Miss Universe Bahamas

{{short description|National beauty pageant competition in The Bahamas}} {{distinguish|Miss Bahamas}} {{Infobox organization |name = Miss Universe Bahamas |formation = {{start date and years ago|1963}} |type = Beauty pageant |headquarters = [[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]] |location = [[The Bahamas]] |membership =  |affiliations=[[Miss Universe]] |language = English |key_people = |leader_title = National Director |leader_name = Anthony Smith |owner=Westpoint Media Global Inc. |website = {{URL|missbahamaspageant.org}} }}

'''Miss Bahamas Universe''' or '''Miss Universe Bahamas''' is a national beauty pageant that selects The Bahamas representative to the [[Miss Universe]] pageant.

==History== Miss Universe Bahamas was established in 2008 by Tom Youth and Andy Odenbach in the Bahamas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bahamaslocal.com/newsitem/154735/Worldwide_Premier_Pageant_Franchise_under_New_Ownership.html|title=Worldwide Premier Pageant Franchise under New Ownership|website=bahamaslocal.com|date=23 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribune242.com/news/2016/jun/23/makeover-miss-universe-pageant/|title=Makeover Miss Universe Pageant in the Bahamas|website=tribune242.com|date=23 June 2016}}</ref> The Miss Universe representatives from the Bahamas were previously selected by the [[Miss Bahamas]] pageant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribune242.com/news/2015/sep/15/three-queens-crowned-miss-bahamas-2015-pageant/|title=Toria Nichole is Miss Bahamas 2015|publisher=tribune242|date=18 May 2016}}</ref>

===Organizers=== The Miss Bahamas Committee ran the pageant for 40 years. In 2002, the franchise for the Miss Universe pageant was awarded to Theophilus Fritz and Gaynell Rolle who ran it until 2009. In 2010, the Miss Bahamas Organization (MBO) headed by journalist Michelle Malcolm was awarded the franchise for Miss Universe. At the time, MBO, which was formed in 2006, and had produced the Miss World Bahamas pageant since the year 2007.

After receiving the Miss Universe franchise, MBO combined the [[Miss World]] and Miss Universe systems into one local pageant, crowning one winner who would compete in both pageants. This was the first time in The Bahamas that the license for both Miss Universe and Miss World were held by the same organization. Braneka Bassett competed in Miss Universe in 2010 and went unplaced. She then competed in Miss World that same year and advanced to the semifinals. The following year, MBO crowned two winners - Anastagia Pierre for Miss Universe and Sasha Joyce for Miss World. Runners up went to [[Miss Supranational]] and Miss Intercontinental. In 2012, due to a change in date of Miss World, Daronique Young, first runner up to Sasha Joyce in 2011, represented The Bahamas at Miss World where she was unplaced. Celeste Marshall who was crowned Miss Universe Bahamas in 2012, competed at Miss Universe in 2012. De'Andra Bannister who was crowned [[Miss Bahamas]], competed at Miss World 2013 and was unplaced.

In 2013 MBO underwent a major restructuring, and separated the two national pageants into separate events; Miss Universe Bahamas and Miss World Bahamas. In 2014 MBO sent Tomacina "Tomii" Culmer to Miss Universe, and was the last competition wher MBO held the Miss Universe franchise for The Bahamas.

In 2015, 2016 and 2017 the franchise as Miss Universe Bahamas was operated by Albany Resort and Ivy Lane Ltd. Michelle Collie and Loretta Thomas were national directors. In 2015, Toria Nichole Penn represented The Bahamas at Miss Universe, with Cherell Williamson in 2016, and Yasmine Cooke in 2017. This was the last time Albany Resort and Ivy Lane Ltd. would hold the franchise.

In 2018 the franchise was operated by Westpoint Media Global Ltd, who changed the name back to Miss Bahamas Universe. At the time, they had produced the [[Miss Teen Bahamas Scholar]] pageant since 2016, and [[Miss Teen Bahamas International]] from 2012 to 2015.

On September 16, 2018 [[Danielle Simone Grant]] was selected as Miss Bahamas Universe and represented The Bahamas in Bangkok, Thailand at Miss Universe on December 16, 2018.

