Miss Universe 2006 - the 55th annual Miss Universe Beauty Contest, held on July 23, 2006 in Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles , USA . The winner was Suleyka Rivera from Puerto Rico .
| Miss Universe 2006 | |
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 Suleyka Rivera - Miss Universe 2006 | |
| date | July 23, 2006 |
| Leading | Carlos Ponce and Nancy O'Dell |
| Interval-act | Chelo and Vittorio Grigolo |
| Location | Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles , USA |
| TV channel | NBC |
| Final places | 20 |
| Number of countries | 86 |
| Refused to participate | Barbados , Belize , Curacao , Italy , Kenya , the Netherlands , Vietnam , |
| Are back | Argentina , Cayman Islands , Estonia , Ghana , Iceland , New Zealand , Saint Lucia , Saint Martin , Saint Vincent and the Grenadines , Sweden , |
| Winner | Suleyka Rivera |
| Winning country |  Puerto rico |
The competition was held in 2006 for the first time in the United States since 1998 and for the second time in Los Angeles, in which it was previously held in 1990. The Republic of Kazakhstan was represented for the first time, and the following countries returned after several years of absence: Saint Lucia (1977), Iceland (1997), Saint Martin (2000), Northern Mariana Islands (2002), Argentina (2003), New Zealand (2003 ), Estonia (2004), Ghana (2004), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2004), and Sweden (2004). The competition also involved the majority of participants in their history (86), who arrived in Los Angeles.
Natalia Glebova from Canada handed over the crown to the winner Suleika Rivera from Puerto Rico , at the end of the 2-hour show. Her reign was the longest in the entire history of Miss Universe: 1 year and 2 months since she was crowned May 31, 2005 in Bangkok , Thailand .
Content
Results
Places
Miss Universe signing autographs
Member States of the Miss Universe 2006
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| 4th Vice Miss |
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| top 10 |
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| Top 20 |
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Special Awards
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| Miss Congeniality |
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| Miss photogenic |
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| The best national costume |
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Participants
| A country | A photo | Participant | Age | Growth | Hometown |
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| Australia | Erin McNaught | ||||
| Albania | Eralda Hitai (Eralda Hitaj) | ||||
| Angola | Ismenia Junior (Isménia Júnior) | ||||
| Antigua and Barbuda | Shari McEwan (Shari McEwan) | ||||
| Argentina | Magali Romitelli | ||||
| Aruba | Melissa Lacle (Melissa Laclé) | ||||
| Bahamas | Samantha Carter (Samantha Carter) | ||||
| Belgium | Tatiana Silva (Tatiana Silva) | ||||
| Bulgaria | Galena Dimova (Galena Dimova) | ||||
| Bolivia | Desiree Durán | ||||
| Brazil | Rafaela Zanella (Rafaela Zanella) | ||||
| Great Britain | Julie Doherty | ||||
| Hungary | Adrienn Bend (Adrienn Bende) | ||||
| Venezuela | Jictzad Viña | ||||
| Guyana | Alana Ernest (Alana Ernest) | ||||
| Ghana | Angela Asare | ||||
| Guatemala | Jacqueline Piccinini (Jackelinne Piccinini) | ||||
| Germany | Natalie Ackermann | ||||
