Around 90 countries will compete for the crown of the miss Universe 2022-2023. This year’s winner, she will replace Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu from India, who was the winner of Miss Universe 2021 in Israel.
USA
In a walk through the history of the top winners of the Miss Universe, the United States leads the list with eight crowns. Her last coronation was in 2012 with Olivia Culpo.
*Miriam Stevenson (1954)
*Carol Laverne (1956)
*Linda Bement (1960)
*Sylvia Hitchcock (1967)
*Shawn Weatherley (1980)
*Chelsi Smith (1995).
*Brook Mahealani (1997).
*Olivia Culpo (2012).
Venezuela
In second place is Venezuela with seven crowns. The South American country is one of the favorites of missologists for having spectacular women who give their all on the catwalks. In addition to this, did you know that it has a Guinness record? Yes, for winning the crown twice in a row. The country achieved the mark for winning the pageant two consecutive years, when Dayana Mendoza, Miss Universe 2008 crowned Stefanía Fernández as Miss Universe 2009, thus obtaining a Guinness record for the country.
*Maritza Salayero Fernandez (1979)
*Irene Lailín Sáez Conde (1981)
*Barbara Perez Hernandez (1986)
*Yoseph Alicia Machado (1996)
*Dayana Sabrina Mendoza Moncada (2008)
*Stefania Fernandez Krupij (2009)
*María Gabriela de Jesús Isler (2013).
Miss Puerto Rico
The Isla del Encanto, Puerto Rico, is the third country with the most crowns in this beauty pageant. The last to win the contest was Zuleyka Rivera in 2006.
*Marisol Malaret Contreras (1970)
*Deborah Fatima Carthy Deu (1985)
*Dayanara Torres Delgado (1993)
*Denise Marie Quinones (2001)
*Zuleyka Rivera (2006).
miss philippines
Located in Southeast Asia, the Philippines is positioned with four crowns in the beauty pageant. The last to win was Catriona Magnayon in 2018.
*Gloria Maria Aspillera Diaz (1969)
*Maria Margarita Roxas Morán (1973)
*Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach (2015)
*Catriona Eliza Magnayon Gray (2018).
Mexico, India, Sweden and South Africa
These three countries lead the number five position in the ranking for having three crowns. Mexico with Lupita Jones (1991), Ximena Navarrete (2010) and the most recent, Andrea Meza (2020). Sweden with Hillevi Rombin (1955), Margareta Ingrid Arvidsson (1966) and Yvonne Agneta Ryding (1984). South Africa with Margaret Gardiner (1978), Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters (2017) and Zozibini Tunzi (2019); and India with Sushmita (1994), Lara Dutta (2000) and Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu (2021), who have also brought 3 crowns to their respective homelands.
