Hämäläinen	26	Savonlinna
France	Floriane Bascou	20	Le Lamentin
Germany	Soraya Kohlmann	24	Leipzig
Ghana	Engracia Mofuman	27	Kumasi
Great Britain	Noky Simbani	25	Derby
Greece	Korina Emmanouilidou	22	Kozani
Guatemala	Ivana Batchelor	22	Quetzaltenango
Haiti	Mideline Phelizor	27	Port-au-Prince
Honduras	Rebeca Rodríguez	20	San Pedro Sula
Iceland	Hrafnhildur Haraldsdóttir	18	Reykjavík
India	Divita Rai	25	Mangalore
Indonesia	Laksmi De-Neefe Suardana	26	Ubud
Italy	Virginia Stablum	24	Trento
Jamaica	Toshami Calvin	26	Saint Thomas
Japan	Marybelen Sakamoto	24	Chiba
Kosovo	Roksana Ibrahimi	24	Pristina
Kyrgyzstan	Altynai Botoyarova	18	Bishkek
Laos	Payengxa Lor	21	Vientiane
Lebanon	Yasmina Zaytoun	20	Kfarchouba
Malaysia	Lesley Cheam	27	Semenyih
Malta	Maxine Formosa	22	St. Julian's
Mauritius	Alexandrine Belle-Étoile	26	Curepipe
Mexico	Irma Miranda	26	Ciudad Obregón
Myanmar	Zar Li Moe	21	Bhamo
Namibia	Cassia Sharpley	23	Windhoek
Nepal	Sophiya Bhujel	27	Kathmandu
Netherlands	Ona Moody	25	Amsterdam
Nicaragua	Norma Huembes	24	San Marcos
Nigeria	Hannah Iribhogbe	21	Edo
Panama	Solaris Barba	23	Chitré
Paraguay	Lia Ashmore	27	Villarrica
Peru	Alessia Rovegno	24	Lima
Philippines	Celeste Cortesi	25	Pasay
Poland	Aleksandra Klepaczka	23	Łódź
Portugal	Telma Madeira	23	Porto
Puerto Rico	Ashley Cariño	28	Fajardo
Russia	Anna Linnikova	22	Orenburg
Saint Lucia	Sheris Paul	27	Castries
Seychelles	Gabriella Gonthier	24	Mahé
Singapore	Carissa Yap	22	Singapore
Slovakia	Karolina Michálčiková	24	Trenčín
South Africa	Ndavi Nokeri	23	Tzaneen
South Korea	Hanna Kim	28	Seoul
Spain	Alicia Faubel	26	Alicante
Switzerland	Alia Guindi	19	Valais
Thailand	Anna Sueangam-iam	24	Bangkok
Trinidad and Tobago	Tya Jané Ramey	25	Arouca
Turkey	Aleyna Şirin	21	Istanbul
Ukraine	Viktoria Apanasenko	28	Chernihiv
Uruguay	Carla Romero	25	Montevideo
United States	R'Bonney Gabriel	28	Houston
Venezuela	Amanda Dudamel	23	Mérida
Vietnam	Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Châu	28	Tây Ninh

Images for kids

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  Final results of Miss Universe 2022

See also

In Spanish: Miss Universo 2022 para niños