It was during a change of ownership, this is the first time that the contest was held under the new owner, Donald Trump. The transition between organizations was hardly noticeable.
The opening of the contest had all the elements from previous openings: it was big, on a location, with choreography sung by the 79 candidates and the reigning Miss Universe--Chelsi Smith (RIP). In my opinion, the best under the Trump era. "Electric, electric, electric ...."
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The hard-fought top of semifinalists was luxurious and diverse. A few days ago the official website of Miss Universe, remembered it and shared the video of the top 10 in HD.
Miss Universe Alicia Machado
1 finalist, Aruba - Taryn Mansell
2 finalist, Finland - Lola Odusoga
Top 6
Mexico - Vanessa Guzmán
Russia - Ilmira Shamsutdinova
USA - Ali Landry
Top 10
El Salvador - Milena Mayorga
India - Sandhya Chib
Peru - Natali Sacco
Sweden - Annika Duckmark
Anecdotes of Latinas in the top 10: El Salvador, Milena Mayorga, ended as the first runner up of Reina Internacional del Café 1995. Aruba, Tarin Mansell, was the “darkhorse.” El Salvador and Aruba competed in Nuestra Belleza Internacional 1995, but didn’t make the top. Peru, Natali Sacco, beautiful and with a silhouette to die for ended as the first runner up in Miss South America 1996 and top 6 in the International Coffee Queen of the same year, which was won by Alicia Machado. Mexico, after Miss Universe, received many offers for Mexican TV, managing to enter as co-host of Al Ritmo de la Noche.