Miss Universe Pageant 2018

The Miss Universe Pageant is perhaps the most celebrated beauty pageant of all times. It was highly acclaimed to be one of the 4 largest beauty contests in the world.

The pageant was founded by California clothing company Pacific Mills in 1952. It was first co-owned and organized by Kayser-Roth and then Gulf and Western Industries, then in 1996, it was bought by business tycoon, Donald Trump. In 1998, from the name Miss Universe Inc. it was changed to Miss Universe Organization as well as it's headquarters being moved from Long Beach California, to New York City.

The pageant's main slogan was "Redefined for Today". They are looking for the delegates who possess intelligence, well-mannered, cultured as well as modernized women. The winner, since it was managed by Trump is signed a one-year contract with the Organization, traveling nationwide and abroad promoting the public awareness of HIV/AIDS, control of diseases and world peace.

According to pageant experts, the Miss Universe is the only pageant which is going with the flow of our present age and time. They are looking nowadays for beautiful, model-like and has a good runway skill winners.

MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT 2018:

Host Country: Bangkok, Thailand

Miss Manabi, Virginia Limongi Crowned Miss Ecuador 2018

Virginia Stephanie Limongi Silva representing Manabi was recently crowned as the new Miss Ecuador 2018 held during a pageant gala on May 5 at the Oro Verde Hotel in Machala in El Oro. She was crowned by the outgoing winner, Daniela Cepeda, Miss Ecudor 2017.

24 year old Virginia is from Portoviejo. She will now represent Ecuador at the Miss Universe 2018 later this year.

20 year old Miss Guayas, Michelle Nathalie Huet Rodriguez from Guayaquil finished as 1st run-up. She will go to compete in the Miss International 2018 pageant in Tokyo, Japan on November 9.

Meanwhile, Miss Miami, Norma Andrea Tejada Arcentales ended as 2nd run-up. This 22 year-old from Machala will compete at the Miss Grand International 2018 contest to be held on October 25 in Yangon, Myanmar.

FINALISTS:

3rd run-up: Miss New Jersey - Blanca Stefany Arambulo Pinargote

4th run-up: Miss Pastaza - Kerstin Heszen Maria Johst Salamah

5th run-up: Miss Esmeraldas - Bertha Ximena Arroyo Marin

REST OF THE TOP 10 SEMI-FINALISTS:

Miss Guayas - Allison Magali Matamoros Yepez

Miss Guayas - Iskra Julissa Landucci Martinez

Miss Pichincha - Lucia Gabriela Jimenez Prado

Miss Pichincha - Maria Fernanda Yepez Montesdeoca

Yulia Polyachikhina Crowned Miss Russia 2018

18 year old Yulia Polyachikhina from Chuvashia was crowned as the new Miss Russia 2018 during a beauty pageant held at the Barvikha Luxury Village in Moscow on April 18.

She was crowned by the outgooing winner, Polina Popova from Sverdlovsk Oblast.

Finished as the 1st run-up was Violetta Tyurkina representing Belgorod. While Natalya Stroyeva from Yakutia was the 2nd run-up.

Rest of the top 10:

Kabardino-Balkaria – Diana Nagoyeva

Krasnodar Krai – Angelina Likhopud

Krasnoyarsk – Vladislava Bezdenezhnaya

Sverdlovsk Oblast – Polina Kostyuk

Tuva – Norgyanma Mongush

Vladimir Oblast – Alexandra Kosogorova

Yelets – Olga Lomakina

Top 20 Finalists:

Barnaul – Anastasiya Ilinykh

Bashkortostan – Zemfira Baydavletova

Cherkessk – Viktoria Artemenko

Kaliningrad – Violetta Maurer

Kaluga – Tatiana Fitsukova

Karelia – Anastasiya Mikhailenko

Kostroma – Svetlana Khokhlova

Lyubertsy – Veronika Arsich

Saint Petersburg – Darina Abramova

Tambov – Ulyana Lyakhova

Yulia will now representing her country at the Miss Universe and Miss World contests later this year.

Philippines will host Mr. World in 2019

The Miss World Organisation (MWO) has formally announced that the next edition of Mr World will take place on January 27, 2019 in Manila, Philippines. The contestants will arrive in Manila on January 11 and will spend nearly three weeks in the beautiful archipelago of islands, hosted by the Resorts World group.

Originally the contest, which celebrates it's 10th edition was scheduled to take place in September this year, but the organisation stated that due to an increased demand for national franchises, they have decided to postpone the contest until early 2019. At the press conference attended by the reigning Miss World 2017, Manushi Chhillar and Mr World 2016, Rohit Khandelwal (both from India) together with Philippines' National Director, Arnold Vegafria, the MWO stated that they are expecting more than 100 contestants to battle it out for the Mister World title.

"There are so many beautiful beaches over here. And the food here in the Philippines... I'm already very fond of halo-halo and so many different dishes. Besides, [in] the Philippines, the people are really friendly and I think just like a week is not enough to visit," Vegafria said.

Meet the 12 Finalists for Miss South Africa 2018

The twelve finalists for the annual Miss South Africa was already chosen. The 2018 edition will be held on May 27 at Sun International’s new flagship venue, the Sun Arena at Time Square in Pretoria.

South Africa's pride, the reigning Miss Universe, Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters will crown her successor during the event.

Meet the 12 Finalists of Miss South Africa 2018

Akile Khoza 23 Bushbuckridge	Anzelle von Staden 25 Centurion	Bryoni Govender 21 Kempton Park
Danielle de Jager 20 Benoni	Karishma Ramdev 23 Chatsworth	Margo Fargo 25 Heidedal
Noxolo Ndebele 24 Pinetown	Tamarin Bensch 25 Bedfordview	Tamaryn Green 23 Paarl
Thandokazi Mfundisi 23 East London	Tharina Botes 21 Roodepoort	Thulisa Keyi 26 East London

* See also Tamaryn Green Crowned Miss South Africa 2018