Miss Universe 1997
Miss Universe 1997 |
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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.
Results
Placements
Final results |
Contestant |
Miss Universe 1997 |
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1st runner-up |
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2nd runner-up |
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Top 6 |
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Top 10 |
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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) |
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- Winner
- First Runner-up
- Second Runner-up
- Top 6 Finalist
- Top 10 Semifinalist
- (#) Rank in each round of competition
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Special Awards
Award |
Contestant |
Best National Costume |
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Miss Congeniality |
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Miss Photogenic |
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Jantzen Best in Swimsuit |
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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 |
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- Winner
- First Runner-up
- Second Runner-up
- Top 6 Finalist
- Top 10 Semifinalist
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Records and Trivia
- One of the Semifinalists, Nafisa Joseph from India, committed suicide in 2004.
- Vania Thomas of the U.S. Virgin Islands also represented the islands in Miss World 1989 and was a finalist.
- An episode of The Nanny featured the Miss Universe episode in Miami. It featured Miss Universe '96 Alicia Machado and Miss Universe '97 Brooke Lee.
References