Mega Favorite for the crown is DEBRA ASIKO
Finalists aren't revealed yet But one pageant veteran is up for the title BARBARA STORONI is an Engineer and Model.
My personal fave is MARTA KUNAKOVA
LAST NATIONAL PAGEANT OF THE YEAR! Their first finale date was scheduled a month ago. I really thought the pageant will not push through but thank God it did! Many of contestants either withdrawn or has been eliminated. New girls came to the competition and one of them is a mega favorite for the crown! MARIE BANGURA
GUYANA - Rumored to be banned by MUO for receiving so much death threats due to last year's winner.
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO - Martrecia Alleyne proclaimed herself as Miss Universe T&T 2018. At the end, MUT&T revealed it's all made up by Alleyne paving way for the latter to file criminal charges against MUT&T and MUO.
AUSTRIA - Rumored to have dropped the Miss Universe franchise.
SLOVENIA - No franchise holder
IRAQ - NO NEWS
TANZANIA - NO NEWS
ETHIOPIA - NO NEWS
ROMANIA - NO NEWS
DEBUTS AND RETURNS: (TOTAL 11)
ARMENIA
KYRGYZSTAN
MONGOLIA
GREECE
BELIZE
DENMARK
HUNGARY
KENYA
KOSOVO
SIERRA LEONE
SWITZERLAND