Miss Universe 2013

Results

Placements

Order of announcements

Top 16

1. Costa Rica
2. Ukraine
3. China
4. Ecuador
5. Great Britain
6. Indonesia
7. Venezuela
8. Dominican Republic
9. Puerto Rico
10. Spain
11. USA
12. Nicaragua
13. Switzerland
14. India
15. Brazil
16. Philippines

    Top 10

17. Spain
18. Philippines
19. Great Britain
20. India
21. Brazil
22. USA
23. Ukraine
24. Ecuador
25. Venezuela
26. Dominican Republic

    Top 5

27. Ecuador
28. Brazil
29. Spain
30. Philippines
31. Venezuela

    Contestants

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown
Angola	Vaumara Rebelo	22		Luanda
Argentina	Brenda González	20		Rosario
Aruba	Stefanie Evangelista	24		San Nicolaas
Australia	Olivia Wells	19		Melbourne
Austria	Doris Hofmann	23		Steyr
Azerbaijan	Aysel Manafova	23		Baku
Bahamas	Lexi Wilson	22		Nassau
Belgium	Noémie Happart	20		Liege
Bolivia	Alexia Viruez	19		Santa Cruz
Botswana	Tsaone Macheng	24		Gaborone
Brazil	Jakelyne Oliveira	20		Rondonópolis
British Virgin Islands	Sharie De Castro	22		Tortola
Bulgaria	Veneta Krasteva	21		Sofia
Canada	Riza Santos	27		Calgary
Chile	María Jesús Matthei	21		Santiago
China	Jin Ye	25		Hebei
Colombia	Lucia Aldana	21		Cali
Costa Rica	Fabiana Granados	23		Guanacaste
Croatia	Melita Fabečić	18		Zagreb
Curaçao	Eline de Pool	19		Willemstad
Czech Republic	Gabriela Kratochvilová	23		Chotěboř
Denmark	Cecilia Iftikhar	26		Copenhagen
Dominican Republic	Yaritza Reyes	19		Santo Domingo
Ecuador	Constanza Báez	22		Quito
El Salvador	Alba Delgado	22		San Salvador
Estonia	Kristina Karjalainen	24		Tallinn
Ethiopia	Mhadere Tigabe	19		Addis Ababa
Finland	Lotta Hintsa	25		Helsinki
France	Hinarani de Longeaux	23		Tahiti
Gabon	Jennifer Ondo	21		Libreville
Germany	Anne-Julia Hagen	23		Berlin
Ghana	Hanniel Jamin	19		Accra
Great Britain	Amy Willerton	21		London
Greece	Anastasia Sidiropoulou	21		Athens
Guam	Alixes Scott	18		Tumon
Guatemala	Paulette Samayoa	23		Guatemala City
Guyana	Katherina Roshana	24		Georgetown
Haiti	Mondiana Pierre	21		Port-au-Prince
Honduras	Diana Schoutsen	26		Tela
Hungary	Rebeka Kárpáti	19		Budapest
India	Manasi Moghe	22		Mumbai
Indonesia	Whulandary Herman	26		Pariaman
Israel	Yityish Aynaw	22		Netanya
Italy	Luna Voce	25		Crotone
Jamaica	Kerrie Baylis	25		Kingston
Japan	Yukimi Matsuo	26		Kyoto
Kazakhstan	Aygerim Kozhakanova	19		Almaty
Korea	Yu-mi Kim	23		Seoul
Lebanon	Karen Ghrawi	22		Beirut
Lithuania	Simona Burbaitė	21		Vilnius
Malaysia	Carey Ng	25		Putrajaya
Mauritius	Diya Beeltah	25		Quatre Bornes
Mexico	Cynthia Duque	21		Monterrey
Myanmar	Moe Set Wine	25		Yangon
Namibia	Paulina Malulu	24		Windhoek
Netherlands	Stephanie Tency	23		Amsterdam
New Zealand	Holly Cassidy	22		Auckland
Nicaragua	Nastassja Bolívar	25		Diriamba
Nigeria	Stephanie Okwu	19		Imo State
Norway	Mari Ekeløf	24		Hamar
Panama	Carolina Brid	23		Veraguas
Paraguay	Guadalupe González	21		Asunción
Peru	Cindy Mejía	26		Lima
Philippines	Ariella Arida	24		Alaminos
Poland	Paulina Krupińska	26		Warsaw
Puerto Rico	Monic Pérez	23		Arecibo
Romania	Oana Andrei	26		Târgoviște
Russia	Elmira Abdrazakova	23		Mezhdurechensk
Serbia	Ana Vrcelj	20		Belgrade
Singapore	Shi Lim	25		Bukit Batok
Slovak Republic	Jeanette Borhyová	21		Ivanka pri Dunaji
Slovenia	Nina Đurđević	22		Maribor
South Africa	Marilyn Ramos	22		Klerksdorp
Spain	Patricia Yurena Rodríguez	23		Canary Islands
Sri Lanka	Amanda Rathnayake	23		Colombo
Sweden	Alexandra Friberg	19		Stockholm
Switzerland	Dominique Rinderknecht	24		Zurich
Tanzania	Betty Omara	20		Dar es Salaam
Thailand	Chalita Yaemwannang	25		Bangkok
Trinidad and Tobago	Catherine Miller	21		Port-of-Spain
Turkey	Berrin Keklikler	19		Istanbul
Turks and Caicos	Snwazna Adams	27		Providenciales
Ukraine	Olga Storozhenko	21		Vinnytsia
United States	Erin Brady	26		East Hampton
Venezuela	Gabriela Isler	25		Valencia
Vietnam	Trương Thị May	25		Ho Chi Minh City

