Miss Universe 2009
| Miss Universe 2009 | |
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Miss Universe 2009, Stefanía Fernández in Miss Universe 2010
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| Date | 23 August 2009 |
| Presenters | Billy Bush, Claudia Jordan |
| Entertainment | Heidi Montag, Flo Rida, Kelly Rowland |
| Venue | Imperial Ballroom, Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas |
| Broadcaster | NBC, Telemundo |
| Entrants | 84 |
| Placements | 15 |
| Withdrawals | Antigua & Barbuda, Denmark, Kazakhstan, Sri Lanka, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos |
| Returns | Bulgaria, Ethiopia, Guyana, Iceland, Lebanon, Namibia, Romania, Sweden, Zambia |
| Winner |
Stefanía Fernández Venezuela
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| Congeniality |
Wang Jingyao China
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| Best National Costume |
Diana Broce Panama
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| Photogenic |
Chutima Durongdej Thailand
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Miss Universe 2009, the 58th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 23 August at the Imperial Ballroom in Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas. It was the first back to back victories in Miss Universe history: Stefanía Fernández of Venezuela crowned by Dayana Mendoza of Venezuela. 84 contestants competed in this year. On 22 August, Jewel Selver representing Turks & Caicos withdrew from the pageant due to illness (dehydration). Only 83 contestants competed in the final. This crowning moment made the Guinness World Record in Miss Universe pageant's history.
a Great Britain changed name to UK in 2008; this year changed back to Great Britain, which was last used in 2000.
The judges for the preliminary competition are listed below:
The following celebrities judged the final competition:
Last competed in 1998:
Last competed in 2006:
Last competed in 2007:
s. Croatia was interested in hosting Miss Universe 2009 but they backed out of the project due to economic problems related to the current global economic crisis. In July, investor Jonathan Westbrook tried to get Australia to host Miss Universe 2009 but his efforts were in vain as the possible venues were not interested. Then, for the first time, Bahamas became the official host of the Miss Universe pageant. The presentation show, rehearsals, dress rehearsal and the grand finale took place at the main convention ballroom (3650 capacity) of Atlantis Paradise Island, the Imperial Ballroom.
This marks the first time the Miss Universe preliminary competition was streamed online to a worldwide audience via Ustream and the Miss Universe website.
At the Preliminary Competition all contestants competed in the Swimsuit and Evening Gown categories as part of the selection for the top 15 finalists who will be revealed during the beginning of the two-hour live telecast of the 2009 Miss Universe Pageant live on NBC and Telemundo on Sunday, 23 August.
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