Meet the 80 women competing to be Miss Universe 2021

Miss Universe 2020 is really beautiful.

Andrea Meza from Mexico.

Vote for your favorite.

Miss Cambodia support LGBT rights. Cool.

Argentina and Brazil are both GORGEOUS at R2.

Great Britain and Russia are beautiful too.

Are Japan and Nepal both trans contestants?

Steve Harvey is back to host the Miss Universe 2021 competition — but this time, he'll be sharing the moment with his daughter Lori Harvey.

The Family Feud star, 64, will be joined this year by his 24-year-old daughter, who will be a part of Miss Universe selection committee, PEOPLE can exclusively reveal.

The selection committee will also include supermodel Adriana Lima, Miss Universe 2016 Iris Mittenaere, actresses Urvashi Rautela, Marian Rivera, Adamari López, as well as The Bold and the Beautiful's Rena Sofer.

"This is my sixth time hosting the Miss Universe competition and it is always a highlight of my year. Each show I'm in awe of the smart, fiery, and talented women who take the stage," Steve tells PEOPLE. "I continue to champion this show and participate, not only as a host but as a producer, to show the world what you can do, if you put your mind to it."

"I'm so blessed I get to share this experience with my own daughter this year, who embodies that ideal every day," he adds.

"I am so excited to be on the selection committee for the 70th Annual Miss Universe competition. It's extra special to me because this is the first event that my dad and I have worked on together, so it's going to be a really great time," says Lori.

"Also, I am not only thrilled to join such a dynamic and diverse group of intelligent women, but also excited to have the opportunity to genuinely support all the contestants and watch them shine!" she adds.

On Wednesday, the Miss Universe Organization also announced that JoJo will be performing at the competition. Israeli singer Noa Kirel has also been tapped for a performance.

Additionally, Carson Kressley and former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst will serve as backstage hosts for the annual competition.

The Miss Universe 2020 winner was crowned earlier this year in May, a year after the annual competition went on a hiatus due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The pageant, which was hosted by Mario Lopez and Olivia Culpo, was won by Miss Mexico Andrea Meza.

The 70th Miss Universe Competition will air live from Eilat, Israel on Sunday, Dec. 12 at 7 p.m. ET on Fox.

I can't wait until Steve Harvey grabs one of them by the crotch to see if it's really a woman.

[quote] The 70th Miss Universe Competition will air live from Eilat, Israel on Sunday, Dec. 12 at 7 p.m. ET on Fox.

It starts at 7pm, not 8pm.

Some of these women look like they have a 12 inch penis in their pants. And I’m not a fan of the makeup application via Home Depot 5 gallon bucket.

I really like the American contestant. She looks stunning and has perfect features without looking like a plastic doll.

I think she has a really strong chance at winning, R8.

She is also a news reporter (or something like that), so her communication skills are very good.

Elle is the total package of looks + intelligence.

Is there a trans miss and genderqueer?

You think they'll let an American win anything internationally? Nope.

R11 the last woman from the US to win Miss Universe was Olivia Culpo in 2012.

You know, the one who "dated" Tim Tebow and talked about getting banged by Christian McCaffrey.

There's actually a Datalounge thread on her, and she sounds like a huge slut.

Miss America is unusually attractive, not the typical hag.

Miss?!!!

Are we living in 1952?

I'm confused. How can any of these be Miss Universe when they are all from Earth? Clearly the other planets are being discriminated against.

I like Miss Cameroon and Miss Namibia.

Argentina and Great Britain are my favorites. I've noticed that the "cat-eye, fox-eye" surgeries are popular with these contestants, along with a lot of other cosmetic surgery shenanigans and enough heavy makeup to make even my granny look like a possible winner.

[quote] Miss America is unusually attractive, not the typical hag.

She's actually Miss USA.

Miss America is a completely different pageant, and they don't send anyone to Miss Universe. It's a scholarship pageant.

80% of them have the same nose, eyes, and face. It’s like scrolling through Instagram.

I really hope that Miss USA does well. She’s beautiful.

