{{Short description|46th Miss Universe}} {{pp-sock|small=yes}} {{Infobox beauty pageant | photo = BrookLee.JPG | caption = Miss Universe 1997, Brook Lee | date = 16 May 1997 | presenters = {{Hlist|[[George Hamilton (actor)|George Hamilton]]|[[Marla Maples|Marla Maples Trump]]}} | acts = {{Hlist|[[Enrique Iglesias]]}} | venue = [[Miami Beach Convention Center]], [[Miami Beach, Florida|Miami Beach]], Florida, United States | broadcaster = {{Hlist|[[CBS]] ([[WFOR-TV]])}} | entrants = 74 | placements = 10 | debuts = {{Hlist|Croatia}} | withdraws = {{Hlist|Cayman Islands|Cook Islands|Denmark|Ghana|Great Britain|Indonesia|Netherlands|Norway|Sri Lanka}} | returns = {{Hlist|Bermuda|Mauritius|United States Virgin Islands}} | winner = [[Brook Lee]] | represented = United States | before = [[Miss Universe 1996|1996]] | next = [[Miss Universe 1998|1998]] }}
'''Miss Universe 1997''' was the 46th [[Miss Universe]] pageant, held at the [[Miami Beach Convention Center]] in Miami Beach, Florida, United States, on 16 May 1997.
[[Brook Lee]] of the United States was crowned by [[Alicia Machado]] of Venezuela at the conclusion of the event. Seventy-four delegates competed in this year.<ref name="The Huffington Post 2014">{{cite web | title=Miss Universe 1997 Brook Lee -- Straight Ally for LGBT Equality | website=The Huffington Post | date=June 12, 2014 | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jimmy-nguyen/miss-universe-1997-brook-_1_b_5483039.html | access-date=May 19, 2016}}</ref>
This is the first Miss Universe edition produced by [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=L. A. Times |date=1996-10-24 |title=OTHER NEWS |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-10-24-fi-57103-story.html |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Background == [[File:Miami Beach FL Convention Center02.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Miami Beach Convention Center]]]]
=== Selection of participants === ==== Replacements ==== The winner of [[Miss Universe Chile]] 1997, Hetu'u Rapu, from Easter Island, was replaced by her first runner-up, Claudia Delpín, because Hetu'u did not meet the age requirement to take part at Miss Universe 1997 by seventeen days.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ganadoras de los años noventa |url=http://www.chileancharm.com/1952_MCH_HISTORIA/miss_chile_4.html |access-date=2023-08-21 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Rapa Nui en la historia de la belleza chilena |url=http://chileancharm.com/ISLA-DE-PASCUA/REINAS-DE-LA-ISLA.html |access-date=2023-08-21 |language=es}}</ref>
==Results== {{unreferenced section|date=December 2025}} ===Placements=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Placement !! Contestant |- | Miss Universe 1997 | * {{flagu|United States}} – [[Brook Lee]] |- | 1st Runner-Up | * {{flagu|Venezuela|1954}} – [[Marena Bencomo]] |- | 2nd Runner-Up | * {{flagu|Trinidad and Tobago}} – Margot Bourgeois |- | Top 6 | * {{flagu|Curaçao}} – Verna Vasquez * {{flagu|Italy}} – [[Denny Méndez]] * {{flagu|Panama}} – [[Lía Borrero]] |- | Top 10 | * {{flagu|Estonia}} – Kristiina Heinmets * {{flagu|India}} – [[Nafisa Joseph]] * {{flagu|Puerto Rico}} – Ana Rosa Brito * {{flagu|Sweden}} – Victoria Lagerström |}
