The Miss Universe pageant is an important magnificence pageant on this planet and this Saturday, January 14, it celebrates its 71st version, because the world’s celebration of magnificence and ladies’s empowerment, from the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Conference Middle.

For this version, 84 lovely girls from everywhere in the world will parade looking for the crown to succeed the Indian, Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu, who gained the crown in 2022. As ever, the outgoing queen will probably be answerable for passing the crown to the brand new winner of the occasion.

The place can I watch Miss Universe 2023 within the USA?

The Miss Univese Pageant may be seen on Roku, which may be accessed on Roku.com, Roku TVs, Roku Streaming Stick, Fireplace TV Stick 4K o comparable units just like the Amazon Fireplace TVs and Samsung TVs. The Roku app additionally permits for streaming on Android and iOS units.

FuboTV and DirecTV Stream permit for streams as nicely.

What time does the Miss Universe 2023 broadcast start?

The printed for the US begins at 20:00 (ET) / 19:00 hrs (CT) / 17:00 hrs (PT).

Who’re the favorites to win Miss Universe 2023?

For this yr’s version, the pageant has a brand new possession, which induced the occasion to be held a number of months late.

For this version, the contestants carried out their pageants in formal put on, extra conventional garments and swimsuit costumes throughout a earlier ceremony, which was broadcasted through YouTube on Wednesday. Though the rating has not been made public, the jury has determined to pick the semi-finalists. For this yr, 16 contestants have been chosen as a substitute of the standard 20.

Among the many favorites are a number of contestants from the American continent: Colombia, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, United States, Mexico, in addition to the Philippines, Thailand and Australia.

One other novelty for this version is the participation of transgender multimillionaire Anne Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip, representing Thailand, who runs a media distribution emporium.

Additionally for this yr, Miss Congeniality and Miss Photogenic will probably be awarded once more, in addition to the collection of one of many finalists by widespread vote by the www.missuniverso.com web site.

The brand new magnificence queen will put on a brand new crown known as Power for Good, which comprises 993 valuable stones, with a diamond base and a forty five.14-carat sapphire on the prime.

Who’s R’Bonney Gabriel, the US’ candidate at Miss Universe?

R’Bonney Gabriel was born in San Antonio, Texas on March 20, 1994. She is the daughter of Remigio Bonzon “R. Bon” Gabriel, a Filipino who immigrated to the US on the age of 25 to pursue his diploma in psychology on the College of Southern California, and an American mom named Dana Walker.

Gabriel‘s first style of pageantry got here in 2020 when she took half within the Miss Kemah contest inserting within the High 5.

She would then participate within the Miss Texas USA 2021 competitors dropping out solely to Victoria Hinojosa. Gabriel would enter the Miss Texas pageant as soon as once more in 2022, this time successful the competitors outright. She would then go on to win the Miss USA award changing into the primary Miss USA of Flipino descent.