The contest was founded in 1952 by California clothing company Pacific Mills. The pageant became part of Kayser-Roth and then Gulf and Western Industries, before being acquired by Donald Trump in 1996.
Alongside with its rival Miss World and Miss Earth contests, this pageant is one of the most publicized beauty contests in the world. The current Miss Universe is Dayana Mendoza, from Venezuela.
Miss Universe 2009, the 58th Miss Universe beauty pageant, will be held at the Atlantis Paradise Island, in Nassau, Bahamas on August 23, 2009. Dayana Mendoza, from Venezuela, winner of Miss Universe 2008, will crown her successor in the event.
Expected contestants
Source: misscontest blogspot
| Country Contestant | Age Height | Hometown | |
 | Miss Angola Nelsa Alves | 21 175 ( 5'9" ) | Luanda |
 | Miss Aruba Dianne Croes | 21 178 ( 5' 10" ) | Casibari |
 | Miss Belgium Zeynep Sever | 19 176 ( 5'9" ) | Molenbeek |
 | Miss Bolivia Dominique Peltier | 21 180 ( 5' 11" ) | Cochabamba |
 | Miss Bulgaria Elitsa Lubenova | 18 170 ( 5'7" ) | Dve Mogili |
 | Miss Cayman Islands Nicosia Lawson | 25 175 ( 5' 9" ) | George Town |
 | Miss Colombia Michelle Rouillard | 22 173 ( 5' 8" ) | Popayán |
 | Miss Costa Rica Jessica Umaña | 21 175 ( 5'9" ) | Moravia |
 | Miss Croatia Sarah Ćosić | 20 178 ( 5'10" ) | Split |
 | Miss Curaçao Ashanta Macauly | 23 166 ( 5' 5" ) | Willemstad |
 | Miss Cyprus Kielia Giasemidou | 19 168 ( 5' 6" ) | Nicosia |
 | Miss Czech Republic Iveta Lutovská | 25 183 ( 6'0" ) | Třeboň |
 | Miss Ecuador Sandra Vinces | 18 178 ( 5'10" ) | Portoviejo |
 | Miss Estonia Diana Arno | 25 181 ( 5'11" ) | Tallinn |
 | Miss Finland Essi Pöysti | 21 174 ( 5'8" ) | Jyväskylä |
 | Miss France Chloé Mortaud | 19 180 ( 5'11" ) | Bénac |
 | Miss Georgia Lika Ordzhonikidze | 18 175 ( 5' 9" ) | Tbilisi |
 | Miss India Ekta Chowdhry | 23 177 ( 5'10" ) | Delhi |
 | Miss Indonesia Zivanna Letisha Serigar | 19 178 ( 5' 10" ) | Jakarta |
 | Miss Israel Yulia Liubianitzki | 20 176 5'9" | Haifa |
 | Miss Kazakhstan Olga Nikitina | 20 184 ( 6'0" ) | Karaganda |
 | Miss Korea Ree Na | 22 168 ( 5' 6" ) | Seoul |
 | Miss Kosovo Marigona Dragusha | 18 173 ( 5'8" ) | Pristina |
 | Miss Lebanon Rosarita Tawil | 20 178 ( 5' 10" ) | Beirut |
 | Miss Mauritius Anaïs Veerapatren | 22 183 ( 6' 0" ) | Curepipe |
 | Miss Mexico Karla Carrillo | 20 176 ( 5' 9" ) | Guadalajara |
 | Miss Montenegro Ana Jovanović | 19 183 ( 6' 0" ) | Budva |
 | Miss Nicaragua Indiana Sánchez | 21 174 ( 5'8" ) | Managua |
 | Miss Northern Marianas Sorene Maratita | 18 168 ( 5'6" ) | Saipan |
 | Miss Norway Eli Landa | 25 176 ( 5'9" ) | Stavanger |
 | Miss Perú Universo 2009 Karen Schwarz | 24 178 ( 5'10" ) | Amazonas |
 | Miss Philippines Pamela Bianca Manalo | 22 178 ( 5'10" ) | Manila |
 | Miss Poland Angelika Jakubowska | 19 176 ( 5' 9" ) | Lubań |
 | Miss Puerto Rico Mayra Matos | 20 178 ( 5'10" ) | Cabo Rojo |
 | Miss Russia Svetlana Stepankovskaya | 23 183 ( 6'0" ) | Krasnodar |
 | Miss Serbia Dragana Atlija | 21 178 ( 5' 10" ) | Belgrade |
 | Miss Universe Slovak Republic 2009 Denisa Mendrejová | 23 175 ( 5'9" ) | Bratislava |
 | Miss South Africa Tatum Keshwar | 24 181 ( 5'11" ) | Durban |
 | Switzerland Whitney Toyloy | 18 178 ( 5' 10" ) | Yverdon |
 | Miss Thailand Universe 2009 Chutima Durongdej | 23 177 ( 5'10" ) | Bangkok |
 | Miss Turkey Begüm Kiziltuğ | 23 175 ( 5' 9" ) | Izmir |
 | Miss Turks & Caicos Jewel Selver | 22 155 ( 5' 1" ) | South Caicos |
 | Miss Ukraine Kristina Koz-Gotlib | 25 175 ( 5'9" ) | Donetsk |
 | Miss Uruguay Cintia Dottone | 20 179 ( 5'10" ) | Montevideo |
 | Miss Venezuela Stefania Fernandez | 18 178 ( 5' 10" ) | Merida |
Source: misscontest blogspot
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