<P> On July 31, 2018, it was announced during a live press conference by Paula Shugart, the president of the Miss Universe Organization, that the 2018 pageant will be held in Bangkok, Thailand on December 17 . The country has hosted the Miss Universe pageant twice, in 1992 and 2005 . </P> <P> 59 contestants have been confirmed . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Country / Territory </Th> <Th> Delegate </Th> <Th> Age </Th> <Th> Hometown </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Albania </Td> <Td> Trejsi Sejdini </Td> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> Elbasan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Angola </Td> <Td> Ana Liliana Avião </Td> <Td> 24 </Td> <Td> Luanda </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Armenia </Td> <Td> Eliza Muradyan </Td> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> Yerevan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Aruba </Td> <Td> Kimberly Julsing </Td> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> Daimari </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Australia </Td> <Td> Francesca Hung </Td> <Td> 24 </Td> <Td> Sydney </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Belgium </Td> <Td> Angeline Flor Pua </Td> <Td> 23 </Td> <Td> Antwerp </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bolivia </Td> <Td> Joyce Prado </Td> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> Santa Cruz </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Brazil </Td> <Td> Mayra Dias </Td> <Td> 27 </Td> <Td> Itacoatiara </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> British Virgin Islands </Td> <Td> A'yana Phillips </Td> <Td> 27 </Td> <Td> Tortola </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cambodia </Td> <Td> Rern Sinat </Td> <Td> 23 </Td> <Td> Kampong Cham </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cayman Islands </Td> <Td> Caitlin Tyson </Td> <Td> 24 </Td> <Td> Grand Cayman </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> China </Td> <Td> Qin Meisu </Td> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> Shanghai </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Costa Rica </Td> <Td> Natalia Carvajal </Td> <Td> 27 </Td> <Td> Escazú </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Croatia </Td> <Td> Mia Pojatina </Td> <Td> 23 </Td> <Td> Nova Gradiška </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Czech Republic </Td> <Td> Lea Šteflíčková </Td> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> Ústí nad Labem </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ecuador </Td> <Td> Virginia Limongi </Td> <Td> 24 </Td> <Td> Portoviejo </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> El Salvador </Td> <Td> Marisela de Montecristo </Td> <Td> 26 </Td> <Td> Olocuilta </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> France </Td> <Td> Maëva Coucke </Td> <Td> 24 </Td> <Td> Ferques </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Georgia </Td> <Td> Lara Yan </Td> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> Telavi </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Great Britain </Td> <Td> Dee - Ann Kentish - Rogers </Td> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> Birmingham </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Haiti </Td> <Td> Samantha Colas </Td> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> Port - au - Prince </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Indonesia </Td> <Td> Sonia Fergina Citra </Td> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> Pangkal Pinang </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ireland </Td> <Td> Grainne Gallanagh </Td> <Td> 24 </Td> <Td> Buncrana </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Israel </Td> <Td> Nikol Reznikov </Td> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td> Afula </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Japan </Td> <Td> Yuumi Kato </Td> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> Nagoya </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kazakhstan </Td> <Td> Sabina Azimbayeva </Td> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> Almaty </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kosovo </Td> <Td> Zana Berisha </Td> <Td> 23 </Td> <Td> Ferizaj </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kyrgyzstan </Td> <Td> Begimay Karybekova </Td> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> Naryn </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Laos </Td> <Td> On - anong Homsombath </Td> <Td> 23 </Td> <Td> Vientiane </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Malaysia </Td> <Td> Jane Teoh </Td> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> Bayan Lepas </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Malta </Td> <Td> Francesca Mifsud </Td> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> Żejtun </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mauritius </Td> <Td> Varsha Ragoobarsing </Td> <Td> 26 </Td> <Td> Savanne </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mexico </Td> <Td> Andrea Toscano </Td> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> Manzanillo </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Myanmar </Td> <Td> Hnin Thway Yu Aung </Td> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> Tachileik </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Namibia </Td> <Td> Selma Kamanya </Td> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> Windhoek </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nepal </Td> <Td> Manita Devkota </Td> <Td> 23 </Td> <Td> Gorkha </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Netherlands </Td> <Td> Rahima Ayla Dirkse </Td> <Td> 24 </Td> <Td> Rotterdam </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> New Zealand </Td> <Td> Estelle Curd </Td> <Td> 27 </Td> <Td> Auckland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nicaragua </Td> <Td> Adriana Paniagua </Td> <Td> 23 </Td> <Td> Chinandega </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nigeria </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Norway </Td> <Td> Susanne Guttorm </Td> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> Karasjok </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Panama </Td> <Td> Rosa Montezuma </Td> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> Alto Caballero </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Peru </Td> <Td> Romina Lozano </Td> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> Callao </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Philippines </Td> <Td> Catriona Gray </Td> <Td> 24 </Td> <Td> Albay </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Poland </Td> <Td> Agata Biernat </Td> <Td> 28 </Td> <Td> Zduńska Wola </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Portugal </Td> <Td> Filipa Barroso </Td> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> Setúbal </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Russia </Td> <Td> Yulia Polyachikhina </Td> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> Cheboksary </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Saint Lucia </Td> <Td> Angella Dalsou </Td> <Td> 24 </Td> <Td> Castries </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Serbia </Td> <Td> Maja Marčić </Td> <Td> 27 </Td> <Td> Novi Sad </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sierra Leone </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> South Africa </Td> <Td> Tamaryn Green </Td> <Td> 24 </Td> <Td> Paarl </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Spain </Td> <Td> Angela Ponce </Td> <Td> 27 </Td> <Td> Seville </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Thailand </Td> <Td> Sophida Kanchanarin </Td> <Td> 23 </Td> <Td> Bangkok </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Trinidad and Tobago </Td> <Td> Martrecia Alleyne </Td> <Td> 27 </Td> <Td> Saint Augustine </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ukraine </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> Sarah Rose Summers </Td> <Td> 24 </Td> <Td> Omaha </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> U.S. Virgin Islands </Td> <Td> Aniska Tonge </Td> <Td> 26 </Td> <Td> Charlotte Amalie </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Venezuela </Td> <Td> Sthefany Gutiérrez </Td> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td> Barcelona </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Vietnam </Td> <Td> H'Hen Niê </Td> <Td> 26 </Td> <Td> Đắk Lắk </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Country / Territory </Th> <Th> Delegate </Th> <Th> Age </Th> <Th> Hometown </Th> </Tr>

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