After a week of preliminary judging, it is time to reveal the 20 semifinalists of Missosology’s Timeless Beauty 2016.
With the help of reputable members from the Missosology forum (www.missosology.info), the 94 ladies from the Big5 beauty pageants were trimmed down to only 20. The Top 20 will be subjected to another round of judging with a completely different set of judges.
Without further ado, here are the Missosology Timeless Beauty 2016 Top 20 finalists:
Timeless Beauty 2016 Preliminary Scores
Rank |
Big5 contestant |
Average |
| 1 | Philippines World – Catriona Gray | 4.478 |
| 2 | Venezuela Earth – Stephanie de Zorzi | 4.435 |
| 3 | Brazil Universe – Raissa Santana | 4.261 |
| 3 | Mexico World – Ana Girault (IOSWT) | 4.261 |
| 3 | Colombia Universe – Andrea Tovar | 4.261 |
| 6 | France Universe – Iris Mittenaere | 4.217 |
| 7 | Mexico Universe – Kristal Silva | 4.130 |
| 7 | Slovakia World – Kristína Činčurová | 4.130 |
| 9 | Thailand Universe – Chalita Suansane | 4.087 |
| 9 | Philippines International – Kylie Verzosa | 4.087 |
| 9 | Mexico International – Geraldine Ponce | 4.087 |
| 12 | Dominican Republic World – Yaritza Reyes | 4.043 |
| 12 | Poland International – Magdalena Bieńkowska | 4.043 |
| 14 | Philippines Universe – Maxine Medina | 3.870 |
| 15 | Puerto Rico World – Stephanie Del Valle | 3.826 |
| 15 | Belarus International – Palina Tsehalka (IOSWT) | 3.826 |
| 17 | Brazil World – Beatrice Fontoura | 3.783 |
| 18 | Kenya World – Evelyn Njambi | 3.652 |
| 19 | Indonesia International – Felicia Hwang | 3.522 |
| 19 | Russia Earth – Aleksandra Cherepanová | 3.522 |
| Indonesia Universe – Kezia Warouw | 3.478 | |
| Panama Universe – Keity Drennan | 3.478 | |
| Nicaragua Universe – Marina Jacoby (IOSWT) | 3.478 | |
| Indonesia Supranational – Intan Aletrino | 3.478 | |
| Hungary World – Tímea Gelencsér | 3.435 | |
| Venezuela Supranational – Valeria Vespoli | 3.435 | |
| Suriname Supranational – Jaleesa Pigot | 3.435 | |
| Haiti Universe – Raquel Pélissier | 3.391 | |
| Hungary Supranational -Korinna Kocsis | 3.391 | |
| USA World – Audra Mari | 3.391 | |
| Mexico Supranational – Cynthia de la Vega | 3.391 | |
| Colombia Earth – Michelle Gómez | 3.348 | |
| France World – Morgane Edvige | 3.304 | |
| Kenya Universe – Mary Esther Were | 3.304 | |
| Australia World – Madeline Cowe | 3.304 | |
| Ecuador Supranational – Maria Isabel Pineyro (IOSWT) | 3.261 | |
| Peru Universe – Valeria Piazza | 3.217 | |
| Russia International – Alisa Manenok | 3.217 | |
| India Supranational – Srinidhi Shetty | 3.174 | |
| Paraguay Supranational – Viviana Florentin | 3.174 | |
| USA Earth – Corrin Stellakis | 3.130 | |
| India World – Priyadarshini Chatterjee | 3.130 | |
| Brazil Earth – Bruna Zanardo | 3.087 | |
| Ecuador Earth – Katherine Espín | 3.087 | |
| Ukraine Supranational – Lenna Anastasiia | 3.087 | |
| Vietnam Earth – Nguyễn Thị Lệ Nam Em | 3.000 | |
| Denmark Earth – Klaudia Parsberg (IOSWT) | 2.957 | |
| Sri Lanka Supranational – Ornella Gunesekere | 2.957 | |
| Finland International – Emilia Seppänen | 2.913 | |
| Poland Supranational – Ewa Mielnicka | 2.913 | |
| Thailand World – Jinnita Buddee | 2.913 | |
| Australia Earth – Lyndl Kean | 2.913 | |
| Brazil Supranational – Cloris Ioanna Junges | 2.913 | |
| Argentina International – Yoana Don | 2.870 | |
| Philippines Supranational – Joanna Eden | 2.870 | |
| China World – Jing Kong | 2.826 | |
| Mongolia World – Bayartsetseg Altangerel | 2.826 | |
| Italy Earth – Denise Frigo | 2.826 | |
| Myanmar Supranational – Swe Zin Htet | 2.826 | |
| Ghana World – Antoinette Delali Kemavor | 2.783 | |
| Korea World – Hyun Wang | 2.739 | |
| Thailand International – Pattiya Pongthai | 2.739 | |
| Vietnam Supranational – Kha Trang | 2.739 | |
| England Earth – Luissa Burton | 2.739 | |
| USA International – Kaitryana Leinbach | 2.739 | |
| Canada International – Amber Bernachi | 2.739 | |
| Belarus Supranational – Polina Pimahina | 2.739 | |
| Romania Supranational – Sinziana Sirghi | 2.739 | |
| Mexico Earth – Itzel Astudillo | 2.696 | |
| Nicaragua International – Brianny Chamorro | 2.696 | |
| Korea Earth – Chae-Yeung Lee | 2.652 | |
| Slovakia Supranational – Lenka Tekeljakova | 2.652 | |
| El Salvador International – Elizabeth Cader | 2.652 | |
| Canada Universe – Siera Bearchell | 2.609 | |
| Dominican Republic International – Cynthia Núñez | 2.565 | |
| Argentina Supranational – Wanessa Emiliana De Almeida | 2.565 | |
| Australia International – Alexandra Britton | 2.565 | |
| Russia Supranational – Vlada Gritsenko | 2.565 | |
| Belgium World – Lenty Frans | 2.522 | |
| Panama Supranational – Leydis Maybeth Gonzalez | 2.522 | |
| Japan International – Jyunna Yamagata | 2.478 | |
| USA Universe – Deshauna Barber | 2.435 | |
| Japan Supranational – Risa Nagashima | 2.435 | |
| Australia Supranational – Silka Kurzak | 2.391 | |
| Northern Ireland Earth – Julieann McStravick | 2.391 | |
| Macau Earth – Clover Zhu | 2.348 | |
