Miss Universe 2016 - Top 16 Early Favourites (July Edition)
Miss
Universe is an annual international beauty pageant that is run by the Miss
Universe Organization.[1] Along with its rival contests, Miss World and Miss
Earth, this pageant is one of the most important and publicized beauty pageants
in the world.[2][3][4][5] It is held in more than 190 countries worldwide and
seen by more than half a billion people annually.[6] The pageant was founded in
1952 by the California-based clothing company Pacific Knitting Mills, and the
Miss Universe Organization and the brand is currently owned, along with Miss
USA and Miss Teen USA, by WME/IMG.[7] Miss Universe Organization licenses local
organizations that wish to select the Miss Universe contestant for their
country, and approves the selection method for national delegates. The current
Miss Universe logo – "the woman with stars" – was created in 1998.[8]
In 2015,
after Donald Trump made statements about illegal immigrants from Mexico in his
U.S. presidential campaign kickoff speech, NBC decided to end its business
relationship with him and stated that it would no longer air the Miss Universe
or Miss USA pageants on its networks.[9] In September 2015, Trump bought the
entire stock of the Miss Universe Organization from NBC, becoming its sole
owner for three days, then sold the entire stock to WME/IMG.[7]
The current
Miss Universe is Pia Wurtzbach of the Philippines who was crowned on 20
December 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada,
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Universe and youtube
