Miss Universe 2006

Miss Universe 2006 was the 55th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, United States on July 23, 2006.^[1]

Miss Universe 2006
Zuleyka Rivera
Date	July 23, 2006
Presenters	Carlos Ponce Nancy O'Dell Carson Kressley Shandi Finnessey
Entertainment	Chelo Vittorio Grigolo
Venue	Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States
Broadcaster	NBC (KNBC) Telemundo (KVEA)
Entrants	86
Placements	20
Debuts	Kazakhstan
Withdrawals	Barbados Belize Curaçao Italy Kenya Netherlands Vietnam
Returns	Argentina Cayman Islands Estonia Ghana Iceland New Zealand Northern Marianas Saint Lucia Saint Martin Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sweden
Winner	Zuleyka Rivera  Puerto Rico
Congeniality	Angela Asare  Ghana
Best National Costume	Kurara Chibana  Japan
Photogenic	Lia Andrea Ramos  Philippines
← 2005 2007 →

At the end of the event, Natalie Glebova of Canada crowned Zuleyka Rivera of Puerto Rico as Miss Universe 2006.^[2][3] It is Puerto Rico's fifth victory in the pageant's history. After the show, Rivera passed out due to the weight of her dress but quickly recovered.^[4][5][6]

Contestants from eighty-six countries and territories competed in this year's pageant, surpassing the previous record of 84 contestants in 1999. The pageant was hosted by Carlos Ponce and Nancy O'Dell, with Queer Eye's Carson Kressley and Miss USA 2004 Shandi Finnessey providing commentary and analysis throughout the event.^[7] American singer-rapper Chelo and Italian operatic tenor Vittorio Grigolo performed in this year's pageant.^[8]

Background

Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, venue for Miss Universe 2006

Location and date

Due to the lack of interest of several cities from hosting the pageant, the Miss Universe Organization decided to hold the pageant in July instead of May. The Miss Universe Organization confirmed that the 2006 edition will be held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California on July 23, 2006. It is the first time in eight years that pageant took place in the United States. The last time that the United States hosted the pageant was in 1998 in Honolulu, Hawaii.^[9][10]

Selection of participants

Contestants from eighty-six countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant. Three contestants were appointed to their position after being a runner-up of their national pageant, or to replace the original dethroned winner.

Replacements

Suada Sherfi, Miss Albania 2005, was supposed to represent her country at Miss Universe. However, Sherfi withdrew after declining the request of photographer Fadil Berisha to reduce the size of her nose. Sherfi was replaced by Eralda Hitaj.^[11] Gao Ying Hui, the first runner-up of Miss Universe China 2006, was appointed to represent China at Miss Universe after Qi Fang, Miss Universe China 2006, was dethroned after violating the rules in her contract.^[12]

Debuts, returns and withdrawals

This edition marked the debut of Kazakhstan, and the returns of Argentina, the Cayman Islands, Estonia, Ghana, Iceland, New Zealand, the Northern Mariana Islands, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Maarten, and Sweden. Saint Lucia last competed in 1977; Iceland last competed in 1997; Sint Maarten last competed in 2000; the Northern Mariana Islands last competed in 2002; Argentina and New Zealand last competed in 2003; while the others last competed in 2004. Barbados, Belize, Curaçao, Italy, Kenya, the Netherlands, and Vietnam withdrew after their respective organizations failed to hold a national competition or appoint a delegate.

Silva Shahakian of Iraq was set to compete at Miss Universe. However, Shahakian withdrew after hiding from Islamic militants who reportedly threatened to kill her along with other contestants who competed in the Miss Iraq pageant.^[13]

Results

Miss Universe 2006 participating countries and territories.

