Miss Universe is considered to be the top beauty pageant in the world, oh universe rather.
Millions of people tune it to its live finals night every year making it the "olympics" of pageantry. And with close to 100 beautiful and exemplary women around the world competing for the most coveted Miss Universe crown, it's already an achievement to enter the first cut in the semi-finals.
But there are countries who managed to continuously secure a spot in the semi-finals earning them the moniker "powerhouse countries".
And in the 70-year history of the Miss Universe pageant there are 10 countries who successfully entered the semis continuously for more than 5 years.
Here are the Top 8 countries with the longest semi-finals streak in Miss Universe.
8. – Colombia with 6 placements (1973-1978), Thailand with 6 placements (2015-2020)
7 – Sweden with 7 placements (1964 – 1970)
6 – Finland with 8 placements (1962 – 1969)
5 – Germany with 10 placements 1952 – 1961, Brazil with 10 placements from 2011-2020
4 – India with 11 placements from 1992 – 2002
3 - Philippines with 12 placements from 2010-2021
With the recent placement of Beatrice Luigi Gomez, Philippines moved up to the Top 3 with 12 year stream in the semis which started in 2010 via Venus Raj.
2 – Venezuela with 21 placements 1983 – 2003
Long-time powerhouse Venezuela placed second with 21 placements with latest also in 2021 with Luiseth Meteran.
1 – USA with 22 placements 1977 – 1998.
And the country with the longest streak in Miss Universe history is of course USA with 22 placements.
