Highlights from the 2023 Miss Universe pageant’s national costume competition. Alex Rees, CNN. Sat, November 18, 2023 at 8:56 PM UTC. 6 min read.

Lina Luaces, center, is hugged by all the contestants after she being crowned Miss Universe Cuba 2025 during the beauty ...

Former Miss South Africa and Miss World 2017, Demi-Leigh Tebow, has just added a new title to her name: mother.

Lina Luaces, center, representing Santiago de Cuba, is crowned by Marianela Ancheta after winning the Miss Universe Cuba 2025 beauty pageant at Milander Park on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, in Hialeah, Fla.

Newly crowned Miss Universe 2024, Victoria Kjaer Theilvig from Denmark, reacting with joy next to Miss Nigeria, Chidimma Adetshina, after winning the pageant. AFP via Getty Images ...

The Miss Universe 2024 winner is Miss Denmark Victoria Kjær Theilvig. The 21-year-old competed against 124 other women for the iconic crown.

Miss Nicaragua 2023 Sheynnis Palacios took home top honors at last year’s Miss Universe event and will be on hand to crown this year’s winner. Who will be the 73rd Miss Universe? Time will tell.

Miss Universe 2024 has officially crowned a new queen. This year’s title went to Victoria Kjaer Theilvig from Denmark, a decision that has sparked both celebration and controversy.

After Sheynnis Palacios won the Miss Universe title, her country’s government arrested the family members of the Miss Nicaragua contest director, and she hasn’t returned home since.