===National directors=== {{main|Miss Bahamas}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebahamasweekly.com/publish/columns/Miss_Universe_Bahamas_under_new_franchisee49059.shtml|title=Miss Bahamas under new franchise|website=thebahamasweekly.com|date=27 June 2016}}</ref> * Eva Macoherso Williams (1963―1968) * Hazel Thompson (1969-1989) * Thelma McQueeney (1990―1996) * Theasa Haven Adderly (1997―2001) * Theopiluz Fritz and Gaynelle Role (2002―2009) * Michelle Malcolm (2010―2015) * Tom Youth, Andy Odenbach, and Michelle Collie (2016―2017) * Anthony Smith (2018―present)

==Titleholders== {{plainlist| * {{Color box|gold|border=silver}} : Declared as Winner * {{Color box|#FFFF66|border=silver}} : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification * {{Color box|#FFFF99|border=silver}} : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists * {{Color box|#FADADD|border=silver}} : Ended as special awards winner }} {| class="wikitable " style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center;" ! Year ! Island Group ! Miss Bahamas ! Placement ! Special Award(s) ! Notes |- | [[Miss Universe 2025|2025]] | [[Grand Bahama]] | Maliqué Maranda | Unplaced | | |- |[[Miss Universe 2024|2024]] |[[Andros, Bahamas|Andros]] |Selvinique Wright |Unplaced | | Previously [[Miss Grand Bahamas|Miss Grand Bahamas 2016]] |- |[[Miss Universe 2023|2023]] |[[Long Island, Bahamas|Long Island]] |[[Melissa Ingraham]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-03 |title=Climate advocate, Melissa Ingraham, crowned Miss Bahamas Universe|url=https://caribbean.loopnews.com/content/climate-advocate-melissa-ingraham-crowned-miss-bahamas-universe|access-date=2023-07-03 |website=Loopnews|language=en}}</ref> | Unplaced | | Ingraham, the titleholder, wore ''Bahamas'' sash again after 2 years, dropping the word "The". |- |[[Miss Universe 2022|2022]] |[[Long Island, Bahamas|Long Island]] |Angel Cartwright<ref>{{Cite web |title=Miss Bahamas Universe Pageant |url=https://www.facebook.com/108415148241500/photos/a.116372687445746/183019014114446/ |access-date=July 31, 2022 |website=Facebook}}</ref> |Unplaced | | |-style="background-color:#FFFF99;" | [[Miss Universe 2021|2021]] | [[New Providence]] | Chantel O'Brian<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribune242.com/news/2021/oct/05/she-did-it-again-former-miss-world-new-miss-univer/|title=She did it again! Former Miss World is the new Miss Universe|website=www.tribune242.com}}</ref> | Top 10 | *Spirit of Carnival Award | At Miss Universe, Brian wore The Bahamas sash and this is for the first time after many years Bahamas changed its sash name from Bahamas to The Bahamas. |- | [[Miss Universe 2020|2020]] | [[Long Island, Bahamas|Long Island]] | Shauntae-Ashleigh Miller | Unplaced | | There was no pageant in 2020, due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. Miller, a runner-up of 2019 was appointed as ''Miss Bahamas Universe 2020'' by the MBU Organization. |- | [[Miss Universe 2019|2019]] | [[Grand Bahama]] | Tarea Sturrup | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 2018|2018]] | [[New Providence]] | Danielle Grant | Unplaced | | Anthony Smith (Westpoint Media Global Inc.) directorship. |- |-bgcolor="#787878" align="center" | colspan="6" |Miss Universe Bahamas |- | [[Miss Universe 2017|2017]] | [[New Providence]] | Yasmine Cooke | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 2016|2016]] | [[New Providence]] | Cherell Williamson | Unplaced | | Tom Youth, Andy Odenbach and Michelle Collie (Ivy Lane Ltd.) directorship |- |-bgcolor="#787878" align="center" | colspan="6" |Miss Bahamas (MB Organization) |- | [[Miss Universe 2015|2015]] | [[New Providence]] | Toria Nichole Penn | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 2014|2014]] | [[New Providence]] | Tomacina Culmer | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 2013|2013]] | [[New Providence]] | [[Lexi Wilson]] | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 2012|2012]] | [[New Providence]] | [[Celeste Marshall]] | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 2011|2011]] | [[New Providence]] | Anastagia Pierre | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 2010|2010]] | [[Grand Bahama]] | Braneka Bassett | Unplaced | | Michelle Malcolm directorship. |- |-bgcolor="#787878" align="center" | colspan="6" |Miss Bahamas Universe (MBUO) |- | [[Miss Universe 2009|2009]] | [[Grand Bahama]] | Kiara Sherman | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 2008|2008]] | [[New Providence]] | Sacha Scott | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 2007|2007]] | [[New Providence]] | Trinere Lynes | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 2006|2006]] | [[New Providence]] | Samantha Carter | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 2005|2005]] | [[New Providence]] | Denia Ikena Nixon | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 2004|2004]] | [[New Providence]] | [[Raquel Horton|Raquel Simone Horton]] | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 2003|2003]] | [[Eleuthera]] | Nadia Johnson | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 