93 candidates/contestants around the world will compete in the much-awaited Miss Universe 2017 which will be held on November 26, 2017, at The AXIS at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
Iris Mittenaere of France will crown her successor in the 66th edition of the highly anticipated pageant.
The show will be hosted by Steve Harvey and Ashley Graham while Wendy Fitzwilliam – Miss Universe 1998 from Trinidad and Tobago, Jay Manuel – television host, creative director, and makeup artist, Ross Mathews – television personality, Megan Olivi – Fox Sports 1 host and reporter, Lele Pons – Vine and YouTube personality, Pia Wurtzbach – Miss Universe 2015 from the Philippines.
Here are the candidates for Miss Universe 2017:
| Country/Territory | Candidate | Age |
|---|---|---|
| Albania | Blerta Leka | 19 |
| Angola | Lauriela Martins | 19 |
| Argentina | Stefanía Incandela | 23 |
| Aruba | Alina Mansur | 26 |
| Australia | Olivia Rogers | 25 |
| Austria | Celine Schrenk | 19 |
| Bahamas | Yasmine Cooke | 25 |
| Barbados | Lesley Chapman | 26 |
| Belgium | Liesbeth Claus | 20 |
| Bolivia | Gleisy Noguer | 20 |
| Brazil | Monalysa Alcântara | 18 |
| British Virgin Islands | Khephra Sylvester | 24 |
| Bulgaria | Nikoleta Todorova | 19 |
| Cambodia | Sotheary By | 19 |
| Canada | Lauren Howe | 24 |
| Cayman Islands | Anika Conolly | 27 |
| Chile | Natividad Leiva | 24 |
| China | Roxana Qiu | 27 |
| Colombia | Laura González | 22 |
| Costa Rica | Elena Correa | 27 |
| Croatia | Shanaelle Petty | 19 |
| Curaçao | Nashaira Balentien | 20 |
| Czech Republic | Michaela Habáňová | 21 |
| Dominican Republic | Carmen Muñoz | 24 |
| Ecuador | Daniela Cepeda | 22 |
| Egypt | Farah Sedky | 20 |
| El Salvador | Alisson Abarca | 21 |
| Ethiopia | Akinahom Zergaw | 21 |
| Finland | Michaela Söderholm | 25 |
| France | Alicia Aylies | 19 |
| Georgia | Marita Gogodze | 21 |
| Germany | Sophia Koch | 20 |
| Ghana | Ruth Quashie | 23 |
| Great Britain | Anna Burdzy | 25 |
| Guam | Myana Welch | 28 |
| Guatemala | Isel Suñiga | 23 |
| Guyana | Rafieya Husain | 25 |
| Haiti | Cassandra Chéry | 21 |
| Honduras | April Tobie | 18 |
| Iceland | Arna Ýr Jónsdóttir | 22 |
| India | Shraddha Shashidhar | 21 |
| Indonesia | Bunga Jelitha | 26 |
| Iraq | Sarah Idan | 27 |
| Ireland | Cailín Áine Ni Toibín | 23 |
| Israel | Adar Gandelsman | 19 |
| Italy | Maria Polverino | 25 |
| Jamaica | Davina Bennett | 21 |
| Japan | Momoko Abe | 23 |
| Kazakhstan | Kamilla Asylova | 19 |
| Korea | Sewhee Cho | 26 |
| Laos | Souphaphone Somvichith | 20 |
| Lebanon | Jana Sader | 20 |
| Malaysia | Samantha James | 23 |
| Malta | Tiffany Pisani | 25 |
| Mauritius | Angie Callychurn | 28 |
| Mexico | Denisse Franco | 19 |
| Myanmar | Zun Thansin | 22 |
| Namibia | Suné January | 23 |
| Nepal | Nagma Shrestha | 25 |
| Netherlands | Nicky Opheij | 22 |
| New Zealand | Harlem-Cruz Atarangi Ihaia | 19 |
| Nicaragua | Berenice Quezada | 24 |
| Nigeria | Stephanie Agbasi | 22 |
| Norway | Kaja Kojan | 20 |
| Panama | Laura de Sanctis | 21 |
| Paraguay | Ariela Machado | 26 |
| Peru | Prissila Howard | 26 |
| Philippines | Rachel Peters | 26 |
| Poland | Katarzyna Włodarek | 26 |
| Portugal | Matilde Lima | 18 |
| Puerto Rico | Danna Hernández | 21 |
| Romania | Ioana Mihalache | 26 |
| Russia | Ksenia Alexandrova | 22 |
| Saint Lucia | Louise Victor | 26 |
| Sierra Leone | Adama Lakoh | 19 |
| Singapore | Manuela Bruntraeger | 24 |
| Slovakia | Vanessa Bottánová | 19 |
| Slovenia | Emina Ekić | 22 |
| South Africa | Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters | 22 |
| Spain | Sofía del Prado | 22 |
| Sri Lanka | Christina Peiris | 23 |
| Sweden | Frida Fornander | 22 |
| Tanzania | Lilian Maraule | 22 |
| Thailand | Maria Poonlertlarp | 25 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Yvonne Clarke | 27 |
| Turkey | Pinar Tartan | 20 |
| Ukraine | Yana Krasnikova | 18 |
| United States | Kára McCullough | 26 |
| Uruguay | Marisol Acosta | 20 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | Esonica Veira | 27 |
| Venezuela | Keysi Sayago | 24 |
| Vietnam | Loan Nguyen | 27 |
| Zambia | Isabel Chikoti | 26 |