Miss Universe 1997
Miss Universe 1997, the 46th Miss Universe pageant, was held on May 16, 1997 at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Brook Lee of the United States was crowned by Alicia Machado of Venezuela at the end of the event. 74 delegates competed in this year.[1]
Miss Universe 1997 | |
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![]() Miss Universe 1997, Brook Lee | |
Date | May 16, 1997 |
Presenters | |
Entertainment | Enrique Iglesias |
Venue | Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida, United States |
Broadcaster | |
Entrants | 74 |
Placements | 10 |
Debuts | |
Withdrawals | |
Returns | |
Winner | Brook Lee ![]() |
Congeniality | Laura Csortan ![]() |
Best National Costume | Claudia Vásquez ![]() |
Photogenic | Abbygale Arenas ![]() |
Results

Miss Universe 1997 Titlecard
Placements
Final results | Contestant |
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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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Final Competition
Nation | Preliminary
Average |
Swimsuit | Interview | Evening Gown | Semifinal Average | Top 6 Question |
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9.230 (3) | 9.500 (3) | 9.610 (1) | 9.680 (4) | 9.597 (3) | 9.796 (1) |
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9.080 (6) | 9.470 (4) | 9.060 (10) | 9.720 (3) | 9.417 (4) | 9.758 (2) |
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9.120 (5) | 9.270 (6) | 9.340 (5) | 9.600 (5) | 9.403 (5) | 9.594 (3) |
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9.410 (1) | 9.629 (1) | 9.440 (3) | 9.790 (1) | 9.617 (2) | 9.578 (4) |
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9.170 (4) | 9.610 (2) | 9.540 (2) | 9.760 (2) | 9.637 (1) | 9.428 (5) |
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9.330 (2) | 9.220 (7) | 9.380 (4) | 9.440 (7) | 9.347 (6) | 9.089 (6) |
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9.060 (7) | 9.350 (5) | 9.140 (9) | 9.410 (8) | 9.300 (7) | |
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8.970 (9) | 9.040 (9) | 9.270 (6) | 9.470 (6) | 9.260 (8) | |
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8.980 (8) | 8.920 (10) | 9.220 (7) | 9.270 (9) | 9.137 (9) | |
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8.960 (10) | 9.040 (8) | 9.150 (8) | 9.120 (10) | 9.103 (10) |
Contestants

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss Universe 1997
Argentina - Nazarena Vanesa González Almada
Aruba - Karen-Ann Peterson
Australia - Laura Csortan
Bahamas - Nestaea Sandra Sealy
Belgium - Laurence Borremans
Belize - Sharon Dominguez
Bermuda - Naomi Darrell
Bolivia - Helga Bauer Salas
Bonaire - Jhane-Louise 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 Chavarría
Croatia - Kristina Cherina
Curaçao - Verna Angela Maria Vasquez
Cyprus - Korina Nikolaou
Czech Republic - Petra Minářová
Dominican Republic - Cesarina del Carmen Mejía Sánchez
Ecuador - María José López Verdu
Egypt - Eiman Abdallah Thakeb
El Salvador - Carmen Irene Carrillo Vilanova
Estonia - Kristiina Heinmets
Finland - Karita Hanna-Maria Tuomola
France - Patricia Spehar
Germany - Agathe Neuner
Greece - Elina Zisi
Guatemala - Carol Annabella Aquino Bonilla
Honduras - Joselina García Cobos
Hong Kong - Lee San-san
Hungary - Ildikó Kecan
Iceland - Solveig Lilja Guðmundsdóttir
India - Nafisa Joseph +
Ireland - Fiona Mullally
Israel - Dikla Hamdy
Italy - Denny Méndez
Jamaica - Nadine Julian Thomas
Korea - Lee Eun-hee
Lebanon - Dalida Chammai
Malaysia - Trincy Low Ee Bing
Malta - Claire Grech
Mauritius - Cindy Cesar
Mexico - Rebeca Tamez
Namibia - Sheya Shipanga
New Zealand - Marina Alofagia McCartney
Northern Mariana Islands - Melanie Sibetang
Panama - Lía Borrero
Paraguay - Rosanna Elizabeth Jiménez Pereira
Peru - Claudia Maria Dopf Scarsi
Philippines - Abbygale Arenas
Poland - Agnieszka Zielinska
Portugal - Lara Antunes
Puerto Rico - Ana Rosa Brito Suárez
Romania - Diana Maria Urdareanu
Russia - Anna Baitchik
Singapore - Tricia Tan Siew Siew
Slovak Republic - Lucia Povrazníková
South Africa - Mbali Gasa
Spain - Inés Sáinz Esteban
Sweden - Victoria Lagerström
Switzerland - Melanie Winiger
Taiwan - Chio Hai Ta
Thailand - Suangsuda Lawanprasert
Trinidad and Tobago - Margot Rita Bourgeois
Turkey - Yeşim Çetin
Turks and Caicos Islands - Keisha Delancy
Ukraine - Natalia Nadtochey
Uruguay - Adriana Cano García
United States - Brook Lee
United States Virgin Islands - Vania Thomas
Venezuela - Marena Bencomo
Zimbabwe - Lorraine Magwenzi
Order of Introduction
The following table is the order of introduction in the Parade of Nations segment in the regional groups. This year marked the last year that introducing the delegates with the preliminary scores.
Geographical Region / Continent | Order of Country / Territory Introduction |
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South America | |
The Islands | |
Europe and The British Isles | |
Asia and The Land Down Under | |
Mediterranean, Middle East, and Africa | |
Central and North America |
Notes
Debut
Withdrawals
Cayman Islands
Cook Islands
Denmark
Ghana
Great Britain — Liz Fuller didn't compete because of her personal reasons.
Indonesia
Netherlands
Norway
Sri Lanka
Did not Compete
Nicaragua – Miss Nicaragua 1996, Luz Maria Sanchez Herdocia did not participate because the television station that ran Miss Nicaragua (Canal 6) declared bankruptcy in April, and therefore they couldn't pay the entry fee.[3]
Western Samoa – Maryjane McKibben - She dropped out of the pageant after two days.
Replacements
Chile - The winner of Miss Universo Chile 1997, Hetu'u Rapu from Easter Island was replaced by her 1st runner-up, Claudia Delpín; because Hetu'u did not meet the age requirement of 18 to take part at Miss Universe 1997 by 17 days.[4][5][6]
Germany - The winner of Miss Deutschland 1997, Nadine Schmidt elected not to participate at Miss Universe 1997, and she was replaced by her 3rd runner-up, Agathe Neunen because the other runners-up did not meet the age requirement of 18 to take part at Miss Universe.[3] However, Schmidt later participated at Miss Baltic Sea 1997 and won the crown.
Awards
Australia - Miss Congeniality (Laura Csortan)
Philippines - Miss Photogenic (Abbygale Arenas)
Colombia - Best National Costume (Claudia Vásquez)
General references
- "Miss Universe 1997". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012.
References
- "Miss Universe 1997 Brook Lee -- Straight Ally for LGBT Equality". The Huffington Post. June 12, 2014. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
- Although it is located in Europe, Croatia is, geographically, the Mediterranean country.
- https://web.archive.org/web/19991018180554/http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/1625/newsticker.html
- http://www.chileancharm.com/1952_MCH_HISTORIA/miss_chile_4.html
- http://chileancharm.com/ISLA-DE-PASCUA/REINAS-DE-LA-ISLA.html
- http://missmexicoeverywhere.blogspot.com/2011/12/miss-universo-1997.html
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