Miss Universe 1997

Miss Universe 1997
Date May 16, 1997
Presenters George Hamilton, Marla Maples Trump
Entertainment Enrique Iglesias
Venue Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, FL
Broadcaster CBS
Entrants 74
Placements 10
Debuts Croatia
Withdraws Cayman Islands, Denmark, Great Britain, Indonesia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Sri Lanka, Western Samoa
Returns Bermuda, Mauritius, US Virgin Islands
Winner Brook Lee
USA
Congeniality Laura Csortan
 Australia
Best National Costume Claudia Vásquez
 Colombia
Photogenic Abbygale Arenas
 Philippines

Miss Universe 1997 pageant was held in Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Florida, USA, 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.

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.

Contents

Results

Placements

Final results Contestant
Miss Universe 1997
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
Top 6
Top 10

Semifinal Scores

Country Interview Swimsuit Evening Gown Average Top 6 Finalists
 Italy 9.543 (2) 9.614 (2) 9.764 (2) 9.640 (1) 9.450 (5)
 Curaçao 9.443 (3) 9.623 (1) 9.799 (1) 9.621 (2) 9.629 (4)
 USA 9.614 (1) 9.500 (3) 9.683 (4) 9.599 (3) 9.881 (1)
 Venezuela 9.060 (10) 9.471 (4) 9.729 (3) 9.420 (4) 9.829 (2)
 Trinidad & Tobago 9.343 (5) 9.271 (6) 9.600 (5) 9.405 (5) 9.643 (3)
 Panama 9.386 (4) 9.229 (7) 9.443 (7) 9.352 (6) 9.143 (6)
 Estonia 9.143 (9) 9.357 (5) 9.417 (8) 9.306 (7)
 Puerto Rico 9.271 (6) 9.043 (8) 9.471 (6) 9.262 (8)
 Sweden 9.229 (7) 8.929 (10) 9.271 (9) 9.143 (9)
 India 9.157 (8) 9.043 (8) 9.129 (10) 9.110 (10)
     Winner
     First Runner-up
     Second Runner-up
     Top 6 Finalist
     Top 10 Semifinalist
(#) Rank in each round of competition

Special Awards

Award Contestant
Best National Costume
Miss Congeniality
Miss Photogenic
Jantzen Best in Swimsuit

Judges

Telecast Judges

Contestants

Preliminary scores

Rank Country Swimsuit Interview Evening Gown Average
01 Curacao 9.36 9.37 9.53 9.420
02 Panama 8.98 9.62 9.40 9.333
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 ROC 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 & 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 6 Finalist
     Top 10 Semifinalist

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