| Netherlands Supranational – Milenka Janssen | 2.348 | |
| Indonesia World – Natasha Mannuela | 2.304 | |
| Japan World – Priyanka Yoshikawa | 2.304 | |
| Sweden Earth – Cloie Syquia Skarne | 2.304 | |
| South Africa Earth – Nozipho Magagula | 2.261 | |
| Mauritius Supranational – Ambika Callychurn | 2.217 | |
| Cook Islands World – Natalia Short | 2.217 | |
| Rwanda Supranational – Colombe Akiwacu | 2.130 |
*IOSWT: “If Only She Was There” is an honorary title given by Missosology to a Big5 candidate who in our opinion deserves to be in the semifinals of her respective pageant but failed to make it.
The preliminary judges
This year, Missosology wanted more forum members involved in choosing the next Timeless Beauty. The core group selected this group of accomplished individuals:
Alex Sivixay (Ambassador) This international relations student from Laos is passionate about diversity and beauty in pageants.
BOP (Ambassador) This creative mind from central American country of El Salvador started following pageants when Miss Universe was held in Cyprus.
Carlostone (Elite) This Peruvian is one of the most active contributors in the forum’s Miss World section. He has been watching Miss World and Miss Universe since childhood.
Ea’rend¿l (Moderator) Aside from being a big fan of Miss Earth pageant, he is an engineer by professional and currently works as a research specialist.
Frank Speech (Ambassador) This medical professional from Trinidad & Tobago has been following pageants for the past 22 years.
Handsama (Pageant Apprentice) This environmental activist from the USA started paying attention to pageantry after finding out that there is more to it than just pretty faces.
IanC062 (Ambassador) This MA student in Museum Studies from Ireland have always admired beauty queens for their projection and confidence.
ianfandi (Predictionist) Currently taking her internal medicine residency program, this Indonesian’s interest for pageants started when Whulandary won Puteri Indonesia.
Iknowbeauty (Ambassador) From India, but currently residing in the USA, this ambassador has always know pageants since he was little but it was Missosology that fueled the interest in 2012.
Jake.Horan (Pageant Expert) This medicine student from Aukland, New Zealand is currently training to be an anaesthetist. His exposure to pageants began in 2012 after helping a mate work behind the scenes of the Miss Universe NZ pageant.
kenhan (Moderator) One of Missosology’s reliable moderators, Ken is currently based in Thailand. He has covered a number of international pageants for Missosology, including Manhunt International, Mister Global and Miss Grand International.
ManMeat (Superstar) This freelance consultant from South Korea is the only active South Korean member in the forum. The first Miss Universe edition that he watched was in 2006 and has since followed pageants.
MariaAndreina (Pageant Expert) This media production major was born in Quito, Ecuador but moved to Florida. Her interest for pageants began as a little girl back in 2004 when Miss Universe was hosted in her own city.
novemberRain (Ambassador) Didi from West Java, Indonesia works in a bank in Jakarta. Miss Universe 2000 was the first pageant that he watched and that started his passion for pageants.
Queen Esther (VIP) A controversial name in the Missosology forum, Queen Esther never fails to give insider info during pageant season.
qwerty1234 (Moderator) He is one of Missooslogy’s forum moderators and social media content creator for the male pageant page. Outside Missosology, he works in the Philippine Judiciary.
Rauma (Elite) One of the members in the forum whose opinions are valued is this pageant enthusiast from Helsinki, Finland.
Sexydrew82 (Pageant Expert) One of the most respected icons in the forum is this pageant expert from Canada. He works for the Department of Justice Canada during the day and moonlight as a Fitness/Zumba Instructor. He is a huge fan of haute couture and pageant fashion, and the blogger of “The Pageant Spotlight”.
Stoichio (Pageant Expert) It was Miriam Quiambao’s 1999 Miss Universe runner-up finish that made this chemical engineer follow pageants religiously.
ticomia (Top Model) This lawyer from Brazil is passionate about pageantry, photography and tourism. He was Missosology’s correspondent to Miss Universe 2011 in Sao Paolo.
touchedbyanangel (Correspondent) This chef and restaurateur is originally from Indonesia but currently residing in the USA.
unbreakable (Ambassador) A member in the forum for more than 7 years now, this medicine student from Israel started watching Miss Universe in 2000.
valleriam (Pageant Expert) The pageant loving island of Puerto Rico is represented in the judging panel by one of the most respected pageant experts in the forum.
Wojtek (Top Model) This Polish fotomodel inventory assistant and animal lover has been a beauty pageant fan since Miss World 2004. Missosology.Org
