65th Miss Universe

Miss Universe 2016
Iris Mittenaere, Miss Universe 2016
Date	30 January 2017
Presenters	Steve Harvey Ashley Graham
Entertainment	Flo Rida Boyz II Men
Venue	Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines
Broadcaster	Fox Azteca Solar Entertainment ABS-CBN GMA Network TV5
Entrants	86
Placements	13
Debuts	Sierra Leone
Withdrawals	El Salvador Gabon Ghana Greece Ireland Lebanon Montenegro Serbia
Returns	Barbados Belize Guam Iceland Kazakhstan Kenya Malta Namibia Romania Slovenia Sri Lanka Switzerland US Virgin Islands
Winner	Iris Mittenaere  France
Congeniality	Jenny Kim  Korea
Best National Costume	Htet Htet Htun  Myanmar
Photogenic	Lindita Idrizi  Albania
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Miss Universe 2016, the 65th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 30 January 2017 at the Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. Pia Wurtzbach of the Philippines crowned Iris Mittenaere of France as her successor at the end of the event. This is the second time in the history of the competition that the pageant skipped the entire year, following the 2014 pageant which was held in January 2015. France's win ended the country's 63-year title drought, the longest in Miss Universe history. Mittenaere is the first European Miss Universe in 14 years, the last being Russia's Oxana Fedorova who originally won in 2002 before being dethroned.

On July 18, 2016, Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach made a courtesy call with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in regards to hosting Miss Universe 2016 in the Philippines. Ten days later, the country's Department of Tourism (DOT) unilaterally declared that the Philippines was to host the Miss Universe 2016 pageant but it was not until November 3, 2016 that the Miss Universe Organization (MOU) officially announced the country as host of the pageant.

The pageant was organized by the LCS Group of Companies, the DOT and the MOU.

In September 2016, the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay was announced to be the main coronation venue of the pageant according to the Philippine Tourism Secretary Wanda Corazon Teo. The Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan was the other venue considered by the Department of Tourism as the main coronation venue of the pageant, but the Miss Universe Organization disapproved of the venue due to "security reasons".