| Greece | Olympia Hopsonidou | ||||
| Georgia | Ekaterine Buadze (Ekaterine Buadze) | ||||
| Denmark | Betina Faurbye | ||||
| Dominican Republic | Mia Taveras | ||||
| Egypt | Fawzia Mohamed | ||||
| Zambia | Mofya Chisenga | ||||
| Israel | Anastasia Entin (Anastacia Entin) | ||||
| India | Neha Kapur (Neha Kapur) | ||||
| Indonesia | Nadine Chandrawinata | ||||
| Ireland | Melanie Boreham | ||||
| Iceland | Sif Aradóttir (Sif Aradóttir) | ||||
| Spain | Elizabeth Reyes | ||||
| Kazakhstan | Dina Nuralieva (Dina Nuraliyeva) | ||||
| Cayman islands | Ambuyah Ebanks (Ambuyah Ebanks) | ||||
| Canada | Alice Panikian | ||||
| Cyprus | Elena Ierodiakonou | ||||
| China | Gao Yinghui (Gao Yinghui) | ||||
| Colombia | Valerie Dominges (Valerie Domínguez) | ||||
| Costa Rica | Fabriella Quesada | ||||
| Latvia | Sanita Kublina (Sanita Kubliņa) | ||||
| Lebanon | Gabrielle Bou Rached | ||||
| Mauritius | Isabelle Antoo | ||||
| Malaysia | Melissa Ann Tan | ||||
| Mexico | Priscila Perales ( eng. Priscila Perales ) | ||||
| Namibia | Anna Nashandi | ||||
| Nigeria | Tienepre Oki (Tienepre Oki) | ||||
| Nicaragua | Cristiana Frixione | ||||
| New Zealand | Elizabeth Gray | ||||
| Norway | Martina Jonassen | ||||
| Panama | Alessandra Mezquita | ||||
| Paraguay | Lourdes Arevélos (Lourdes Arévalos) | ||||
| Peru | Fiorella Viñas (Fiorella Viñas) | ||||
| Poland | Francis Sudnicka | ||||
| Puerto rico | Suleyka Rivera (Zuleyka Rivera) | ||||
| Russia | Anna Litvinova | ||||
| Serbia and Montenegro | Nada Milinić | ||||
| Singapore | Carol Cheong | ||||
| Slovakia | Judita Hrubiová | ||||
| Slovenia | Natasha Pinoza (Nataša Pinoza) | ||||
| Saint Lucia | Sasha Andrew-Ros (Sascha Andrew-Rose) | ||||
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Shiver Peters (Shivern Peters) | ||||
| USA | Tara Conner | ||||
| Thailand | Charm Osathanond (Charm Osathanond) | ||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | Kenisha Thom | ||||
| Turkey | Keyla Kirazlı (Ceyla Kirazlı) | ||||
| Ukraine | Inna Tsymbalyuk (Inna Tsymbalyuk) | ||||
| Uruguay | Fatimi Dávila | ||||
| Finland | Ninni Laaksonen (Ninni Laaksonen) | ||||
| France | Alexandra Rosenfeld | ||||
| Croatia | Biljana Mančić | ||||
| Czech | Renata Lagmannova | ||||
| Switzerland | Lorian Gilleron (Lauriane Gilliéron) | ||||
| Sweden | Josephine Alhanko (Josephine Alhanko) | ||||
| Sri Lanka | Jacqueline Fernandez | ||||
| Estonia | Kirke Klemmer (Kirke Klemmer) | ||||
| Ethiopia | Dina Fekadu | ||||
| South Africa | Tuli Sitole (Thuli Sithole) | ||||
| South Korea | Kim Jo-Hee (Kim Joo-hee) | ||||
| Jamaica | Cindy Wright | ||||
| Japan | Kurara Kibana (Kurara Chibana) |
Miss Australia Erin McNaut
Miss Uruguay Fatimih Davila
Judges
- Amelia Vega - Miss Universe 2003
- Mark Cherry
- Claudia Jordan - Miss Rhode Island USA 1997
- Tom Green
- Emitt smith
- James lesur
- Maria Celeste Arras
- Patrick McMullan
- Santino Rice
- Bridget Wilson - Miss Tin United States 1990
- Shaun Yazbek
Debut
- Kazakhstan participated in the competition for the first time.
Abandoned
- Barbados , Belize , Curaçao , Italy , Kenya , the Netherlands and Vietnam participated in Miss Universe 2005, but did not participate in 2006.
Returned
- Saint Lucia last participated in 1977.
- Iceland last participated in 1997.
- Saint Martin last participated in 2000.
- The Northern Mariana Islands last participated in 2002.
- Argentina and New Zealand last participated in 2003.
