Miss Universe 1997
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| Miss Universe 1997 | |
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| Date | 16 May 1997 |
| Presenters | George Hamilton, Marla Maples Trump |
| Entertainment | Enrique Iglesias |
| Venue | Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida, USA  |
| Broadcaster | CBS |
| Entrants | 74 |
| Placements | 10 |
| Debuts | Croatia |
| Withdrawals | Cayman Islands, Denmark, Great Britain, Indonesia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Sri Lanka, Western Samoa |
| Returns | Bermuda, Mauritius, U.S. Virgin Islands |
| Winner | Brook Lee USA |
| Congeniality | Laura Csortan Australia |
| Best National Costume | Claudia Vásquez Colombia |
| Photogenic | Abbygale Arenas Philippines |
Miss Universe 1997, the 46th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 16 May 1997 at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Florida, USA. Brook Lee of the USA won the competition[1][2] and was crowned by Alicia Machado of Venezuela. Seventy-four delegates competed in this year. One of the contestants, Nafisa Joseph, is no longer alive. This is the last edition of Miss Universe where the winner is seated on the stage during the crowning ceremony.
Results
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Miami Beach Convention Center
Placements
| Final rresults | Contestant |
| Miss Universe 1997 | |
| 1st runner-up | |
| 2nd runner-up |
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| Top 6 |
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| Top 10 |
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Contestants
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Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss Universe 1997
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Argentina - Nazarena Almada
Aruba - Karen-Ann Peterson- Australia - Laura Csortan
Bahamas - Nestaea Sealy
Belgium - Laurence Borremans
Belize - Sharon Dominguez
Bermuda - Naomi Darrell
Bolivia - Helga Bauer
Bonaire - Jhane Landwier
Brazil - Nayla Micherif
British Virgin Islands - Melinda Penn
Bulgaria - Krassmira Todorova
Canada - Carmen Kempt
Chile - Claudia Delpin- Colombia - Claudia Elena Vásquez Ángel
Costa Rica - Gabriela Aguilar
Croatia - Kristina Cherina
Curaçao - Verna Vasquez
Cyprus - Korina Nikolaou
Czech Republic - Petra Minářová
Dominican Republic - Cesarina Mejia
Ecuador - María José López
Egypt - Eiman Thakeb
El Salvador - Carmen Carrillo
Estonia - Kristiina Heinmets
Finland - Karita Tuomola
France - Patricia Spehar
Germany - Agathe Neuner
Greece - Elina Zisi
Guatemala - Carol Aquino
Honduras - Joselina García
Hong Kong - Lee San-san
Hungary - Ildikó Kecan
Iceland - Solveig Guðmundsdóttir
India - Nafisa Joseph †
Ireland - Fiona Mullally
Israel - Dikla Hamdy
Italy - Denny Méndez
Jamaica - Nadine Thomas
Korea - Lee Eun-hee
Lebanon - Dalida Chammai
Malaysia - Trincy Low
Malta - Claire Grech
Mauritius - Cindy Cesar
Mexico - Rebeca Tamez
Namibia - Sheya Shipanga
New Zealand - Marina McCartney
Northern Marianas - Melanie Sibetang
Panama - Lía Borrero
Paraguay - Rosanna Jiménez Pereira
Peru - Claudia Dopf- Philippines - Abbygale Williamson Arenas
Poland - Agnieszka Zielinska
Portugal - Lara Antunes
Puerto Rico - Ana Rosa Brito
Romania - Diana Maria Urdareanu
Russia - Anna Baitchik
Singapore - Tricia Tan
Slovak Republic - Lucia Povrazníková
South Africa - Mbali Gasa
Spain - Inés Sáinz
Sweden - Victoria Lagerström
Switzerland - Melanie Winiger
Taiwan R.O.C. - Chio Hai Ta
Thailand - Suangsuda Rodprasert
Trinidad & Tobago - Margot Bourgeois
Turkey - Yeşim Çetin
Turks & Caicos - Keisha Delancy
Ukraine - Natalia Nadtochey
Uruguay - Adriana Cano- USA - Brook Lee
U.S. Virgin Islands - Vania Thomas
Venezuela - Marena Bencomo
Zimbabwe - Lorraine Magwenzi
Notes
Withdrawals
Denmark - Sabine Sorensen
Nicaragua - Luz Maria Sanchez Herdocia
Western Samoa - Maryjane McKibben
References
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