Top 16 Quarter Finalists of Miss Universe 2011

The top 16 quarter finalists of Miss Universe 2011 contest was announced on the live telecast held in the Credit Card Hall in Sao Paulo, Brazil last September 12.

After the introduction of the 89 candidates, there were a lot of surprises when calling the top 16 semi-finalists, which is the elimination of the strong contenders like Malaysia, Peru, Russia, Albania and Mexico.

Preliminary panel of judges, members of the Miss Universe Organization and the public fans have picked:

Miss France, Laury Thilleman


Miss Kosovo, Aferdita Dreshaj


Miss Colombia, Catalina Robayo


Miss China, Luo Zilin


Miss Angola, Leila Lopes


Miss Australia, Scherri-Lee Biggs


Miss Puerto Rico, Viviana Ortiz


Miss Brazil, Priscila Machado


Miss Netherlands, Kelly Weekers


Miss USA, Alyssa Campanella


Miss Ukraine, Olesya Stefanko


Miss Panama, Sheldry Saez


Miss Costa Rica, Johanna Solano


Miss Portugal, Laura Gonçalves (Voter's Choice)


Miss Philippines, Shamcey Supsup


Miss Venezuela, Vanessa Goncalves

* See the Miss Universe 2011 Complete Coverage