MISS UNIVERSE 1997

Miss Universe 1997

1997 May 16

Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida USA

74 participants

Results

1  USA  Brook Antoinette Mahealani Lee

2  VENEZUELA  Marena Josefina Bencomo Jiménez (1st RU Coffee '96, Top 6 South America '96)

3  TRINIDAD & TOBAGO  Margot Rita Burgeois

Top 6

CURACAO  Verna Angela Maria Vasquez

ITALY  Denny Andeína Méndez de la Rosa

PANAMA  Lía Victoria Borrero González (winner International '98)

Top 10

ESTONIA  Kristiina Heinmets (2nd RU Baltic Sea '98)

INDIA  Nafisa Joseph

PUERTO RICO  Ana Rosa Brito Suárez (International '90, World '93)

SWEDEN  Victoria Marie Helene Lagerström

Awards

Miss Amity  AUSTRALIA

Miss Photogenic  PHILIPPINES

Best National Costume  1) COLOMBIA, 2) HONDURAS, 3) PERU

Remainder

ARGENTINA  Nazarena Vanesa González Almada (International '93, South America '96, Banana '97, Nuestra Belleza '97, Sudamericana '97)

ARUBA  Karen-Ann Peterson

AUSTRALIA  Laura Csortan (SF World '97)

BAHAMAS  Nestaea Sandra Sealy

BELGIUM  Laurence Borremans (SF World '96)

BELIZE  Sharon Domínguez (Nuestra Belleza '94)

BERMUDA  Naomi Darrell

BOLIVIA  Helga Bauer Salas (Coffee '97)

BONAIRE  Jhane-Louise Landwier (World '96)

BRAZIL  Nayla Fernanda Affonso Micherif (Nuestra Belleza '97)

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS  Melinda Penn

BULGARIA  Krasimira Todorova

CANADA  Carmen Kempt

CHILE  Claudia Paulette Delpín Corssen

COLOMBIA  Claudia Elena Vásquez Ángel

COSTA RICA  Gabriela Aguilar Chavarría (winner Banana '95, winner Asia Pacific '96)

CROATIA  Kristina Cherina

CYPRUS  Korina Nicolaou

CZECH REPUBLIC  Petra Minarova (World '96)

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  Cesarina Mejía

ECUADOR  Maria José López Verdu

EGYPT  Eiman Abdallah Thakeb

EL SALVADOR  Carmen Irene Carrillo Vilanova (Nuestra Belleza '97)

FINLAND  Karita Hanna-Maria Tuomola (winner Baltic Sea '98, 1st RU Scandinavia '98)

FRANCE  Patricia Spéhar (SF International '98)

GERMANY  Agathe Neuner (withdrew Europe '97)

GREECE  Elina Zisi

GUATEMALA  Carol Annabella Aquino Bonilla (Maja '95, Nuestra Belleza '97, Coffee '98)

HONDURAS  Joselina García Cobos (Coffee '97)

HONG KONG  Lee San-San (1st RU Chinese International '97)

HUNGARY  Ildiko Kecan

ICELAND  Solveig Lilja Gudmundsdóttir (Europe '96)

IRELAND  Fiona Mullally

ISRAEL  Dikla Hamdi

JAMAICA  Nadine Julian Thomas

KOREA  Lee Eun-hee

LEBANON  Dalida Chammai

MALAYSIA  Trincy Low Ee Bing (World '95)

MALTA  Claire Grech

MAURITIUS  Cindy Cesar

MEXICO  Rebeca Lynn Tamez Jones

NAMIBIA  Sheya Shipanga (World '97)

NEW ZEALAND  Marina Alofagia McCartney

NORTHERN MARIANAS  Melanie Sibetang

PARAGUAY  Rossana Elizabeth Jiménez Pereira (Sudamericana '97, Coffee '98)

PERU  Claudia Maria Dopf Scarsi

PHILIPPINES  Abbygale Williamson Arenas

POLAND  Agnieszka Zielinska (World '96, 1st RU Europe '97, 1st RU World University '97)

PORTUGAL  Lara Antunes (SF Europe '97)

ROMANIA  Diana Maria Urdareanu

RUSSIA  Anna Baychik

SINGAPORE  Tricia Tan Siew Siew

SLOVAK REPUBLIC  Lucia Povrazníková

SOUTH AFRICA  Mbali Gasa

SPAIN  Inés Sainz Esteban

SWITZERLAND  Mélanie Winiger (World '96)

TAIWAN  Chiou Hai Ta

THAILAND  Suangsada Rodprasert

TURKEY  Yesim Cetin

TURKS & CAICOS  Keisha Delancy

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS  Vania Thomas (SF World '89)

UKRAINE  Nataliya Nadtochey (Globe '96, SF Europe '97, World '98)

URUGUAY  Adriana Cano García

ZIMBABWE  Lorraine Magwenzi

Did not compete

NICARAGUA  Luz Maria Sánchez Herdocia (sponsor TV station went bankrupt)

WESTERN SAMOA  Maryjane McKibben (quit after 2 days)