Miss Universe 2009 - Top 15 Semifinalists

Live blogging on Miss Universe 2009 Pageant from the Islands of The Bahamas.

RESULTS AS THEY HAPPEN...

The Official Top 15 are:

Miss Puerto Rico Mayra Matos
Miss Iceland Ingibjörg Egilsdóttir
Miss Albania Hasna Xhukiçi
Miss Czech Republic Iveta Lutovská
Miss Belgium Zeynep Sever
Miss Dominican Republic Ada de la Cruz
Miss Sweden Renate Cerljen
Miss Kosovo Marigona Dragusha
Miss Australia Rachael Finch
Miss France Chloé Mortaud
Miss Switzerland Whitney Toyloy
Miss South Africa Tatum Keshwar
Miss USA Kristen Dalton
Miss Croatia Sarah Ćosić
Miss Venezuela Stefanía Fernández

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About 85 candidates will come together in the Bahamas to compete for the title of Miss Universe 2009. They are:

Miss Albania Hasna Xhukiçi
Miss Angola Nelsa Alves
Miss Argentina Johanna Lasic
Miss Aruba Dianne Croes
Miss Australia Rachael Finch
Miss Bahamas Kiara Sherman
Miss Belgium Zeynep Sever
Miss Bolivia Dominique Peltier
Miss Brazil Larissa Costa
Miss Bulgaria Elitsa Lubenova
Miss Canada Mariana Valente
Miss Cayman Islands Nicosia Lawson
Miss China Wang Jingyao
Miss Colombia Michelle Rouillard
Miss Costa Rica Jessica Umaña
Miss Croatia Sarah Ćosić
Miss Curaçao Angenie Simon
Miss Cyprus Kielia Giasemidou
Miss Czech Republic Iveta Lutovská
Miss Dominican Republic Ada de la Cruz
Miss Ecuador Sandra Vinces
Miss Egypt Elham Wagdi
Miss El Salvador Mayella Mena
Miss Estonia Diana Arno
Miss Ethiopia Melat Yante
Miss Finland Essi Pöysti
Miss France Chloé Mortaud
Miss Georgia Lika Ordzhonikidze
Miss Germany Martina Lee
Miss Ghana Jennifer Koranteng
Miss Great Britain Clair Cooper
Miss Greece Viviana Kampanile
Miss Guam Racine Manley
Miss Guatemala Lourdes Figueroa
Miss Guyana Jenel Cox
Miss Honduras Bélgica Suárez
Miss Hungary Zsuzsa Budai
Miss Iceland Ingibjörg Egilsdóttir
Miss India Ekta Choudhry
Miss Indonesia Zivanna Letisha Siregar
Miss Ireland Diana Donnelly
Miss Israel Yulia Liubianitzki
Miss Italy Laura Valenti
Miss Jamaica Carolyn Yapp
Miss Japan Emiri Miyasaka
Miss Kazakhstan Olga Nikitina
Miss Korea Ree Na
Miss Kosovo Marigona Dragusha
Miss Lebanon Martine Andraos
Miss Malaysia JoannaBelle Ng
Miss Mauritius Anaïs Veerapatren
Miss Mexico Karla Carrillo
Miss Montenegro Anja Jovanović
Miss Namibia Happie Ntelamo
Miss Netherlands Avalon-Chanel Weyzig
Miss New Zealand Katie Taylor
Miss Nicaragua Indiana Sánchez
Miss Nigeria Sandra Otohwo
Miss Norway Eli Landa
Miss Panama Diana Broce
Miss Paraguay Mareike Baumgarten
Miss Peru Karen Schwarz
Miss Philippines Pamela Bianca Manalo
Miss Poland Angelika Jakubowska
Miss Puerto Rico Mayra Matos
Miss Romania Elena Bianca Constantin
Miss Russia Sofia Rudieva
Miss Serbia Dragana Atlija
Miss Singapore Rachel Kum
Miss Slovak Republic Denisa Mendrejová
Miss Slovenia Mirela Korač
Miss South Africa Tatum Keshwar
Miss Spain Estíbaliz Pereira
Miss Sweden Renate Cerljen
Miss Switzerland Whitney Toyloy
Miss Tanzania Illuminata James
Miss Thailand Chutima Durongdej
Miss Turkey Senem Kuyucuoğlu
Miss Turks & Caicos Jewel Selver
Miss Ukraine Kristina Kotz-Gotlib
Miss Uruguay Cintia Dottone
Miss USA Kristen Dalton
Miss Venezuela Stefanía Fernández
Miss Vietnam Võ Hoàng Yến
Miss Zambia Andella Chileshe Matthews

The coronation ceremony will be hosted by Billy Bush and Claudia Jordan. The pageant will be aired live on ABS-CBN on August 24 at 9:30AM with a primetime telecast the same day via Velvet (SkyCable channel 53) at 8:00PM. Replays will be aired also on Studio 23 on August 25 at 8PM and on ABS-CBN on August 27 at 10PM.