<P> Miss Universe 2018 will be the 67th Miss Universe pageant . Demi - Leigh Nel - Peters of South Africa will crown her successor at the end of the event . </P> <P> Initially, the Miss Universe Organization (MUO) was in talks to host the Miss Universe 2018 competition in Republic of China . Negotiations collapsed after the Chinese refused to broadcast the pageant live, due to the large time difference between Republic of China and the United States . Afterwards, the MUO opened negotiations with the Philippines, after they had previously hosted Miss Universe 2016 . </P> <P> In April 2018, then - Secretary of Tourism Wanda Tulfo Teo spoke with President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte regarding the possibility of hosting the pageant in Boracay in November 2018, which by then will be newly rehabilitated after being closed to tourists for six months . On 6 May, Tulfo - Teo announced that the Philippines had a "90% chance" of hosting the pageant and also disclosed that the tourism department would be looking for sponsors, since the LCS Holdings Inc. of Chavit Singson, the major sponsor of the Miss Universe 2016 had declined financing the 2018 pageant . On 18 May 2018, Tulfo's successor Bernadette Romulo - Puyat announced that the country dropped the hosting bid due to budget constraints and other concerns . Romulo - Puyat also pointed out that the Philippines had hosted the pageant recently, and had no reason to do so again so soon . </P> <P> 46 contestants have been confirmed . </P>

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