Mauriziok/Miss Universe 2006 | |
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![]() Miss Universe 2006, Zuleyka Rivera | |
Date | 23 July 2006 |
Presenters | |
Entertainment | |
Venue | Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA |
Broadcaster | |
Entrants | 86 |
Placements | 20 |
Debuts | |
Withdrawals | |
Returns | |
Winner | Zuleyka Rivera![]() |
Congeniality | Angela Asare![]() |
Best National Costume | Kurara Chibana![]() |
Photogenic | Lia Andrea Ramos![]() |
Miss Universe 2006, the 55th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 23 July 2006 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, USA. Zuleyka Rivera of Puerto Rico was crowned by Natalie Glebova of Canada at the end of the event. This is the fifth (and most recent) time that Puerto Rico has won Miss Universe. 86 contestants competed for the title.
Results
editPlacements
editFinal results | Contestant |
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Miss Universe 2006 | |
1st Runner-Up | |
2nd Runner-Up | |
3rd Runner-Up | |
4th Runner-Up | |
Top 10 | |
Top 20 |
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Order of announcements
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Top 5edit
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Contestants
edit- Albania – Eralda Hitaj
- Angola – Isménia Júnior
- Antigua and Barbuda – Shari McEwan
- Argentina – Magalí Romitelli
- Aruba – Melissa Laclé
- Australia – Erin McNaught
- Bahamas – Samantha Carter
- Belgium – Tatiana Silva
- Bolivia – Desiree Durán
- Brazil – Rafaela Zanella
- Bulgaria – Galena Dimova
- Canada – Alice Panikian
- Cayman Islands – Ambuyah Ebanks
- Chile – Belén Montilla[citation needed]
- China – Gao Yinghui
- Colombia – Valerie Domínguez
- Costa Rica – Fabriella Quesada
- Croatia – Biljana Mančić
- Cyprus – Elena Ierodiakonou
- Czech Republic – Renata Langmannová
- Denmark – Betina Faurbye
- Dominican Republic – Mía Taveras
- Ecuador – Catalina "Katty" López
- Egypt – Fawzia Mohamed
- El Salvador – Rebeca Iraheta
- Estonia – Kirke Klemmer
- Ethiopia – Dina Fekadu
- Finland – Ninni Laaksonen
- France – Alexandra Rosenfeld
- Georgia – Ekaterine Buadze
- Germany – Natalie Ackermann
- Ghana – Angela Asare
- Greece – Olympia Hopsonidou
- Guatemala – Jackelinne Piccinini
- Guyana – Alana Ernest
- Hungary – Adrienn Bende
- Iceland – Sif Aradóttir
- India – Neha Kapur
- Indonesia – Nadine Chandrawinata
- Ireland – Melanie Boreham
- Israel – Anastacia Entin
- Jamaica – Cindy Wright
- Japan – Kurara Chibana
- Kazakhstan – Dina Nuraliyeva
- Korea – Kim Joo-hee
- Latvia – Sanita Kubliņa
- Lebanon – Gabrielle Bou Rached
- Malaysia – Melissa Ann Tan
- Mauritius – Isabelle Antoo
- Mexico – Priscila Perales
- Namibia – Anna Nashandi
- New Zealand – Elizabeth Gray
- Nicaragua – Cristiana Frixione
- Nigeria – Tienepre Oki
- Northern Marianas – Shequita Bennett
- Norway – Martine Jonassen
- Panama – María Alessandra Mezquita
- Paraguay – Lourdes Arévalos
- Peru – Fiorella Viñas
- Philippines – Lia Ramos
- Poland – Francys Sudnicka
- Puerto Rico – Zuleyka Rivera
- Russia – Anna Litvinova †
- Serbia and Montenegro[a] – Nada Milinić
- Singapore – Carol Cheong
- Slovak Republic – Judita Hrubyová
- Slovenia – Nataša Pinoza
- South Africa – Thuli Sithole
- Spain – Elisabeth Reyes
- Sri Lanka – Jacqueline Fernandez
- Saint Lucia – Sascha Andrew-Rose
- Saint Martin – Gisella Hilliman
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Shivern Peters
- Sweden – Josephine Alhanko
- Switzerland – Lauriane Gilliéron
- Thailand – Charm Osathanond
- Trinidad and Tobago – Kenisha Thom
- Turkey – Ceyla Kirazlı
- Turks and Caicos – Shaveena Been
- Ukraine – Inna Tsymbalyuk
- United Kingdom – Julie Doherty
- Uruguay – Fatimih Dávila †
- USA – Tara Conner
- US Virgin Islands – JeT'aime Cerge
- Venezuela – Jictzad Viña
- Zambia – Mofya Chisenga †
- ^ The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro had dissolved over a month prior to the pageant, on 3 June 2006, with Serbia and Montenegro becoming independent countries; but they still competed as a united country.
Judges
editFinal telecast
editThe following celebrities judged the final competition.
- James Lesure [1] – Actor from NBC's Las Vegas
- Claudia Jordan [1] – Model for Deal or No Deal; former Miss Rhode Island USA (1997) and Miss Rhode Island Teen USA (1990)
- Sean Yazbeck [1] – Winner of season 5 of The Apprentice
- Amelia Vega [1] – Miss Universe 2003 from Dominican Republic
- Emmitt Smith [1] – Former Dallas Cowboys player and Dancing with the Stars winner
- Jennifer Hawkins – Miss Universe 2004 from Australia
- Marc Cherry [1] – American writer and producer
- Tom Green [1] – Actor and comedian
- María Celeste Arrarás – Telemundo host[citation needed]
- Patrick McMullan [1] – Fashion photographer
- Bridgette Wilson [1] – Miss Teen USA 1990 from Oregon
- Santino Rice [1] – Project Runway finalist
Note: Actress Bo Derek was scheduled to be a judge but was later replaced.[citation needed]
Notes
editDebuts
editReturns
editLast competed in 1977:
Last competed in 1997:
Last competed in 2000:
Last competed in 2002:
Last competed in 2003:
Last competed in 2004:
Withdrawals
editAwards
edit- Ghana - Miss Congeniality (Angela Asare)
- Philippines - Miss Photogenic (Lia Andrea Ramos)
- Japan - Best National Costume (Kurara Chibana)
General references
edit- West, Donald (ed.). "Miss Universe 2006". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012.
References
editExternal links
edit- Miss Universe official website
- "New Miss Universe hails from Puerto Rico". The Seattle Times. Associated Press. 24 July 2006. Archived from the original on 10 August 2006. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
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