Miss Denmark wins the title of Miss Universe 2024. Victoria Kjaer was crowned Saturday evening, during this beauty contest organized in Mexico. A professional dancer, the 21-year-old candidate beat 130 competitors, a record for the competition formerly owned by Donald Trump.
Indira Ampiot, Miss France 2023, representative of France during this competition, climbed into the top 30, reports The Voice of the North. “A little disappointed not to have been further than being 30th, but I tell myself that I was still classified,” she announced in a story on Instagram. It's great, and in any case I'm still happy with my performance. »
A changing competition
This 73rd edition was marked by the presence for the first time of candidates with children. There were ten of them, including Beatrice Njoya from Malta, aged 40 and mother of three children. In 2023, the competition included married women, plus-size women and two transgender women.
Among the public favorites of this 73rd edition, a 28-year-old Venezuelan, Ileana Márquez, is the mother of a daughter. This educator, model and television presenter came 5th. Among the 12 semi-finalists, Jennifer Colón, from Puerto Rico, is 36 years old and has three children. Also among them was Logina Salah, a 34-year-old single mother Egyptian model who suffers from vitiligo, an autoimmune disease.
Criticized for its promotion of outdated ideas about femininity, the competition has sought, after its takeover in 2022 by the Thai company JKN Global Group, to renew itself by opening its doors to women who were previously not allowed to participate .
In 2023 the competition was won by Nicaraguan Sheynnis Palacios, who has since unwillingly become the symbol of opposition to President Daniel Ortega, who saw hope in her global exposure.
Once she became the first Central American to win the beauty contest in November 2023 in San Salvador, the image of the 23-year-old young woman went viral on the social networks of thousands of Nicaraguan exiles and made the front page of the critical press. towards Ortega, described as a “dictator” by the opposition.
