Miss Universe 2024

On 18 November 2023, during the Miss Universe 2023 pageant, businessman Raúl Rocha Cantú announced via a video presentation that the 73rd edition will be held in Mexico.^[3]

In September 2023, during the Tanner Fletcher show at New York Fashion Week, Miss Universe 2022 R'Bonney Gabriel said that the Miss Universe Organization had made the decision to remove age restrictions for contestants over the age of 18, which would be implemented starting with the 2024 edition. Prior to this change, the pageant had restricted participation to women between ages 18–28 on the year of the pageant, outside of special circumstances. Also, there will be no height and no weight restrictions.^[a][5][6]

This edition will mark the debut of Belarus, Eritrea, Iran^[b], Maldives, Mayotte, Moldova, North Macedonia, Saudi Arabia, and Uzbekistan.^[7][8] This edition will also feature the returns of Cuba, which last competed in 1967; Fiji in 1981; Guadeloupe and Martinique in 1984;^[9] the Democratic Republic of the Congo^[c] (as Zaire) and Samoa (as Western Samoa) in 1986; Senegal in 1987; Gibraltar in 1990; Bonaire, Cook Islands, and Suriname in 1999;^[10][11] Azerbaijan, Botswana, and Estonia in 2013; Turks and Caicos in 2014; Montenegro and Serbia in 2015; Austria in 2017; Zambia in 2018; Bangladesh, New Zealand, Tanzania, and the United States Virgin Islands in 2019;^[12][13] Kenya and Romania in 2021; and Armenia, Belize, China, Haiti, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, and Uruguay which last competed in 2022.^[14][15]

As of 7 July 2024, thirty-six contestants have been confirmed to compete.

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age[d]	Hometown
Albania	Franceska Rustem[16]	19	Durrës
Argentina	Magalí Benejam[17]	29	Córdoba
Bahamas	Selvinique Wright[18]	32	Andros
Belgium	Kenza Ameloot[19]	22	Sint-Amandsberg
Belize	Halima Hoy[20]	29	Port Loyola
Bolivia	Juliana Barrientos[21]	26	Cochabamba
Bonaire	Ruby Pouchet[22]	29	Kralendijk
Cameroon	Noura Njikam[23]	25	Yaoundé
China	Jia Qi[24]	23	Chengdu
Colombia	Daniela Toloza[25]	30	Cali
Croatia	Zrinka Ćorić[26]	22	Dubrovnik
Curaçao	Kimberly de Boer[27]	18	Willemstad
Dominican Republic	Celinee Santos[28]	24	Santo Domingo
Ecuador	Mara Topić[29]	30	Guayaquil
France	Indira Ampiot[30]	20	Basse-Terre
Germany	Pia Theissen[31]	25	Cologne
Great Britain	Christina Chalk[citation needed]	31	Dunblane
Greece	Christianna Katsieri[32]	22	Piraeus
Iran	Fay Asghari[33]	31	Tehran
Kazakhstan	Madina Almukhanova[34]	23	Almaty
Kosovo	Edona Bajrami[35]	36	Pristina
Kyrgyzstan	Maya Turdalieva[36]	25	Bishkek
Laos	Phiranya Thipphomvong[37]	28	Houaphanh
Mongolia	Nominzul Zandangiin[38]	19	Ulaanbaatar
Montenegro	Rumina Ivezaj[39]	19	Tuzi
Myanmar	Thet San Andersen[40]	24	Yangon
Netherlands	Faith Landman[41]	27	Zandvoort
New Zealand	Franki Russell[42]	30	Dunedin
Paraguay	Naomi Méndez[43]	32	Asunción
Peru	Tatiana Calmell[44]	30	Talara
Philippines	Chelsea Manalo[45]	25	Meycauayan
Poland	Kasandra Zawal[46]	28	Bierzglinek
Portugal	Andreia Correia[39]	26	Sintra
Puerto Rico	Jennifer Colón[47]	36	Orocovis
Venezuela	Ileana Márquez[48]	28	Valencia
Zimbabwe	Sakhile Dube[49]	27	Bulawayo

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