Miss Universe 2015 will be held on December 20, 2015 in the United States. Paulina Vega from Colombia will crown her successor at the end of the event. It will be a crazy week-end because Miss World 2015 will be held the day before, on December 19!

Miss Universe 2014 from Colombia Paulina Vega will crown her successor at the end of the beauty pageant. Traditionally, Miss Universe lives in New York City during her reign. But this year everything will be different. In 2015, after Trump made statements about illegal immigration from Mexico in his presidential campaign kickoff speech, NBC decided to end their business relationship and stated that they will no longer air the pageant, or the Miss USA pageant, on their networks. In September, 2015, Donald Trump bought the entire stock of the Miss Universe Organization from NBC, becoming its sole owner for three days until selling the entire stock to WME/IMG.

Did you know this ? The organization makes continual efforts to expand the pageant, but the participation of some countries such as Algeria has proven difficult due to cultural barriers to the swimsuit competition, while others such as Armenia, Mozambique, and Nepal have balked at sending representatives due to the cost. As of 2014, only four countries have been present at every Miss Universe since its inception in 1952: Canada, France, Germany (East and West up to 1990), and the USA.