The preliminary night of the 71st edition of the beauty pageant Miss Universe 2022, began this Wednesday in the city of New Orleans, United States.
The representatives of the different countries officially made their first catwalks in front of the qualifying jury in bathing suits and gala dresses.
rebecca rodriguezrepresentative of Honduras in Miss Universe, was one of the most applauded following showing off and impressing the jury.
The public chanted the name of Honduras, positioning itself as the favorite of his group in a bathing suit.
The contest will take place at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in the city of jazz and the final will be broadcast live on The Roku Channel streaming service, with simultaneous broadcast in Spanish on the Telemundo network.
The 84 candidates arrived in New Orleans on Monday, January 9, and since then have participated in parade rehearsals, including the typical costume one, and in a presentation press conference.
Harnaaz Sandhu, from India, who was elected Miss Universe 2021 in Eilat, Israel, will crown the winner on January 14.
As usual in this kind of contest, there are already lists of favorites and predictions of all kinds on the web and there are Latin American candidates in all of them.
In the Instagram account called precisely missuniversepredictions, the photos of Miss Peru, Miss Brazil, Miss Dominican Republic, Miss Mexico, Miss Puerto Rico, Miss Colombia and Miss Venezuela, among others, appear.
The account reminds visitors that they can vote through the contest application so that the candidate of their choice goes to the group of semifinalists, from which the three will emerge among whom the new Miss Universe will be chosen.