Judges

Preliminary competition

• Irina Agalarova – Russian fashion icon
• Corinne Nicolas – modeling industry veteran
• David Perozzi – Emmy-nominated producer and journalist
• Alicia Quarles – New York-based correspondent for E! News
• Gabriel Rivera-Barraza – fashion publicist and philanthropist
• Jose Sariego – Senior Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs for Telemundo Media
• Elena Semikina – Miss Universe Canada 2010

  Final telecast

• Carol Alt – American model and actress, host of Fox News program A Healthy You & Carol Alt
• Italo Fontana – Italian watchmaker, founder of U-Boat Watches
• Philipp Kirkorov – Russian pop singer
• Tara Lipinski – retired American figure skater, Olympic gold medalist
• Nobu Matsuhisa – Japanese celebrity chef and restaurateur
• Farouk Shami – Palestinian-American businessman, founder of professional hair care products company Farouk Systems
• Steven Tyler – lead vocalist of Aerosmith, former American Idol judge
• Anne Vyalitsyna – Russian model, coach for Oxygen reality show The Face

  Debuts

• Returns

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  Designations

• ' – Doris Hofmann was appointed to represent Austria, she was the 1st runner-up at the Miss Austria 2013 pageant.
• ' – Aysel Manafova was appointed to represent Azerbaijan by Aras Agalarov, one of the main organizers of the pageant, she was previously Miss Azerbaijan 2012.
• ' – Cecilia Iftikhar was appointed to represent Denmark by Lene Memborg, national director of Miss Universe in Denmark. Cecilia was previously Miss Earth Denmark 2011.
• ' – Anne-Julia Hagen was appointed as "Miss Universe Germany 2013" after a casting call took place. She was Miss Germany 2010.
• ' – Anastasia Sidiropoulou was appointed as "Miss Universe Greece 2013" by Vassilis Prevelakis, national director of Miss Universe in Greece. Anastasia was previously "Miss Young 2010".
• ' – Aygerim Kozhakanova was appointed to represent Kazakhstan, she was a contestant at the Miss Kazakhstan 2012 pageant.
• – Trương Thị May was appointed as "Miss Universe Vietnam 2013" by Unicorp, the license holder of the Miss Universe Organization in Vietnam. She is 1st Runner-up of Miss Ethnic Vietnam 2006.

  Replacements

• ' – Denise Garrido was crowned Miss Universe Canada 2013 during the pageant finals but was stripped of the crown after a few hours when the organization discovered that there was a typo error in the ratings of the top 5 entries, which significantly impacted the final results of the competition. The official winner was then announced to be Riza Santos, who was previously placed as first runner-up. This is the first instance of this type of error in the 11 years that Beauties of Canada has produced the Miss Universe Canada pageant. Garrido has actually ranked as third runner-up.
• ' – Hinarani de Longeaux was appointed to represent France, by the Miss France Organization as a replacement to Marine Lorphelin, the winner of the Miss France 2013 pageant, who placed 1st Runner-up at Miss World 2013 and was ineligible to compete for Miss Universe 2013. Longeaux was the 1st runner-up at the Miss France 2013 pageant.
• – Nikolina Bojic was crowned Miss Serbia 2013, but was dethroned after it was revealed that she was married. Aleksandra Doknic took her place as Miss Serbia 2013 for Miss World, while Ana Vrcelj became new Miss Serbia 2013 for Miss Universe.

  Withdrawals

• ' – Fioralba Dizdari withdrew due to Kosovo not being able to compete.
• ' – No contest held
• ' – The date for Star Cyprus 2013 conflicted with Miss Universe.
• ' – Janeta Kerdikoshvili did not participate because of unexpected health problems. However, she represented the country at the Miss Universe 2015.
• ' – The Miss Universe Ireland pageant was rescheduled for the following year.
• ' – Mirjeta Shala withdrew because she wasn't able to enter Russia as it does not recognize Kosovo as an independent country. Mirjeta represented the country in the Miss Universe 2015.
• ' – Nikoleta Jovanović withdrew as she did not meet the minimum age requirements.
• ' – No contest held
• – Micaela Orsi withdrew because her visa application was denied by the Russian Embassy and for some disagreements about her contract with the national director.

  Controversies