I've never heard of Eilat, Israel.

Where is it?

Eight contestants volunteered to show themselves without makeup.

Scary!

R19, they've been Yassified.

[quote] Is there a trans miss and genderqueer?

Literal violence. Expect protests.

Where is Eilat, Israel?

In the desert?

Wow, Eilat looks beautiful.

Like somewhere in Mexico.

chin implants look harsh and distracting

Eilat is waaaaaaay down at the bottom of Israel.

On the Red Sea.

It's only a few miles from Egypt and a few miles from Jordan.

I would love to visit!

Eilat is on the narrow sliver of Israeli Red Sea coast.

Most of the contestants' looks are like something that comes from the "Look like a Kardashian" starter kit. Miss USA and a handful of others are refreshingly different.

Is it just me or does Miss Nigeria's photo look like a badly generated computer drawing/cartoon rather than a real person?

Eilat is a popular resort on Israel's Red Sea.

Think Cancun -- some upscale properties, but also lots of 20something single Israelis and Europeans in big groups drinking too much.

Is this the first time ever that the pageant is being held in the Middle East??

How cool.

It's usually held in some boring city in the USA.

Miss Puerto Rico is gorgeous.

Nepal and Curaçao look trans.

[quote]I’ve noticed that the "cat-eye, fox-eye" surgeries are popular with these contestants,

Romania and Norway really overdid the “cat-eye” look.

I like Italy’s look.

Some of them look better without makeup.

What is Miss USA supposed to be in the National Costume photo? The Oscar Statue?

How many are bio men?

R37 Puerto rico, Venezuela, and Colombia have so much plastic surgery all three could be.

R1 Oh please she is a wide hog body with tons of plastic surgery. latin america counties should be banned by all the cheating they do , their delegates have zero natural features.

R21 Germany looks like she is 11 years old.

Damn, Miss Singapore is a dead ringer for young Halle Berry!

R41 What did Halle Beery ever do to you to compare her to that gaysian twink look alike.

This is catfishing

R43 She is one of the latina delegates with a decent nose job though. Colombia and Puerto Rico have Michael Jackson levels of botched nose jobs.

R44 Add Romania to the list

I have a hard time believing these are the prettiest girls from their countries, Germany is textbook plain jane without the drag, and even the no-makeup pictures are edited.

Looking through the list and Miss USA is actually one of the prettier ones. I think I like Namibia the best though.

I see the injection marks in that girl's bottom lip

[quote]What is Miss USA supposed to be in the National Costume photo? The Oscar Statue?

I think she’s an Emmy statue.

Miss USA got herself a Long weave, with the Shirley Temple hair gone, it’s over for everyone, she will easily win.

Yes, I think you are right R48

PTSD Trigger warning:

Miss Czech Republic in her national costume looks like a female partner to Jan. 6's Shaman Man.

I’m partial to Miss Finland’s platforms and good deeds.

It’s obvious that this will air on Fox, because that’s how Fox likes their women. A lot of plastic surgery, big hair, skimpy clothes, heavy makeup, and possibly a penis in their panties.

Looks-wise, I like Israel.

The only human, actual female looking ones are Israel and Turkey. The rest look like drag queens.

The Latin countries are the worst. They start training these girls for these competitions from a very young age and it becomes their whole life. And yes they get tons of plastic surgery and enhancements.

R54 Israel walks like a dude. She won’t even make top 16 unless they feel pity and throw a bone to the host country.

Israel is very pretty but she and Italy didn't even try with the costumes (sorry Italy, holding up an olive branch doesn't turn your evening gown into a national costume.) I am guessing that Israel was going with a mermaid thing because they were in Eilat?

I was flipping through threads and when this one sped past I thought it said “Meet the 80 year old woman competing for…”

Do you have a photo, R48?

Photo is at R36, R60

here r60

Thanks, 61 and 62.

I'm rooting for USA, Argentina, Brazil, and Great Britain!

I honestly think that one of them will be the next Miss Universe.

Denmark, Jamaica and Korea are cute too.

But I'm convinced that Japan is a man.

