Miss Universe 2020 🎉

Something that most of you probably don’t know about me is that I am a pageant girl! I’ve grown up in the pageant world, and I love it. So many misogynistic misconceptions exist in regard to the pageant world, but I have felt nothing but strong and empowered from being in the pageant community.

Unfortunately, my country is not competing in Miss Universe this year, however that isn’t stopping me from watching and appreciating all of the amazing women and their equally amazing names. :wink:

Anyway, this is the line-up for this year! Let me know what you think of the names.


Albania​: Paula Mehmetukaj
Argentina: Alina Luz Akselrad
Armenia: Monika Grigoryan
Aruba: Helen Hernandez
Australia: Maria Thattil
Bahamas: Shauntae A. Miller
Barbados: Hillary-Ann Williams
Belgium: Dhenia Covens
Belize: Iris Salguero
Bolivia: Lenka Nemer
Brazil : Julia Gama
British Virgin Islands: Shabree Frett
Bulgaria: Radinela Chusheva
Cambodia: Sarita Reth
Cameroon: Angele Kossinda
Canada: Nova Stevens
Cayman Islands : Mariah Tibbetts
Chile: Daniela Nicolas
China: Jiaxin Sun
Colombia: Laura Olascuaga
Costa Rica: Ivonne Cerdas
Croatia: Mirna Naiia Marić
Curaçao​: Chantal Wiertz
Czech Republic : Klára Vavrušková
Denmark : Amanda Petri
Dominican Republic: Kimberly Jiménez
Ecuador: Leyla Espinoza
El Salvador: Vanessa Velásquez
Finland: Viivi Altonen
France : Amandine Petit
Ghana: Chelsea Tayui
Great Britain: Jeanette Akua
Haiti: Eden Berandoive
Honduras: Cecilia Rossell
Iceland: Elísabet Hulda Snorradóttir
India: Adline Castelino
Indonesia: Ayu Maulida Putri
Ireland: Nadia Sayers
Israel: Tehila Levi
Italy: Viviana Vizzini
Jamaica: Miqueal-Symone Williams
Japan: Aisha Harumi Tochigi
Kazakhstan: Kamila Serikbai
Korea (South): Hari Park
Kosovo: Blerta Veseli
Laos: Christina Lasasimma
Malaysia: Francisca Luhong James
Malta: Anthea Zammit
Mauritius: Vandana Jeetah
Mexico: Andrea Meza
Myanmar: Thuzar Wint Lwin
Nepal: Anshika Sharma
Netherlands: Denise Speelman
Nicaragua: Ana Marcelo
Norway: Sunniva Frigstad
Panama: Carmen Jaramillo Vanessa
Paraguay: Castro Guillén
Peru: Janick Maceta Del Castillo
Philippines: Rabiya Mateo
Poland: Natalia Piguła
Portugal: Cristiana Silva
Puerto Rico: Estefanía Soto Torres
Romania: Bianca Lorena Tirsin
Russia: Alina Sanko
Singapore: Bernadette Belle Ong
Slovak Republic: Natália Hoštáková
South Africa: Natasha Joubert
Spain: Andrea Martínez
Thailand: Amanda Obdam
Ukraine: Yelyzaveta Yastremska
Uruguay: Lola De Los Santos
U.S. : Asya Branch
Venezuela: Mariangel Villasmil
Vietnam : Khanh Van Nguyen Tran


My personal favourite names:
Iris, Lenka, Julia, Sarita, Nova, Jiaxin, Ivonne, Klára, Eden, Cecilia, Elísabet, Adline, Tehila, Kamila, Christina, Francisca, Anthea, Anshika, Ana, Sunniva, Carmen, Bianca, Alina, Natasha, Yelyzaveta

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I did not know who was representing Croatia, and I just googled [name_f]Mirna[/name_f] [name_f]Naiia[/name_f]. I tried finding something about her parents, as I’ve never heard of [name_f]Naiia[/name_f] being used here (I haven’t heard of the name before at all) so I figured one of them could be foreign. Anyway, she seems like a lovely gal. The rest of the names are gorgeous, especially [name_f]Alina[/name_f], [name_f]Iris[/name_f], [name_f]Klara[/name_f], [name_f]Leyla[/name_f], [name_u]Eden[/name_u], [name_f]Sunniva[/name_f], [name_f]Aisha[/name_f], [name_f]Lola[/name_f] and [name_f]Asya[/name_f]!

[name_f]My[/name_f] favourite names from this list: [name_f]Alina[/name_f], [name_u]Maria[/name_u], [name_f]Iris[/name_f], Lenka, [name_f]Laura[/name_f], [name_f]Nadia[/name_f], [name_f]Kamila[/name_f], [name_f]Anthea[/name_f], [name_f]Ana[/name_f], [name_f]Sunniva[/name_f]

My favorites are Iris, Jiaxin, Viivi, Elísabet, Nadia, Viviana, Hari, Anthea, Sunniva, & Asya!

Update: [name_u]Andrea[/name_u] Meza from Mexico is the new Miss Universe 2020/2021!!!

My close friend is one too. What’s so funny about Ash is that she is so edgy & grunge, but at the same time really likes hair & makeup & enjoys feminine clothing. She’s a 50/50 split of tomboyish & girly, & I LOVE it. Being quirky is good imo.

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Wow that’s awesome! Go [name_u]Ash[/name_u]! I love the increased diversity in the community. A few decades ago everyone looked the same and acted the same, but as time goes on and things change, I really appreciate how much more open the whole thing is becoming. There is definitely still a ways to go but it’s great to see progress!

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[name_f]My[/name_f] favourites:

[name_f]Alina[/name_f] [name_f]Luz[/name_f]
[name_f]Helen[/name_f]
Hillary-Ann
[name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Julis[/name_f]
[name_f]Angele[/name_f]
[name_u]Nova[/name_u]
[name_f]Daniela[/name_f]
[name_f]Laura[/name_f]
[name_f]Vanessa[/name_f]
[name_u]Eden[/name_u]
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Adline[/name_f]
[name_f]Viviana[/name_f]
[name_f]Francisca[/name_f]
[name_f]Denise[/name_f]
[name_f]Ana[/name_f]
[name_f]Sunniva[/name_f]
[name_f]Bianca[/name_f] [name_f]Lorena[/name_f]
[name_f]Alina[/name_f]
[name_f]Bernadette[/name_f] [name_f]Belle[/name_f]
[name_f]Natasha[/name_f]
[name_f]Amanda[/name_f]
Mariangel