The 72nd Miss Universe pageant was held at the National Gymnasium in San Salvador, El Salvador on November 18, 2023. During the coronation night, Miss Universe 2022 R’Bonney Gabriel of the United States crowned Miss Nicaragua Sheynnis Palacios as her successor. The event was hosted by American television host and stylist Jeannie Camtu Mai and Miss Universe 2012 Olivia Culpo and American television presenter Maria Menounos while Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray and American entertainment reporter Zuri Hall served as backstage correspondents. American singer John Legend gave a performance.

The other winners were 1st runner-up Miss Thailand Anntonia Porsild and 2nd runner-up Miss Australia Moraya Wilson. Miss Philippines Michelle Dee took home the Fan Votes and Spirit of Carnival awards as well as one of three gold awards for the Voice for Change competition. Miss Congeniality went to Miss Spain Athenea Pérez.

This is the list of participating countries and the name of the candidate respectively.

Albania – Endi Demneri
Angola – Ana Coimbra
Argentina – Yamile Dajud
Aruba – Karol Croes
Australia – Moraya Wilson – 2nd Runner up
Bahamas – Melissa Ingraham
Bahrain – Lujane Yacoub
Belgium – Emilie Vansteenkiste
Bolivia – Estefany Rivero
Brazil – Maria Brechane
British Virgin Islands – Ashellica Fahie
Cambodia – Sotima John
Cameroon – Issie Princesse – Top 20
Canada – Madison Kvaltin
Cayman Islands – Ileann Powery
Chile – Celeste Viel – Top 20
Colombia – Camila Avella – Top 4
China – Jia Qi
Costa Rica – Lisbeth Valverde
Croatia – Andrea Erjavec
Curaçao – Kim Rossen

Czech Republic – Vanesa Švédová
Denmark – Nikoline Hansen
Dominican Republic – Mariana Downing
Ecuador – Delary Stoffers
Egypt – Mohra Tantawy
El Salvador – Isabella García-Manzo – Top 10
Equatorial Guinea – Diana Hinestrosa
Finland – Paula Joukanen
France – Diane Leyre
Germany – Helena Bleicher
Greece – Marielia Zaloumi
Guatemala – Michelle Cohn
Guyana – Lisa Narine
Honduras – Zuheilyn Clemente
Hungary – Tünde Blága
Iceland – Lilja Pétursdóttir
India – Shweta Sharda – Top 20
Indonesia – Fabiënne Groeneveld
Ireland – Aishah Akorede

Italy – Carmen Panepinto Zayati
Jamaica – Jordanne Levy – Top 20
Japan – Rio Miyazaki
Kazakhstan – Tomiris Zair
Kosovo – Arbesa Rrahmani
Kyrgyzstan – Maya Turdalieva
Laos – Phaimany Lathsabanthao
Latvia – Kate Alexeeva
Lebanon – Maya Aboul Hosn
Malaysia – Serena Lee
Malta – Ella Portelli
Mauritius – Tatiana Beauharnais
Mexico – Melissa Flores
Mongolia – Nominzul Zandangiin
Myanmar – Amara Bo
Namibia – Jameela Uiras – Top 20
Nepal – Jane Garrett – Top 20
Netherlands – Rikkie Kollé
Nicaragua – Sheynnis Palacios
Nigeria – Ugochi Ihezue

Norway – Julie Tollefsen
Pakistan – Erica Robin – Top 20
Panama – Natasha Vargas
Paraguay – Elicena Andrada
Peru – Camila Escribens – Top 10
Philippines – Michelle Dee – Top 10
Poland – Angelika Jurkowianiec
Portugal – Marina Machete – Top 20
Puerto Rico – Karla Guilfú – Top 5
Russia – Margarita Golubeva
Saint Lucia – Earlyca Frederick
Singapore – Priyanka Annuncia
Slovakia – Kinga Puhová
South Africa – Bryoni Govender – Top 20
South Korea – So-yun Kim
Spain – Athenea Pérez– Top 10
Switzerland – Lorena Santen
Thailand – Anntonia Porsild – 1st Runner up
Trinidad and Tobago – Faith Gillezeau
Ukraine – Angelina Usanova

United Kingdom of Great Britain – Jessica Page

United States – Noelia Voigt – Top 20
Venezuela – Diana Silva– Top 10
Vietnam – Quỳnh Hoa Bùi
Zimbabwe – Brooke Bruk-Jackson

The board of judges for the 2023 Miss Universe pageant was composed of Andrea Meza (Miss Universe 2020 ), Cemrenaj Turhan (Miss Universe Turkey 2021 ), Paweensuda Drouin (Miss Universe Thailand 2019 ), Gabriela dos Santos (Miss Universe Curacao 2022), Janick Maceta del Castillo (Miss Universe Peru 2020), Mia Mamede (Miss Universe Brazil 2022 ), Nadia Ali (Hut Prize Foundation’s head for global experts relations), Sameera Shah (Mega Lifesciences PCL board member), Pascal Gerken (founder of OceanFront Invest Myanmar), Jonathan Levav (Marketing professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business), and Leonard Schlesinger (Baker Foundation professor at Harvard Business School).