If you see the prelims (starts at the 40 minute mark in video linked below) you can reallh tell the who the real contenders are i:e USA and France.

That's very cool R65.

Thanks for posting!

I still love Argentina and Brazil. Great Britain and USA were kind of "meh" for me.

France went up my list.

Isn't there a Mr universe contest. Someone please post. I prefer to look at men.

From R2's link, Czech Republic, Israel and Russia have standout faces. Also, so many of these ladies look trans-like. What the fuck is going on? Such hard and aggressive features.

R68 you have to watch them in actual motion, in R65's link.

They look different, and not as "drag-ish" as in their photos.

I actually live in a city that once hosted the Miss Universe pageant, and got to see some contestants in person.

Let me tell you that these women wear more makeup than any other female I have ever seen in real life. That shit was CAKED on their faces.

I'm assuming because they are constantly being photographed and recorded for video interviews, so they always have to be "camera ready."

But it actually freaked me out to see someone with that much makeup on, because it just looked so un-natural.

More obsession of females from "gay men" on a GAY website.

The evening gown preliminary competition at R65 is a trip! It starts at the 1 hour 42 minute mark in the video.

So many of those women almost fell down in their gowns. Poor Cameroon. She fell down once, and almost fell a second time.

There seem to be a lot of clear/white crystal gowns this year.

Argentina is my winner. She is absolutely gorgeous!

Two hours until showtime!

PAY ATTENTION. These are beauty contestants , not "females".

Why are there still “beauty” contests for women in 2021? So fucking stupid.

A whole lotta tranny.

Japan definitely has a dick.

Is it on yet, or did FOX pre-empt the show with sports?

Does anyone know where to watch it live??

It's supposed to be on right now!

Miss India has an insane body. Perfect hour glass figure.

R78 She is dull and cold as a fish like most Indian women though.

It’s starting! Is it really live though? It’s 2am in Israel.

It is live, R80.

No matter where the host country.

I remember one year it was held in Namibia at 3 a.m. Lol

In asia, it's usually at 7 or 8 in the morning.

Team Cameroooon! And Iceland too (or was it Finland?)

I’m rooting for the darkest and the whitest ones.

Japan, Korea and Cambodia don’t even look Asian.

Usa for the win tonight. personality and natural beauty over dullards and plastic surgery freaks, India and Puerto Rico and Colombia.

Can someone post the top 15, top 10, top 5, etc. and highlights, please???

I can't find it live streaming anywhere!!!!

And I don't get the show on tv until later.

R85 watch on telemundo they are carrying it live as they all have a Miami stream.

OMG some Thailand person is actually live-streaming the show from the audience.

Hilarious!

Here is a link on facebook.

Colombia needs to stop smiling her botched nose is a freak show when she smiles.

Miss France is black? And seems to have a Jamaican/Caribbean accent. Definitely doesn’t sound French.

How did singapore make it .

r88 Thank you.

Puerto rico another bad plastic surgery victim her nose is a freakshow when she smiles as well.

Forgive my naive question. Why is plastic surgery allowed in a beauty pageant? I can understand implants to fill out a swimsuit, but It seems contrary to the concept if a homely woman can engineer herself into a beauty (or plastic monstrosity, depending on how you look at it). And this trend to look like a Kardashian is so sad. What happens when the K. look falls out of favor.

Brazil is a white woman while Belgium and France are black women. Interesting.

Rofl R91.

I'm watching the video at R87 and they're complaining about her! Haha

They're Vietnamese gay guys live-streaming from their phone, and they keep saying "How Singapore? How Singapore???" And they're laughing at her.

Lol

1st finalists are France, Singapore, Colombia, Panama and Puerto Rico.

Miss Colombia is SCARY

R90 France has several territories in the Caribbean and Tahiti that compete at their national pagaent. Why those countries don’t compete as their own country at Miss Universe like other British and US territories do, I dont know.

R96 What language are they speaking?

Something is seriously out of whack here.

Singapore? Bahamas? Japan??

Japan looks like a MAN!!!

