Miss Universe 2011
| Miss Universe 2011 |
Miss Universe 2011, Leila Lopes, at a press conference after winning the contest. |
| Date |
September 12, 2011 |
| Presenters |
Natalie Morales, Andy Cohen, Jeannie Mai, Shandi Finnessey |
| Venue |
Credicard Hall,[1] São Paulo, Brazil[2] |
| Broadcaster |
NBC, Telemundo, Rede Bandeirantes |
| Entrants |
89[3] |
| Placements |
16 |
| Withdraws |
Norway, Zambia |
| Returns |
Cayman Islands, Chile, Estonia, Montenegro, Portugal, St. Lucia, Turks & Caicos, Vietnam |
| Winner |
Leila Lopes
Angola |
| Congeniality |
Nikolina Lončar
Montenegro |
| Best National Costume |
Sheldry Sáez
Panama |
| Photogenic |
Ronnia Fornstedt
Sweden |
Miss Universe 2011, the 60th anniversary of the Miss Universe pageant, was held at the Credicard Hall in São Paulo, Brazil on September 12, 2011. Ximena Navarrete of Mexico crowned her successor, Leila Lopes of Angola, at the end of this event.[4] Contestants from 89 countries and territories participated in this year's pageant, surpassing the previous record of 86 contestants in 2006.
Results
Placements
| Final results |
Contestant |
| Miss Universe 2011 |
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| 1st runner-up |
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| 2nd runner-up |
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| 3rd runner-up |
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| 4th runner-up |
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| Top 10 |
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| Top 16 |
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- Won the 16th semifinals spot via online voting
Special awards
| Award |
Contestant |
| Miss Congeniality |
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| Miss Photogenic |
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| Best National Costume |
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Judges
Telecast judges
Preliminary judges
- BJ Coleman[5]
- Francesca Romana Diana[6]
- Ana Paula Junqueira[7]
- Scott Lazerson[8]
- Matheus Mazzafera[9]
- Jimmy Nguyen[10]
- Lara Spotts[11]
Background music and performances
Contestants
Returning countries and territories
- Last competed in 2002:
- Last competed in 2006:
- Last competed in 2007:
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Crossovers
Contestants who previously competed or will compete at other beauty pageants:
Other pageant notes
Historical significance
- Angola (Leila Lopes) is the first winner of Miss Universe from Angola and she is the second black woman from Africa to win the title. The last black winner of the crown was Miss Universe 1999 Mpule Kwelagobe from Botswana
- A record of 89 countries participated this year.
- There was no opening dance at the start of the pageant. Instead, the delegates introduced themselves to a live audience. This live introduction format was last used in 1997.
- For the first time, a 16th semi-finalist spot was added to the contestant who had the most fan votes. Portugal ended up with the majority of the votes.
- Portugal was placed for the first time.
- Australia was placed for the fourth consecutive year.
- France and Puerto Rico were placed for the third consecutive year.
- Angola, Portugal and Ukraine reached their highest ever places in the pageant.
- Philippines and Ukraine were placed in the top five the previous year.
- Countries that were placed in the top 15 in the previous year were Australia, Colombia, France, Philippines, Puerto Rico and Ukraine.
- Philippines scored its first back-to-back placement since its 4-year streak from 1972 to 1975.
- Montenegro won the Miss Congeniality award for the first time.
- Sweden won the Miss Photogenic for the third time.
- Panama won the Best National Costume award for the fourth time.
- Netherlands was last placed in 1992.
- China was last placed in 2002.
- Panama was last placed in 2003.
- Costa Rica was last placed in 2004.
- Angola and Brazil were last placed in 2007.
- Kosovo, USA and Venezuela were last placed in 2009.
- The judges' average score was not shown during the telecast event. Instead, a "fan score" was introduced, where byfans could rate a contestant online.
- A new musical score was introduced during the entire pageant telecast, veering away from the Orente musical score which had been used from 2004 to 2010.
Replacements
- Curaçao - Evalina van Putten replaced Monifa Jansen since Jansen did not meet the age requirements stipulated by the Miss Universe Organization. Jansen was born in March, 1993.[14]
- El Salvador - Mayra Aldana replaced Alejandra Ochoa after Alejandra suffered from chronic respiratory illness and was not able to compete.[15]
Designations
- Denmark - Sandra Amer was appointed as Miss Universe Denmark 2011 after a casting call took place.
- Greece - Iliana Papageorgiou was appointed by the Star Hellas organization to represent Greece at Miss Universe 2011.
- Guatemala - Alejandra Barillas was appointed as Miss Universe Guatemala 2011 in a special ceremony. Barillas was the original representative to Miss Universe 2010 but due to an injury she could not attend. One of her runner-ups (Jessica Scheel) took her place.
- Kazakhstan - Valeriya Aleinikova was appointed to represent Kazakhstan after the Miss Kazakhstan organization dropped the franchise and a new organization took over.
- Montenegro - Nikolina Loncar was appointed to represent Montenegro after she could not compete in 2010 because she did not meet the minimum age requirement.
- Vietnam - Vũ Thị Hoàng My was appointed to represent Vietnam after the pageant organizers were unable to host a beauty pageant. The permission was granted by the Ministry of Culture of Vietnam, which authorizes the international representation of the nation in events of any kind.
Withdrawals
International broadcasters
References
External links