- The Cayman Islands , Estonia , Ghana , Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Sweden last participated in 2004.
Learn more about participants.
Alexandra Rosenfeld Miss Europe 2006
Tuli Sitole, Miss South Africa 2005
- Five contestants also participated in the Miss World contest. A representative of Trininad and Tobago Kenisha Tom participated in Miss World 2004, where she entered the Top 15. Saint Lucia spokeswoman Sasha Andrew-Ros also participated in Miss World 2004, but did not win prizes. Laurin Gilleron from Switzerland and Tatiana Silva from Belgium participated in Miss World 2005.
- Miss France Alexandra Rosenfeld won the Miss Europe 2006 competition [1] .
- Miss Indonesia, Nadine Chandravinata , is German by birth.
- Anna Nashandi from Namibia participated in Miss World 2006, where she entered the Top 17.
- The dress for the final tour in evening gowns, which was held during the Miss USA competition, which Tara Conner won, was designed on the reality show “ Project Runway ”.
- Miss Columbia is a relative of Miss Columbia 2005 (which could not get to Miss Universe 2005 ). On the other line is a cousin of the pop singer Shakira .
- Miss Mauritius, Isabelle Antou, sister of Miss Mauritius 2004, Megali Antou, who participated in Miss Universe 2005 in Thailand.
- Miss Mexico participated in Miss International 2007 , in which she won. She is the first Mexican with such a title.
- Miss Peru Fiorella Vinas participated in the Miss Caribbean Hibicous competition, in which she took second place.
- At this competition, the largest number of participants - 86.
- The countries that sent participants last year, but were unable to send to this competition: Barbados , Belize , Curaçao , Italy , Kenya , the Netherlands and Vietnam .
- Although the participants were chosen, the British Virgin Islands and Portugal ultimately did not take part in this competition. The British Virgin Islands chose Deria Joseph, and Marina Rodriguez was chosen in Portugal.
- This is the first time Russia reached the semifinals after giving up the title of Oksana Fedorova in 2002.
- Nada Milinich was under the title of Serbia & Montenegro in the competition. In 2007, Serbia and Montenegro each sent a representative.
- Zuleika Rivera , winner of Miss Universe 2006, she was Miss Universe for only about 10 months, since “Miss Universe 2005” Natalia Glebova from Canada , it was the longest period in the history of the competition.
- Puerto Rico took the consecutive places: Second Vice-Miss at Miss Universe 2004, 1 Vice-Miss at Miss Universe 2005, and winner in the Miss Universe 2006 competition.
- Fabriel Quezada, Miss Costa Rica , won the Miss Reina Internacional del Cafe 2007 competition. She also won Miss Teen International 2002.
- Mia Taveras , Miss Dominican Republic , participated in Miss Continente Americano 2006 .
- Cristina Freexion , Miss Nicaragua , won the World Miss University 2006 competition in South Korea.
- Dina Nuralieva (Kazakhstan) participated in the Miss World 2009 competition, where she entered the Top 16.
More
- Los Angeles accepted the contest for the second time, the previous one was held here in 1990. This is the first time a competition has been held in the United States since 1998 (when the competition was held in Hawaii).
The judges in 2006 were:
- Amelia Vega ( "Miss Universe 2003 );
- Claudia Jordan (finalist Miss USA, currently model;
- ex- dallas cowboy emmitt smith ;
- actor James Lesser (TV series "Las Vegas NBC")
- Maria Celeste Arraras (presenter of the Telemundo ' Al-Rojo Vivo Con channel);
- fashion photographer Patrick McMullan ; Project Runway '
- Santino Rice ; participant season 5 Pupil
- Shaun Yazbek ; actress and Miss Tin USA 1990;
- Bridget Wilson-Sampras ;
- actor and comedian Tom Green , also writer Mark Cherry ;
- actress Bo Derek was supposed to be a judge, and was later replaced;
- this year, the Top 20 was chosen, instead of the usual Top 15.
See also
- Miss World 2006
- Miss International 2006
- Miss Earth 2006