Candidates for the 71st Miss Universe edition already arrived in New Orleans, Louisiana since the assigned days for registration are January 3 and 4, which also the start of production number dress and footwear fitting, as well as a photo shoot for the souvenir program's official portrait.
For the upcoming pageant, Filipino shoemaker Joaquin "Jojo" Bragais serves as the official footwear provider for this year.
He was also the official shoe designer for the 69th Miss Universe pageant.
For three consecutive years, Olivia Quido is still the pageant's official skincare.
In Mid-December, Philippine bet Celeste Rabimbi Cortesi departed for the United States to gear up for the last stretch of her pageant journey.
Meanwhile, here are this year's official delegates, being grouped into their respective geographical locations and or continents.:
Asia/Oceania
- Kristina Ayanian (Armenia)
- Monique Riley (Australia)
- Evlin Khalifa (Bahrain)
- Tashi Chosen (Bhutan)
- Manita Hang (Cambodia)
- Jiang Sichen (China)
- Divita Rai (India)
- Laksmi De-Neefe Suardana (Indonesia)
- Marybelen Sakamoto (Japan)
- Diana Tashimbetova (Kazakhstan)
- Hanna Kim (Korea)
- Altynai Botoyarova (Kyrgyzstan)
- Payengxa Lor (Laos)
- Yasmina Zaytoun (Lebanon)
- Lesley Cheam (Malaysia)
- Zar Li Moe (Myanmar)
- Sophiya Bhujel (Nepal)
- Celeste Rabimbi Cortesi (Philippines)
- Carissa Yap (Singapore)
- Anna Sueangam-iam (Thailand)
- Aleyna Sirin (Turkiye)
- Nguyen Thi Ngoc Chau (Vietnam)
North and Central America
- Ashley Lightburn (Belize)
- Amelia Tu (Canada)
- Fernanda Rodriguez (Costa Rica)
- Alejandra Guajardo (El Salvador)
- Ivana Batchelor (Guatemala)
- Rebecca Rodriguez (Honduras)
- Irma Miranda (Mexico)
- Norma Huembes (Nicaragua)
- Solaris Barba (Panama)
- R'Bonney Gabriel (USA)
Europe
- Deta Kokomani (Albania)
- Chayenne van Aarle (Belgium)
- Kristina Plamenova (Bulgaria)
- Arijana Podgajski (Croatia)
- Sara Mikulenkova (Czech Republic)
- Petra Hamalainen (Finland)
- Floriane Bascou (France)
- Soraya Kohlmann (Germany)
- Noki Simbani (Great Britain)
- Korona Emmanouilidou (Greece)
- Hrafnitildur Haraldsdottir (Iceland)
- Virginia Stablum (Italy)
- Roksana Ibrahimi (Kosovo)
- Kate Alexeeva (Latvia)
- Maxine Formosa (Malta)
- Ona Moody (Netherlands)
- Ida Hauan (Norway)
- Aleksandra Klepaczka (Poland)
- Telma Madeira (Portugal)
- Anna Linnikova (Russia)
- Karolina Michalcikova (Slovak Republic)
- Alicia Faubel (Spain)
- Alia Giundi (Switzerland)
- Viktoria Apanasenko (Ukraine)
Africa
- Swelia Antonio (Angola)
- Issie Marie Princesse (Cameroon)
- Alba Isabel Obama (Equatorial Guinea)
- Engracia Mofuman (Ghana)
- Alexandrina Belle-Etoile (Mauritius)
- Cassia Sharpley (Namibia)
- Montana Onose Felix (Nigeria)
- Gabriella Gonthier (Seychelles)
- Ndavi Nokeri (South Africa)
Caribbean and Latin America
- Barbara Cabrera (Argentina)
- Kiara Arends (Aruba)
- Angel Cartwright (Bahamas)
- Camila Sanabria (Bolivia)
- Mia Mamede (Brazil)
- Lia Claxton (British Virgin Islands)
- Chloe Powery-Doxey (Cayman Islands)
- Sofia Depassier (Chile)
- Maria Fernanda Aristizabal (Colombia)
- Gabriela dos Santos (Curacao)
- Andreina Martinez (Dominican Republic)
- Nayelhi Gonzalez (Ecuador)
- Mideline Phelizor (Haiti)
- Toshami Calvin (Jamaica)
- Lea Ashmore (Paraguay)
- Alessia Bovegno (Peru)
- Ashley Cariño (Puerto Rico)
- Sheris Paul (St. Lucia)
- Carla Romero (Uruguay)
- Amanda Dudamel (Venezuela), and
- Tya Jane Ramey (Trinidad and Tobago)
The 71st Miss Universe pageant will happen at the Ernest N. Moral Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana on January 14 (January 15 in Manila).