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss Universe 2006	Puerto Rico – Zuleyka Rivera[14]
1st runner-up	Japan – Kurara Chibana[14]
2nd runner-up	Switzerland – Lauriane Gilliéron[14]
3rd runner-up	Paraguay – Lourdes Arevalos[14]
4th runner-up	United States – Tara Conner[14]
Top 10	Bolivia – Desiree Durán[14]  Canada – Alice Panikian[14]  Colombia – Valerie Domínguez[14]  Mexico – Priscila Perales[14]  Trinidad and Tobago – Kenisha Thom[14]
Top 20	Argentina – Magalí Romitelli[15]  Brazil – Rafaela Zanella[16]  Denmark – Betina Faurbye  Ethiopia – Dina Fekadu  Hungary – Adrienn Bende  India – Neha Kapur[17]  Russia – Anna Litvinova  Sweden – Josephine Alhanko  Thailand – Charm Osathanond[18]  Ukraine – Inna Tsymbalyuk

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	Ghana – Angela Asare[19]
Miss Photogenic	Philippines – Lia Andrea Ramos[19]
Best National Costume	Japan – Kurara Chibana[19]

Pageant

The five finalists of Miss Universe 2006

Format

The Miss Universe Organization introduced several specific changes to the format for this edition. The number of semifinalists was increased to 20 instead of the traditional 15.^[20] This is due to the host city not paying for the promotion, which spared the telecast by seven minutes. 20 semifinalists were chosen through the preliminary competition— composed of the swimsuit and evening gown competitions and closed-door interviews. The top 20 competed in the swimsuit competition and were narrowed down to the top 10 afterward. The top 10 competed in the evening gown competition and were narrowed down to the top 5 afterward.^[21][22]

Selection committee

Final telecast

• James Lesure – Actor from NBC's Las Vegas^[2]
• Claudia Jordan – Model for Deal or No Deal; former Miss Rhode Island USA and Miss Rhode Island Teen USA^[2]
• Sean Yazbeck – Winner of season 5 of The Apprentice^[2]
• Amelia Vega – Miss Universe 2003 from Dominican Republic^[2]
• Emmitt Smith – Former Dallas Cowboys player and Dancing with the Stars winner^[2]
• Marc Cherry – American writer and producer^[2]
• Tom Green – Actor and comedian^[2]
• María Celeste Arrarás – Telemundo host^[2]
• Patrick McMullan – Fashion photographer^[2]
• Bridgette Wilson – Miss Teen USA 1990 from Oregon^[2]
• Santino Rice – Project Runway finalist^[2]

Note: Actress Bo Derek was scheduled to be a judge but was later replaced.^[23]