R99, they're cheering for both Thailand and Vietnam, so I'm not sure. He's kind of cute though.

But he can't stop ragging on Singapore... rofl.

Wow the British bitch made it, she looks like an old bravo housewife and can’t walk for shit.

Honestly this is going to be a bloodbath battle between usa, india and plastic surgery freaks Puerto Rico and Colombia. The rest of the girls look like fillers.

Vietnam is cute and looks full asian.

God Venezuela looks like a 50 year old milf, wtf so many more beautiful latinas.

Namibia was robbed she was so much better than South Africa.

Lol Steve Harvey seems confused. Isn’t he the one who read the wrong name off the card a few years back?

So how many cis-women?

R107 Singapore is 100% a man.

R108 She is a gay twink but at least she is natural and not 100 percent plastic and made by a surgeons knife like Puerto Rico and Colombia.

Naturally gorgeous women! ❤️

Singapore is Halle Berry

low hairline bitches are irksome

Bahamas and Japan are a little on the chubby side compared to the rest.

R111 Gurl

R87 Oh noooo that livestream is now “unavailable” !!

R115 sucks , try telemundo?

How does Puerto Rico qualify as a separate "country"? It's part of the US.

I thought Ms Universe was a MAGA contest because it's owned by Drumpf?

Their looks are so conservative and dated.

No surprise Puerto Rico did not take childhood photos so we wouldn’t see her real Honker.

They keep calling usa and India back to back setting it up for them to be the final two.

R118 Trump lost his influence with the Miss Universe pageant. Miss Lindsey didn't get to represent Russia or the USA, nor any other country.

That guy was perving and pussy grabbing the contestants

Vietnam was robbed of top 10.

Aruba walked like a grandpa , how did she make top 10.

I'm surprised those two asian homos in front jumping up and down haven't been moved. They're so distracting.

Is Aruba the one with her eyes very wide apart? I was not paying close attention.

R127 Yep the short chubby one.

R127 Scrstch that that is Bahamas. Aruba is the tall one that walked slow.

Jojo they must have been hard up to find a decent “popstar” to perform.

Puerto Rico is walking like a tranny/drag queen this is embarrassing .

R131 noticed that too.

Bahamas looks like a frog. Colombia is just awful. Aruba, Bahamas and Colombia in the top 10? Are the judges crazy?

Everyone has the same boring beaded gold or silver gown. USA at least had some color.

R133 She looks so bloated next to the other girls.

I don’t see it with Paraguay she looks strange like a weird doll.

Jojo?? Is this 1998?

Colombia , south africa or Phillipines over usa is a big wtf.

I like the top 5, but Colombia has had plastic, cat eyes, surgery.

R139 plus a weird ass nose job, she looks like a scary tranny.

R140 yes, I am surprised she made the top 5. She looks better when the camera is not zoomed-in to the face.

Interesting that only two white girls in top 10. India and Paraguay.

R142 in what world is India white?

Damn, Miss USA lost out cause of that plain looking teal dress. She needed to go with a vibrant color cause that’s what they love here. Are only women judging this? Surely in order to find the most beautiful women in the universe it requires the collective mind of at least a bigger coalition?

Since 2018, the judging panel has been exclusively women.

Frankly, I find some of these initiatives to be an over-correction from the years Trump ran the show.

Miss India is definitely white R143,

South africas dress is hideous just hideous.

Paraguay is the only white one.

South and Central American counties plus the Caribbean Islands, see the Miss Universe pageant as a very big deal. They put a lot of energy into sending representatives.

True, R149, and I would add Philippines to that list.

I don’t see it with south Africa she’s plain. paraguay looks pretth but in a freakish way , so India It is then.

Yes r150

3 different continents

In the end paraguay was robbed.

Shit for a moment I thought Paraguay had it till Steve fucked up again. Miss India knew she had it, tbh I think Miss World 2017 was a pinnacle in Indian female beauty...I dunno how I feel about this one.

Miss Paraguay should have won.

Yeah India looked tiny and pedestrian next to Paraguay.