2002|2002]] | [[New Providence]] | Nadia Rodgers-Albury | Unplaced | | Theopiluz Fritz and Gaynelle Role directorship. |- |-bgcolor="#787878" align="center" | colspan="6" |Miss Bahamas (MB Committee) |- |-style="background-color:#FADADD; " | [[Miss Universe 2001|2001]] | [[New Providence]] | Nakera Simms | Unplaced | align="left"| * Miss Congeniality | |- | [[Miss Universe 2000|2000]] | [[New Providence]] | Mikala Tracey Moss | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 1999|1999]] | [[New Providence]] | Glennis Knowles | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 1998|1998]] | [[New Providence]] | Juliette Deanza Sargent | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 1997|1997]] | [[New Providence]] | Nestaea Sandra Sealy | Unplaced | | Theasa Havel Adderley directorship. |- | [[Miss Universe 1996|1996]] | [[New Providence]] | Michelle Rae Collie | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 1995|1995]] | [[New Providence]] | Shammine Tenika Lindsay | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 1994|1994]] | [[New Providence]] | Meka Knowles | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 1993|1993]] | [[New Providence]] | Marietta Ricina Sands | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 1992|1992]] | [[New Providence]] | Fontella Dean Chipman | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 1991|1991]] | [[New Providence]] | Farrah Saunders | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 1990|1990]] | [[New Providence]] | Lisa Nichelle Sawyer | Unplaced | | Thelma McQueeney directorship. |- | [[Miss Universe 1989|1989]] | [[New Providence]] | Natasha Inga Ramirez | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 1988|1988]] | [[New Providence]] | Natasha Christine Pinder | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 1987|1987]] | [[New Providence]] | Betty Ann Hanna | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 1986|1986]] | [[New Providence]] | Marie Brown | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 1985|1985]] | [[New Providence]] | Cleopatra Maria Adderly | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 1984|1984]] | [[New Providence]] | Pamela Lois Parker | colspan=2 {{n/a|Did not compete}} | The Miss Bahamas Committee boycotted the pageant due to South Africa competing. |- | [[Miss Universe 1983|1983]] | [[New Providence]] | Christina Maria Thompson | Unplaced | | |- |-style="background-color:#FADADD; " | [[Miss Universe 1982|1982]] | [[New Providence]] | Ava Marilyn Burke | Unplaced | align="left"| * Miss Photogenic | |- |-style="background-color:#FADADD; " | [[Miss Universe 1981|1981]] | [[New Providence]] | Linda Teresa Smith | Unplaced | align="left"| * Miss Congeniality | |- | [[Miss Universe 1980|1980]] | [[New Providence]] | Darlene Cecilia Davis | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 1979|1979]] | [[New Providence]] | Lolita Louise Ambrister | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 1978|1978]] | [[New Providence]] | Dulcie Louise Mullings | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 1977|1977]] | [[New Providence]] | Paulette Rosetta Borghardt | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 1976|1976]] | [[New Providence]] | Sharon Elaine Smith | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 1975|1975]] | [[New Providence]] | Sonia Chipman | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 1974|1974]] | [[New Providence]] | Agatha Elizabeth Watson | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 1973|1973]] | colspan=6 {{n/a|Did not compete}} |- | [[Miss Universe 1972|1972]] | [[New Providence]] | Deborah Jane Taylor | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 1971|1971]] | [[New Providence]] | Muriel Terah Rahming | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 1970|1970]] | [[New Providence]] | Antoinette Patrice De Gregory | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 1969|1969]] | [[New Providence]] | Joan Bowe | Unplaced | | Hazel Thompson directorship. |- | [[Miss Universe 1968|1968]] | [[New Providence]] | Brenda Fountain | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 1967|1967]] | [[New Providence]] | Elizabeth Knowles | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 1966|1966]] | [[New Providence]] | Sandra Zoe Jarrett | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 1965|1965]] | [[New Providence]] | Janet Thompson | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 1964|1964]] | [[New Providence]] | Catherine Cartwright | Unplaced | | |- | [[Miss Universe 1963|1963]] | [[New Providence]] | Sandra Louise Young | Unplaced | | Eva Macoherso Williams directorship. |- |}

==See also== {{Portal|Caribbean}} * [[Miss Bahamas]] * [[Mister Bahamas]] * [[Miss Grand Bahamas]]

==References== {{Reflist|30em}}

==External links== * [http://missuniverse-bahamas.com/ www.missuniverse-bahamas.com]

[[Category:Miss Bahamas| ]] [[Category:Miss Universe by country|Bahamas]] [[Category:Beauty pageants in the Bahamas]] [[Category:Recurring events established in 2016]] [[Category:Bahamian awards]]