Contestants

Eighty-six contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age[a]	Hometown
Albania	Eralda Hitaj	19	Tirana
Angola	Isménia Júnior	22	Cabinda
Antigua and Barbuda	Shari McEwan	18	Ottos
Argentina	Magalí Romitelli[24]	18	Villa María
Aruba	Melissa Laclé	20	Santa Cruz
Australia	Erin McNaught[25]	24	Brisbane
Bahamas	Samantha Carter	24	Nassau
Belgium	Tatiana Silva[26]	21	Brussels
Bolivia	Desiree Durán[27]	20	Santa Cruz
Brazil	Rafaela Zanella[28]	19	Santa Maria
Bulgaria	Galena Dimova[29]	24	Sofia
Canada	Alice Panikian[30]	20	Toronto
Cayman Islands	Ambuyah Ebanks[31]	21	West Bay
Chile	Belén Montilla[32]	23	Santiago
China	Gao Ying Hui[33]	23	Harbin
Colombia	Valerie Domínguez[34]	25	Barranquilla
Costa Rica	Fabriella Quesada[35]	22	Colón
Croatia	Biljana Mančić[36]	20	Split
Cyprus	Elena Ierodiakonou	22	Kalymnos
Czech Republic	Renata Langmannová[37]	19	Ivanovice na Hané
Denmark	Betina Faurbye[38]	24	Copenhagen
Dominican Republic	Mía Taveras[39]	20	Santo Domingo
Ecuador	Catalina López[40]	23	Guayaquil
Egypt	Fawzia Mohamed	23	Cairo
El Salvador	Rebeca Iraheta[41]	18	San Salvador
Estonia	Kirke Klemmer[42]	22	Tallinn
Ethiopia	Dina Fekadu[43]	21	Wollega
Finland	Ninni Laaksonen[44]	20	Helsinki
France	Alexandra Rosenfeld[45]	19	Languedoc
Georgia	Ekaterine Buadze[46]	20	Tbilisi
Germany	Natalie Ackermann[23]	26	Wesel
Ghana	Angela Asare[47]	20	Accra
Greece	Olympia Chopsonidou	23	Thessaloniki
Guatemala	Jackelinne Piccinini[48]	22	Mazatenango
Guyana	Alana Ernest[49]	19	Mahdia
Hungary	Adrienn Bende[50]	21	Budapest
Iceland	Sif Aradóttir[51]	21	Keflavík
India	Neha Kapur[52]	23	New Delhi
Indonesia	Nadine Chandrawinata[53]	21	Jakarta
Ireland	Melanie Boreham[54]	19	Drumbeg
Israel	Anastacia Entin[55]	21	Tel Aviv
Jamaica	Cindy Wright[56]	20	Stony Hill
Japan	Kurara Chibana[57]	24	Naha
Kazakhstan	Dina Nuraliyeva[46]	21	Shymkent
Latvia	Sanita Kubliņa[58]	22	Sigulda
Lebanon	Gabrielle Bou Rached[55]	20	Beirut
Malaysia	Melissa Ann Tan[59]	25	Petaling Jaya
Mauritius	Isabelle Antoo[60]	25	Beau Bassin-Rose Hill
Mexico	Priscila Perales[61]	23	Monterrey
Namibia	Anna Nashandi[62]	22	Windhoek
New Zealand	Elizabeth Gray[63]	23	Auckland
Nicaragua	Cristiana Frixione[64]	22	Managua
Nigeria	Tienepre Oki[65]	21	Warri
Northern Mariana Islands	Shequita Bennett[66]	19	Kagman
Norway	Martine Jonassen[67]	19	Tjøme
Panama	María Alessandra Mezquita[68]	22	Panama City
Paraguay	Lourdes Arévalos[69]	22	San Lorenzo
Peru	Fiorella Viñas[70]	22	Lima
Philippines	Lia Andrea Ramos[71]	25	Davao City
Poland	Francys Sudnicka[72]	26	Masovia
Puerto Rico	Zuleyka Rivera[73]	18	Salinas
Russia	Anna Litvinova[74]	24	Kemerovo Oblast
Saint Lucia	Sascha Andrew-Rose[75]	20	Rodney Bay
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Shivern Peters[76]	21	Bequia
Serbia and Montenegro[b]	Nada Milinić	18	Tivat
Singapore	Carol Cheong[77]	25	Singapore
Sint Maarten	Gisella Hilliman[75]	19	South Reward Hill
Slovakia	Judita Hrubyová[78]	20	Bardejov
Slovenia	Nataša Pinoza[79]	22	Sevnica
South Africa	Nokuthula Sithole[80]	22	Gauteng
South Korea	Kim Joo-hee[81]	25	Seoul
Spain	Elisabeth Reyes[48]	21	Málaga
Sri Lanka	Jacqueline Fernandez[82]	20	Colombo
Sweden	Josephine Alhanko[83]	25	Stockholm
Switzerland	Lauriane Gilliéron[84]	21	Prilly
Thailand	Charm Osathanond[85]	19	Nonthaburi
Trinidad and Tobago	Kenisha Thom[86]	22	Tunapuna–Piarco
Turkey	Ceyla Kirazlı[87]	20	İzmir
Turks and Caicos	Shaveena Been[88]	24	Grand Turk
Ukraine	Inna Tsymbalyuk[89]	21	Chernivtsi
United Kingdom	Julie Doherty	18	Manchester
United States	Tara Conner[90]	20	Russell Springs
Uruguay	Fatimih Dávila[91]	18	La Cormilla
United States Virgin Islands	JeT'aime Cerge	22	Saint Thomas
Venezuela	Jictzad Viña[92]	23	Carúpano
Zambia	Mofya Chisenga [93]	23	Mufulira

Notes

1. Ages at the time of the pageant
2. On 3 June 2006, the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro dissolved, with Serbia and Montenegro becoming separate countries. However, they still competed as a single country.

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External links

• Miss Universe official website