Miss Universe: When the beauties get funky

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Published Wednesday, December 09, 2015

Urvashi Rautela, Miss India 2015; Olivia Jordan, Miss USA 2015; Aniporn Chalermburanawong, Miss Thailand 2015; and Yun Fang Xue, Miss China 2015; take a selfie during a pre tape segment at Planet Hollywood Resort. (AFP)

 

Miss Bulgaria 2015 Radostina Todorova, Miss Italy 2015 Giada Pezzaioli, and Miss Venezuela 2015 Mariana Jimenez pose with Miss Universe 2014 Paulina Vega at a Chinese Laundry sponsored event at Zappos, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Reuters)

Miss Korea 2015 Kim Seo-yeon, Miss Thailand 2015 Aniporn Chalermburanawong, and Miss Japan 2015 Ariana Miyamoto pose for photos at a Chinese Laundry sponsored event at Zappos, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Reuters)

Miss Sweden 2015 Paulina Brodd, Miss Denmark 2015 Cecilie Wellemberg, Miss Hungary 2015 Nikoletta Nagy, and Miss France 2015 Flora Coquerel, pose for photos at a Chinese Laundry sponsored event at Zappos. (Reuters)

Miss Great Britain 2015 Narissara Nena France and Miss Mexico 2015 Wendy Esparza film in their National Costume at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Reuters)

Miss Panama 2015 Gladys Brandao Amaya takes part in a pre-tape segment at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Reuters)

Tonie Maria Chisholm, Miss Cayman Islands 2015, Maja Cukic, Miss Montenegro 2015, Paulina Brodd, Miss Sweden 2015, Cecilie Feline Wellemberg, Miss Denmark 2015, Rosa-Maria Ryyti, Miss Finland 2015, and Jeimmy Tahiz Aburto, Miss Guatemala 2015, lead the charge during a pre tape segment at Planet Hollywood Resort. (Reuters)

Ariadna Gutierrez, Miss Colombia 2015. (Reuters)

Miss Universe 2014 Paulina Vega, the Colombian beauty queen, will soon pass her crown to during the 64th edition of Miss Universe.

81 contestants have finally arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada, and all are vying to win this year's Miss Universe beauty pageant.

The current top 10 favorites from Missossology, a beauty pageant forum, include the candidates from India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Sweden, France, Philippines, Thailand, Dominican Republic, Colombia, and Japan.

The competition has just started, but fans are already anxious to see who will be crowned as the next Miss Universe.

The Miss Universe 2015 pageant night will happen at The AXIS in Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada. The show will be broadcast live by Fox on Dec. 20.

Paulina Vega, Miss Universe 2014 (C) and the 2015 Miss Universe contestants during the Welcome Event at Planet Hollywood Resort. (Reuters)

Laura Spoya, Miss Peru 2015. (Reuters)

Gladys Brandao Amaya, Miss Panama 2015. (AFP)

Paola Nunez, Miss Canada 2015. (AFP)

Paulina Vega, Miss Universe 2014. (AFP)

Sheetal Khadun, Miss Mauritius 2015. (AFP)

Vanessa Tevi Kumares, Miss Malaysia 2015,  takes part in a pre tape segment while on stage at Planet Hollywood Resort. (AFP)

Rosa-Maria Ryyti, Miss Finland 2015; and Lisa Elizabeth Drouillard, Miss Haiti 2015; pose for a photo at Red Rock Canyon. (AFP)

Yun Fang Xue, Miss China 2015. (AFP)

Aniporn Chalermburanawong, Miss Thailand 2015. (AFP)

Paola Nunez, Miss Canada 2015. (AFP)

Claudia Barrionuevo, Miss Argentina 2015. (AFP)

Urvashi Rautela, Miss India 2015, poses for a photo during registration at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 4, 2015. (AFP)

Paola Nunez, Miss Canada 2015, poses for a photo during registration at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 4, 2015. The 2015 Miss Universe contestants are touring, filming, rehearsing and preparing to compete for the DIC Crown in Las Vegas. (AFP)
Ariadna Gurierrez, Miss Colombia 2015 poses for a photo during registration at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 4, 2015. (AFP)
Cynthia Samuel, Miss Lebanon 2015 poses for a photo during registration at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 4, 2015. (AFP)
 

Catalina Morales, Miss Puerto Rico 2015, poses during registration at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas on December 3rd, 2015. (AFP)
 

Annelies Törös, Miss Belgium 2015, poses during registration at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas on on December 2, 2015. (AFP)Chennai floods drown Dubai resident in waves of anxiety, despair. 

Miss Bolivia 2015, poses for a photo during registration at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 4, 2015. The 2015 Miss Universe contestants are touring, filming, rehearsing and preparing to compete for the DIC Crown in Las Vegas. (AFP) 

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