I think I'm going to sue the Miss Universe Organization.

It's not fair at all that there are no males on the judging panel.

And it's not an isolated thing. It is in ALL of the pageants they own.

Miss Universe, Miss USA, Miss Teen USA.

Can you imagine any corporation which collects advertising revenue and appears on network television, having such a discriminatory policy against the other gender?

If there was a show for men, with only male contestants, and only male judges, there would be a fucking UPROAR.

Advertisers would boycott the company, and networks wouldn't air the show.

So why is the Miss Universe Organization allowed to get away with it?

Someone direct me to a good lawyer.

These fuckers are going down.

Philippines is beautiful. And she's bisexual too!

R158 it is img and they are ruining miss universe. Miss USA and miss teen USA was bought out by a former miss usa winner Crystal Stewart and they had some male judges this year. I think going forward Miss USA will be a mainstay in the top 10/5 at miss Universe. Crystal Stewart is not playing around and the delegate won’t always be a black girl like under IMG. Crystal is a snow queen and I think she will send the best regardless of color. IMG keep fucking up Miss USA by leaving the best woman at first or third runner up like they keep doing at Miss Universe since they took over after Trump.

R159 Sorry no, she looked like a pinoy cross dresser with her box like body and tacky tattoo.

[quote] Philippines is beautiful. And she's bisexual too!

She's a slut pig.

I hear you R160, but this year's top 16 at Miss Universe was a travesty!

An absolute travesty.

Japan, Singapore, Bahamas, Colombia and Curacao should NEVER have made the semi-finals.

Brazil, Argentina, Belgium, Norway, Morocco, and even Laos were so much better.

This is the result of an all-female judging panel. They are so catty and they're not really looking for external beauty.

They're looking for the girl they want to be best friends with, and who THEY think isn't a total bitch.

Men don't judge that way. Men have a completely different set of criteria for beauty, which is why you need BOTH genders on the judging panel.

This all-female thing is fucking bullshit.

And you end up with crap winners.

R163 In the end they don’t crown the girl that gives the best answer either. They made up their minds even before the final question, that is clear.

YOU ESS AYE YOU ESS AYE YOU ESS AYE

The pageant is also unfairly English-centric.

Every single one of the finalists in the top 10 was fluent in English.

Why bother calling it an "international competition" if English is an unofficial requirement to make the finals?

Iceland was the prettiest

White girls aren't welcome at Miss USA and Miss Universe any more.

Another year of White Girl Genocide. I had hopes for Miss Finland tho her national costume sucked. I blame the all-fish panel of judges for Prelims. They need men judging this shit, but PC ruins everything.

I was pleased National Costume actually held focus on the girls for more than 2 seconds so you could see their costumes.

Miss India was a stunner and am pleased with her win.

Maybe now USA will finally stop with its parade of boring black chicks that don’t place. lol no of course they won’t. Let the media tell it and the USA is like 45% black.

Did Steve Harvey screw it up again?

Lol R170.

When it was down to the final two, he called Paraguay "Portugal."

Of course he blamed the teleprompter.

R21 Ugh, they look like trannies with make up on….

They should give the crown to the girl that gave the best head

Was Miss India eating a banana or was that her nose.

I like how at the link at r2 the first two girls from Albania and Argentina almost look like Angelina Jolie and Jessica Biel respectively.

The pageant Queens probably look way hotter in person

Miss USA's placements are SO predictable: she HAS GOT to be there since the pageant is Mrkan, but won't really be allowed to win, hence Top 10 if she behaves and "just" Top 16/20 if she gets herself involved in some kind of scandal. Last one to go unplaced was Rima Fuckyou all the way back in 2010, and that's only because she had been SUPER scandalous abd rebellious, abd last time the US was even "allowed" to crack the Top 5 was in 2015

The pageant needed male gay judges well experienced in fashion.

They went way overboard with the persons of color choices.

R177 They always do: out of the last 6 editions, ever since Trump left, the new owners (which are supposed to be one of the most prestigious modeling agencies in the world, WME/IMG) have picked 5 black Misses USA