== Contestants == [[File:Miss Universe 1997 Map.PNG|thumb|250px|Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss Universe 1997]]Seventy-four contestants competed for the title. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" !Country/Territory !Contestant !Age{{efn|Ages at the time of the pageant|name=A}} !Hometown |- |{{ARG}} |Nazarena Vanesa González |22 |[[Buenos Aires]] |- |{{ABW}} |Karen-Ann Peterson |20 |[[Piedra Plat]] |- |{{AUS}} |[[Laura Csortan]] |20 |[[Brisbane]] |- |{{BHS}} |Nestaea Sealy<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=15 May 1997 |title=The women who would be queen |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/1997/05/15/the-women-who-would-be-queen/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 September 2023 |website=Sun Sentinel |language=en-US}}</ref> |18 |[[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]] |- |{{BEL}} |[[Laurence Borremans]] |19 |[[Wavre]] |- |{{BLZ}} |Sharon Dominguez |22 |[[Orange Walk Town|Orange Walk]] |- |{{BMU}} |Naomi Darrell |20 |[[Warwick Parish]] |- |{{BOL}} |Helga Bauer<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 June 2004 |title=Helga Bauer pone su sello a la agenda del Alcalde |trans-title=Helga Bauer puts her stamp on the Mayor's agenda |url=https://www.bolivia.com/noticias/autonoticias/detallenoticia20910.asp |access-date=1 September 2023 |website=El Nuevo Día |language=es |via=Bolivia.com}}</ref> |19 |[[Santa Cruz de la Sierra|Santa Cruz dela Sierra]] |- |{{BOE}} |Jhane-Louise Landwier |18 |[[Kralendijk]] |- |{{BRA}} |Nayla Micherif |21 |[[Ubá]] |- |{{VGB}} |Melinda Penn<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 August 2014 |title=Weighing in on Festival |url=https://www.bvibeacon.com/weighing-in-on-festival/,%20https://www.bvibeacon.com/weighing-in-on-festival/ |access-date=1 September 2023 |website=The BVI Beacon |language=en-US}}</ref> |– |[[Tortola]] |- |{{BUL}} |Krassmira Todorova |– |[[Varna Province|Varna]] |- |{{CAN}} |Carmen Kempt |18 |[[Red Deer, Alberta|Red Deer]] |- |{{CHL}} |Claudia Delpín |18 |[[Iquique]] |- |{{COL}} |Claudia Elena Vásquez |22 |[[Medellín|Medellin]] |- |{{CRI}} |Gabriela Aguilar |19 |[[Santa Ana, Costa Rica|Santa Ana]] |- |{{HRV}} |Kristina Cherina<ref>{{Cite web |last=Plivelić |first=Petra |date=17 November 2019 |title=Koja je prava Miss Hrvatske? Razgovarali smo s tri aktualne misice i vlasnicima direkcija hrvatskih izbora... |trans-title=Who is the real Miss Croatia? We talked to three current misses and the owners of the directorates of Croatian elections... |url=https://www.jutarnji.hr/scena/domace-zvijezde/koja-je-prava-miss-hrvatske-razgovarali-smo-s-tri-aktualne-misice-i-vlasnicima-direkcija-hrvatskih-izbora-9626542 |access-date=1 September 2023 |website=[[Jutarnji list]] |language=hr-hr}}</ref> |18 |[[Split, Croatia|Split]] |- |{{CUW}} |Verna Vasquez |23 |[[Willemstad]] |- |{{Flag|Cyprus|1960}} |Korina Nikolaou |18 |[[Larnaca]] |- |{{CZE}} |Petra Minářová |19 |[[Prague]] |- |{{DOM}} |Cesarina Mejía |20 |[[Azua, Dominican Republic|Azua]] |- |{{ECU}} |María José López |19 |[[Quito]] |- |{{EGY}} |Eiman Abdallah Thakeb |– |[[Cairo]] |- |{{SLV}} |Carmen Carrillo |19 |[[San Salvador]] |- |{{EST}} |Kristiina Heinmets |18 |[[Tallinn]] |- |{{FIN}} |[[Karita Tykkä|Karita Tuomola]] |20 |[[Kuopio]] |- |{{FRA}} |Patricia Spéhar |21 |[[Paris]] |- |{{DEU}} |Agathe Neuner<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 October 1999 |title=Kür der Miss Bergisch-Land 1999 |trans-title=Freestyle competition for Miss Bergisch-Land 1999 |url=https://www.rga.de/rhein-wupper/miss-bergisch-land-1999-4358569.html |access-date=12 September 2023 |website=Remscheider General-Anzeiger |language=de}}</ref> |22 |[[Munich]] |- |{{GRC}} |Elina Zisi |21 |[[Athens]] |- |{{GTM}} |Carol Aquino |19 |[[Chiquimula]] |- |{{flag|Honduras|1949}} |[[Joselina García]] |18 |[[La Ceiba]] |- |{{flag|British Hong Kong|name=Hong Kong}} |[[Lee San-san]] |19 |Hong Kong |- |{{HUN}} |Ildikó Kecan |19 |[[Debrecen]] |- |{{ISL}} |Solveig Lilja Guðmundsdóttir |20 |[[Reykjavík]] |- |{{IND}} |[[Nafisa Joseph]] |19 |[[Bangalore]] |- |{{IRL}} |Fiona Mullally |24 |[[Limerick]] |- |{{ISR}} |Dikla Hamdy |– |[[Beersheba]] |- |{{ITA}} |[[Denny Méndez]] |18 |[[Florence]] |- |{{JAM}} |Nadine Julian Thomas<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 January 2015 |title=Those Who Went Before |url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/local-lifestyle/those-who-went-before/ |access-date=1 September 2023 |website=Jamaica Observer |language=en-US}}</ref> |21 |[[Saint Catherine Parish]] |- |{{LBN}} |Dalida Chammai |23 |[[Beirut]] |- |{{MYS}} |Trincy Low |21 |[[George Town, Penang|George Town]] |- |{{MLT}} |Claire Grech |21 |[[San Ġwann]] |- |{{MUS}} |Cindy Cesar |20 |[[Centre de Flacq|Central de Flacq]] |- |{{MEX}} |[[Rebeca Tamez]] |21 |[[Ciudad Victoria]] |- |{{NAM}} |Sheya Shipanga |22 |[[Windhoek]] |- |{{NZL}} |Marina McCartney |20 |[[Auckland]] |- |{{MNP}} |Melanie Sibetang |20 |[[Saipan]] |- |{{PAN}} |[[Lía Borrero]] |20 |[[Las Tablas, Los Santos|Las Tablas]] |- |{{Flag|Paraguay|1990}} |Rosanna Jiménez |– |[[Encarnación, Paraguay|Encarnación]] |- |{{PER}} |Claudia Maria Dopf<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 November 2011 |title=Die neue "Miß Peru" stammt aus Würzburg |trans-title=The new "Miss Peru" comes from Würzburg |url=https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article636982/Die-neue-Miss-Peru-stammt-aus-Wuerzburg.html |access-date=1 September 2023 |website=[[Die Welt]] |language=de}}</ref> |20 |[[Lima]] |- |{{Flag|Philippines|1986}} |Abbygale Arenas |22 |[[Angeles City]] |- |{{POL}} |Agnieszka Zielińska |21 |[[Poznań]] |- |{{POR}} |Lara Antunes |19 |[[Lisbon]] |- |{{PRI}} |Ana Rosa Brito |26 |[[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]] |- |{{ROM}} |Diana Maria Urdareanu |20 |[[Timișoara]] |- |{{RUS}} |Anna Baitchik |20 |[[Saint Petersburg]] |- |{{SGP}} |Tricia Tan |24 |Singapore |- |{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Slovakia]] |Lucia Povrazníková |18 |[[Banská Bystrica]] |- |{{RSA}} |Mbali Gasa |21 |[[Durban]] |- |{{flag|South Korea|1949}} |Lee Eun-hee |19 |[[Seoul]] |- |{{ESP}} |Inés Sáinz Esteban |21 |[[Bilbao]] |- |{{SWE}} |Victoria Lagerström |24 |[[Stockholm]] |- |{{CHE}} |[[Melanie Winiger]] |18 |[[Locarno]] |- |{{TWN}} |Chio Hai Ta |24 |[[Taichung]] |- |{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Miss Thailand|Thailand]] |[[Sueangsuda Lawanprasert]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=11 July 2023|title= ประวัติ น้ำฝน สรวงสุดา ลาวัณย์ประเสริฐ |trans-title= Biography of Namfon Suengsuda Lawanprasert |url= https://entertainment.trueid.net/detail/DYEJvgEpDgo0 |access-date=24 March 2025|website= Sanook|language=Thai}}</ref> |19 |[[Bangkok]] |- |{{TTO}} |Margot Bourgeois |24 |[[Arouca, Trinidad and Tobago|Arouca]] |- |{{TUR}} |Yeşim Çetin |20 |[[Istanbul]] |- |{{TCA}} |Keisha Delancy |23 |[[Grand Turk Island|Grand Turk]] |- |{{UKR}} |Natalia Nadtochiy |21 |[[Kharkiv]] |- |{{USA}} |[[Brook Lee]] |26 |[[Pearl City, Hawaii|Pearl City]] |- |{{VIR}} |Vania Thomas |27 |[[Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands|Charlotte Amalie]] |- |{{URY}} |Natalia Cano |20 |[[Montevideo]] |- |{{Flag|Venezuela|1954}} |[[Marena Bencomo]] |23 |[[Valencia, Venezuela|Valencia]] |- |{{ZWE}} |Lorraine Magwenzi |22 |[[Harare]] |}
== Notes == <references group="lower-alpha" responsive="1"></references>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Miss Universe}} {{Miss Universe 1997 delegates}}
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