71st Miss Universe: Meet the selection committee


Choosing the semifinalists from 84 equally beautiful and empowered women is no easy task and the Miss Universe Organization has appointed a selection committee to do the job.

They will determine who will make it to the next rounds of the competition and eventually the 71st Miss Universe winner based on what MUO is looking for.

Two former Miss Universe titleholders will be part of the committee — Miss Universe 1998 Wendy Fitzwilliam from Trinidad and Tobago and Miss Universe 2010 Ximena Navarrete from Mexico.

They will also be joined in the preliminary by former Miss USA and Miss Universe 2015 second runner-up Olivia Jordan of Oklahoma.

Meet the selection committee:

Big Freedia - American rapper and performer

Myrka Dellanos - American television and radio host, journalist, author and socialite

Ximena Navarrete - Miss Universe 2010 from Mexico

Sweta Patel - Vice President of Growth Marketing & Merchandising at Roku

Wendy Fitzwilliam - Miss Universe 1998 from Trinidad and Tobago

Emily Austin - model, actress and sports journalist

Olivia Quido - CEO and Founder of O Skin Med Spa

Mara Martin - model, women's advocate, and co-founder of Vyral Media PR (Preliminary and Final)

Kathleen Ventrella - Chief Marketing Officer at ImpactWayv (Preliminary)

Olivia Jordan - former Miss USA and Miss Universe 2015 second runner-up (Preliminary)

Photos: Miss Universe

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