See one of the best night robes on the 2023 Miss Universe competitors

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The 2023 Miss Universe pageant will happen tonight in El Salvador’s capital, San Salvador. (It should air in america from 8 p.m. ET on the Roku Channel.) Eighty-four contestants — every representing their residence international locations — will probably be in competition, however most solely briefly: at first of the competitors, the sphere will probably be narrowed to twenty semi-finalists, chosen based mostly on their efficiency within the pageant’s preliminary stage and, in a single case, a world fan vote.

Because the night time progresses, the sphere will probably be additional winnowed; by the point the pageant’s night robe spherical performs out, solely 10 contestants will nonetheless be within the operating for the Miss Universe title (and tiara, in fact). Whereas it’s custom for the eradicated magnificence queens to stroll the stage, en masse, to point out off their seems to be at this level, it’s normally only a transient — and tightly-choreographed — glimpse in any respect the sequins, corsetry and fishtail trains.

All that trend finery is just not misplaced completely within the blink of a watch, nevertheless: every contestant had their runway second in the course of the aforementioned preliminary proceedings. Within the gallery above, see a number of the sartorial highlights.

These competing on the pageant embrace two transgender ladies, Rikkie Kollé of the Netherlands and Marina Machete of Portugal, in addition to two married ladies, Camila Avella of Colombia and Michelle Cohn of Guatemala. Nepal’s Jane Garrett, who has competed within the preliminary rounds to a lot applause from the viewers, can be breaking boundaries as the primary plus-size mannequin in competition.

The 2023 Miss Universe pageant additionally marks longtime Miss Universe Group President Paula Shugart’s final yr. After 23 years within the function, Shugart introduced on Thursday that she was stepping down, a call she stated had been “been months within the making, and never in a response to current occasions.” Final week, the pageant’s homeowners, JKN International Group, filed for chapter — or “enterprise rehabilitation” — in Thailand, although stated the transfer wouldn’t have an effect on this yr’s pageant or group shifting ahead.

I’ve all the time passionately believed Miss Universe is just not about anyone girl, it’s about group,” Shugart stated in her resignation speech. “Our group: the passionate followers, the titleholders, the nationwide administrators who’ve remained devoted to this model via thick and skinny.