Miss Universe 2007
Miss Universe 2007 will be held sometime between the months of May and July 2007 in a venue to be announced by the Miss Universe organization. The 2007 edition is expected to be the largest ever, with near or over 90 delegates competing for the title, currently held by Puerto Rico's Zuleyka Rivera. All information is unconfirmed until the delegates arrive to the host city. Official information will be available a month before the pageant.
In three years, Barbados could be hosting the Miss Universe show, utilising the physical infrastructure currently being put in place for the hosting of Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007. That is according to Miss Barbados Universe franchise holder and owner of S.C.O.U.T Model Management Candi Nicholls who spoke to the Barbados Advocate yesterday evening at the launch of this year�s show at Aqua Restaurant, Hastings, Christ Church.
Similar sentiments were expressed by Project Development Officer with the National Cultural Foundation (NCF) Ian Walcott, who also told the Barbados Advocate that his organisation, which is providing technical assistance for this year�s ow, will collaborate on the bid for Barbados to host the show by 2009.
Noting that the hosting of that event in Trinidad several years ago helped that country immensely, Nicholls stated that it is her dream to have the show in the new Kensington Oval.
She added that the physical infrastructure being put in place for next year�s World Cup would provide Barbados with the ideal resources needed to host such a large event. �
Miss Universe is a show that is watched by millions,� said Nicholls �with 96 countries represented those delegates coming here, with their entourages, the international media and the tourists coming for the show, the coverage would be massive.
would show that Barbados has the potential to host events on such a scale on a more permanent basis, after starting with CWC next year,� she continued.
Expected Delegates up to September 14, 2006
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Nations to Soon Elect their Representatives
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National Updates
- Armemia, Cambodia, Congo, Mozambique and Nepal are expected to send its first delegate ever to the Miss Universe pageant.
- Barbados, Belize, Curacao, Italy, Kenya, Netherlands, and Vietnam are expected to return after failing to send delegates this year in Los Angeles.
- Seychelles will return with its second delegate ever, after a 12-year absence.
- Botswana is expected to return after a 3-year absence.
- Malta and Zimbabwe are expected to return after a 6-year absence.
- Honduras and Portugal are expected to return after a 5-year absence.
- Serbia & Montenegro will no longer compete as a country due to Montenegro becoming independent in 2006. Now Serbia and Montenegro are expected for each to send their delegates seperately for the first time.
- St. Lucia, St. Martin, and St. Vincent and The Grenades are expected to send their delegates again consecutively.