Miss Universe 2016 Iris Mittenaere of France will pass her crown to her successor on November 26, 2017 at The AXIS at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. It is the 66th edition of the international beauty pageant currently owned by William Morris Endeavor (WME) / International Management Group (IMG).

Miss Universe 2017

There are 92 women competing for the Miss Universe 2017 crown. Ten of them are from Africa.

Miss Universe Angola 2017 Lauriela Martins, 19

Hailing from Cabinda, Angola, Martins is a college freshman studying Architecture. She loves swimming and going to the beach. She speaks English and Portuguese.

Miss Universe Egypt 2017 Farah Sedky, 23

Sedky is a native of Cairo, Egypt and she speaks English, Arabic, French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. She graduated with highest honors from Al-Alsun Faculty of Languages at Ain Shams University where she studied Spanish and Portuguese philology and literature and currently, she is studying at the University of Oviedo in Spain.

Miss Universe Ethiopia 2017 Akinahom Zergaw, 22

Zergaw is a college student studying management and fashion design. She is from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and she speaks Amharic.

Miss Universe Ghana 2017 Ruth Quashie, 23

Quashie graduated from the University of Ghana Business School. She is a model who speaks English, Fante and Twi fluently.

Miss Universe Mauritius 2017 Angie Callychurn, 28

Callychurn has a Mass Communication degree and she is a qualified color consultant. Hailing from Curepipe, Mauritius, she speaks English, French and Creole.

Miss Universe Namibia 2017 Sune January, 23

As a student, Sune spent years in India where she also worked as a model. She speaks English and she is from Rehoboth, Namibia.

Miss Universe Nigeria 2017 Stephanie Agbasi, 22

Agbasi is a law student at the University of Nigeria and she is in her final year. She is from Neni, Nigeria and she speaks English.

Miss Universe South Africa 2017 Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, 22

Nel-Peters is from Sedgefield, Western Cape, South Africa and she speaks English and Afrikaans. She has a North West University graduate with a Business Management degree.

Miss Universe Tanzania 2017 Lilian Maraule, 22

Maraule is from Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. She is a radio personality who speaks English, Swahili, Khosa, Tswana and Zulu.

Miss Universe Zambia 2017 Isabel Chikoti, 26

A Sumy State University graduate, Chikoti has a Management degree. She is from Chingola, Zambia and she speaks English and Bemba.