Miss Universe 1997

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The Miss Universe 1997 pageant was held in Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Florida, United States, culminating in the final competition on May 16, 1997. This was the second consecutive year that the pageant had been held in the United States. Miss USA, Brook Lee of Hawaii was crowned Miss Universe 1997 by previous titleholder, Alicia Machado of Venezuela. Lee was the seventh delegate from the United States to win the pageant; more Miss USA's have won the title than delegates from any other country. There were seventy-four delegates who competed for the crown.

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[edit] Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

After the presentation show, held prior to the final competition, Miss Curaçao had the highest score, followed by Miss Panama and Miss USA. Verna Vasquez of Curaçao won both the final swimsuit and evening gown competitions, but averaged only the second highest score after the first three rounds of competition. The leader at that stage was Denny Mendez of Italy, who placed second in interview, swimsuit and evening gown. Eventual winner Brooke Lee of the USA won the interview competition and placed third in swimsuit and fourth in evening gown. She averaged third after these rounds of competition, but won the pageant after a strong performance in the final interview question.

[edit] Preliminary competition scores

Rank Country Swimsuit Interview Evening Gown Average
01 Curaçao 9.36 9.37 9.53 9.420
02 Panama 8.98 9.63 9.40 9.337
03 USA 9.11 9.56 9.04 9.237
04 Italy 9.31 8.73 9.47 9.170
05 Trinidad & Tobago 8.61 9.59 9.19 9.130
06 Venezuela 8.44 9.50 9.31 9.083
07 Estonia 9.19 8.79 9.23 9.070
08 Sweden 8.59 9.26 9.10 8.983
09 Puerto Rico 8.44 9.42 9.05 8.970
10 India 8.86 9.25 8.79 8.967
11 Philippines 8.73 9.31 8.81 8.950
12 Costa Rica 8.76 9.06 9.01 8.943
13 Australia 8.58 9.29 8.85 8.907
14 Czech Republic 8.63 9.15 8.86 8.880
15 New Zealand 8.67 9.32 8.59 8.860
16 Mexico 8.26 9.26 9.04 8.853
17 Switzerland 8.68 9.29 8.59 8.853
18 Finland 8.75 8.82 8.98 8.850
19 Iceland 8.71 8.69 9.07 8.823
20 Colombia 8.18 9.45 8.81 8.813
21 Israel 8.81 8.74 8.85 8.800
22 Poland 8.40 8.83 8.77 8.667
23 Ukraine 8.08 8.95 8.88 8.637
24 Thailand 8.21 9.16 8.54 8.637
25 South Africa 7.97 9.29 8.62 8.627
26 Ireland 8.46 9.16 8.23 8.617
27 Germany 8.52 8.73 8.54 8.597
28 Turkey 8.23 8.83 8.67 8.577
29 Hungary 8.55 8.72 8.46 8.577
30 Jamaica 7.96 9.21 8.43 8.533
31 Honduras 8.05 8.88 8.66 8.530
32 El Salvador 8.00 9.22 8.31 8.510
33 Spain 8.09 8.93 8.46 8.493
34 Malaysia 8.00 8.96 8.39 8.450
35 Zimbabwe 8.09 9.03 8.23 8.450
36 France 8.36 8.57 8.39 8.440
37 Portugal 7.94 9.01 8.34 8.430
38 Chile 8.26 8.69 8.32 8.423
39 Ecuador 7.95 8.93 8.33 8.403
40 Cyprus 8.06 8.72 8.42 8.400
41 US Virgin Islands 7.73 9.23 8.24 8.400
42 Dominican Republic 7.66 9.40 8.12 8.393
43 Slovak Republic 8.40 8.04 8.72 8.387
44 Lebanon 7.86 8.70 8.49 8.350
45 Hong Kong 7.88 8.96 8.15 8.330
46 Russia 8.23 8.73 8.00 8.320
47 Guatemala 7.57 8.98 8.40 8.317
48 Bolivia 7.92 8.89 8.11 8.307
49 Belgium 8.34 8.23 8.19 8.253
50 Singapore 7.81 8.58 8.23 8.207
51 Peru 7.59 8.82 8.15 8.187
52 Belize 7.83 8.54 8.19 8.187
53 Romania 8.15 8.37 7.99 8.170
54 Namibia 7.78 8.74 7.98 8.167
55 Taiwan 7.68 8.48 8.29 8.150
56 Brazil 7.67 8.81 7.95 8.143
57 Paraguay 7.29 9.04 7.98 8.103
58 Uruguay 7.45 8.53 8.31 8.097
59 Croatia 7.96 7.89 8.39 8.080
60 Canada 7.54 8.67 7.99 8.067
61 Aruba 7.57 8.56 8.05 8.060
62 Korea 7.67 8.26 8.23 8.053
63 Argentina 7.39 8.73 8.00 8.040
64 Greece 7.54 8.46 7.94 7.980
65 Bulgaria 8.19 7.39 8.15 7.910
66 Egypt 7.31 8.58 7.80 7.897
67 Bahamas 7.58 8.19 7.90 7.890
68 Bonaire 7.69 8.29 7.64 7.873
69 British Virgin Islands 7.36 8.33 7.64 7.777
70 Malta 7.19 8.28 7.83 7.767
71 Northern Marianas 7.08 8.61 7.57 7.753
72 Turks and Caicos 7.26 8.61 7.32 7.730
73 Mauritius 7.48 8.15 7.54 7.723
74 Bermuda 7.14 8.29 7.46 7.630
     Winner
     First runner-up
     Second runner-up
     Top Six
     Top Ten

[edit] Final competition scores

Country Evening Gown Swimsuit
USA 9.68 9.50
Venezuela 9.72 9.47
Trinidad and Tobago 9.60 9.27
Curaçao 9.79 9.62
Italy 9.76 9.61
Panama 9.44 9.22
Estonia 9.41 9.35
Puerto Rico 9.47 9.04
Sweden 9.27 8.92
India 9.12 9.04
     Winner
     First runner-up
     Second runner-up
     Top Six
     Top Ten

[edit] Contestants

[edit] Entertainment, Hosts and Judges

The pageant hosts were Marla Maples Trump, wife of the then-new owner of the Miss Universe Organization, Donald Trump and George Hamilton. Entertainment was provided by Enrique Iglesias.

The judges were: James Billie, Tommy Ford, Carolina Herrera, Eva Herzigova, Mike Love, Pat O'Brien, Monique Pillard, Cristina Saralegui and Ingrid Seynhaeve.

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