Semifinal Poll

Miss Universe opens voting site

By Earl D.C. Bracamonte

The Miss Universe Organization (MUO) has officially opened its online poll for the 70th edition pageant in Eilat, Israel. Voting is now open through the missuniverse.choicely.com site.

Miss Universe Philippines 2021 Beatrice Luigi Gomez has her headshot on the site, together with many others. 

As previously promised, the MUO has posted the countries who will take part in the December competition. Here are the official candidates to the 70th edition quest, starting with those who have their respective headshots:

- Albania

- Argentina

- Armenia

- Aruba

- Australia

- Bahamas

- Bolivia

- British Virgin Islands

- Bulgaria

- Cambodia

- Cameroon

- Canada

- Cayman Islands

- Chile

- Colombia

- Costa Rica

- Croatia

- Curacao

- Czech Republic

- Ecuador

- El Salvador

- Finland

- France

- Germany

- Ghana

- Great Britain

- Greece

- Guatemala

- Honduras

- Iceland

- India

- Ireland

- Israel

- Italy

- Japan

- Kazakhstan

- Korea

- Kosovo

- Malta

- Mexico

- Namibia

- Nepal

- Netherlands

- Nicaragua

- Paraguay

- Philippines

- Poland

- Portugal

- Puerto Rico

- Romania

- Singapore

- South Africa

- Spain

- Thailand

- Ukraine

- Venezuela

- Vietnam

The countries that have yet to post headshots are:

-  Belgium

- Brazil

- China

- Denmark

- Dominican Republic

- Equatorial Guinea

- Haiti

- Hungary

- Jamaica

- Kenya

- Mauritius

- Morocco

- Nigeria

- Norway

- Panama

- Peru

- Russia

- Slovak Republic

- Sweden

- Turkey

- Uruguay

- USA

And despite cancellation of its national pageant, the site has left a space for the United Arab Emirates. It also has space for Laos, even if it signified non-participation this year. National directors were given until Nov. 20 to crown their national winners or name their appointees.

Pageant fans are urged to cast their votes now. The first vote is free while subsequent votes will fall under several package options. Download the Miss Universe app or simply clink the link, https://miss universe.choicely.com/semifinal. Voting ends at 12 pm ET on Dec. 11. Stay tuned!