The Universal Woman 2024 coronation ceremony will be held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on March 22, 2024. It is the second edition of the international beauty pageant.
On February 2, 2023, Valentina Sanchez Trivella of Venezuela was crowned Universal Woman 2023, besting 22 other candidates. Karibel Perez of the Dominican Republic, Jéssica Lírio of Brazil, Kaddy Samateh Janneh of the Gambia and Davin Prasath of Cambodia were the respective first, second and third runners-up.
There are 44 women competing for the Universal Woman 2024 crown. If facial beauty is the only criterion, these will be my Top 13 candidates:
13. Nicole Ponce (Honduras)
12. Laura Rentería (Colombia)
11. Camila Andrea Santiagos Catanzaro (Chile)
10. Yanira Jimenez Pelaez (Gibraltar)
9. Chabeli Tavera Peña (Dominican Republic)
8. Mirjam Sheehama (Namibia)
7. Fanny Julien Salva (Tahiti)
6. Sindiso Ndlovu (Zimbabwe)
5. Elaine Marie Rosado Rivera (Puerto Rico)
4. Lisandra Chirinos (Venezuela)
3. Vanessa Williams (Switzerland)
2. Maria Gigante (Philippines)
1. Raimonda Gecaite (Lithuania)
