Crowns of Miss Universe

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The crown of Miss Universe has modified 9 instances over the route of its 67-yr history :

• Romanov Imperial Nuptial Crown (1952) because the first crown, become formerly owned by the now-defunct Russian monarchy. It turned into utilized by Armi Kuusela in 1952.

• Romanov Diadem Crown or Metal Bronze Crown (1953) — When Christiane Martel of France became Miss Universe 1953, the nuptial crown become replaced by way of a metallic bronze crown. She changed into the most effective Miss Universe titleholder to put on this crown.

• Star of the Universe (1954–1960) — This crown became used from 1954 to 1960. It turned into named as such due to the big name shape at the pinnacle of the crown. It is made from about 1,000 Oriental cultured and black pearls set in solid gold and platinum and handiest weighed 1.25 kilos. It was insured for US$500,000.

• Lady Rhinestone Crown or Coventry Crown (1961–2001) — This crown turned into only made from rhinestones, debuting in 1961 as part of the 10th anniversary of the Miss Universe competition. Only Marlene Schmidt from Germany and Norma Nolan from Argentina wore this crown. In 1963, famend jeweler Sarah Coventry reinvented the rhinestone crown which featured a woman figure (maintaining a scepter) as its essential centerpiece. The less expensive cost of its rhinestone design made it viable to create actual replicas of the crown to accept to outgoing titleholders. The design changed into slightly changed in 1973 for the wearer's comfort, and changed into dubbed as The Lady Crown. This turned into used until 2002, whilst Denise Quinones became its final crown holder earlier than relinquishing her position as Miss Universe, and the Mikimoto Pearl enterprise normal the provide to sponsor a commemorative crown for the Miss Universe Organization during the identical 12 months's 50th standard edition for the pageant.

• Mikimoto Crown (2002–2007; 2017–2018) — used from 2002 to 2007 for the 15th commemorative anniversary of the Miss Universe business enterprise, this crown changed into designed by using Tomohiro Yamaji for the Mikimoto Company, the legitimate jewel sponsor of the Miss Universe Organization. The crown depicted the phoenix growing, signifying popularity, power and beauty, as stipulated of their sponsorship deal. The crown has 500 herbal colorless diamonds of just about 30 carats (6.0 g), a 120 South Sea and Akoya pearls, ranging in length from 3 to 18 mm diameter and is valued at US$250,000. The crown changed into designed for the competition on Mikimoto Pearl Island in Japan with the Mikimoto crown and tiara being first used for Miss Universe 2002, which became unveiled with the aid of former proprietor Donald Trump. Among festival connoisseurs, the Mikimoto crown is seemingly the most sought amongst beauty identify holders, earlier than finally being retired for use after Catriona Gray became the final Miss Universe winner to ever use the crown on her reign until 2019.

• CAO Crown (2008) — In 2008, Dayana Mendoza of Venezuela turned into topped with a tiara designed by a tandem of Rosalina Lydster and Dang Kim Lien of CAO Fine Jewelry. The crown was worth US$120,000, turned into product of an 18 karat aggregate of white and yellow gold and composed of over 1,000 valuable stones, which include 555 white diamonds (30 carats), 375 cognac diamonds (14 carats), 10 smoky quartz crystals (20 carats) and 19 morganite gem stones (60 carats). The yellow lustre of the gold represents the prosperous thriving economy in Vietnam as symbolized by a Vietnamese Crane heron. However, Mendoza declined to use this crown and consequently insisted on the Mikimoto crown while she crowned her compatriot, Stefanía Fernández as her successor.

• Diamond Nexus Crown (2009–2013) — From 2009 to 2013, Diamond Nexus Labs made the Miss Universe crown. The crown is set with 1,371 gemstones, weighing a complete of 416.09 carats (83.218 g). It contains 544.31 grams of 14k and 18k white gold as well as platinum. The crown functions synthetic rubies to symbolize Miss Universe's HIV/AIDS schooling and recognition platform. Diamond Nexus Labs is the primary ever green Official Jeweler of Miss Universe and changed into decided on as a part of NBC Universal's "Green is Universal" initiative.

• DIC Crown (2014–2016) — From 2014 to 2016, Paulina Vega, Pia Wurtzbach, and Iris Mittenaere have been adorned with the DIC Crown, predicted to be worth US$300,000 and produced by using Czech employer Diamonds International Corporation (DIC). The complete manufacturing method took approximately 4 months and required the work of ten artisans. The crown is harking back to the Manhattan Skyline and consists of 311 diamonds, 5 portions of blue topaz, 198 pieces of blue sapphire, 33 portions of heat—fired crystals, and 220 grams of 18k karat white gold. The grand total weight of the crown is 411 grams. This crown changed into retired in 2017 due to a copyright infringement and subsequent price troubles between DIC and the Miss Universe Organization.

• Mouawad Power of Unity Crown (2019–present) — On December 5, 2019, the new jeweler of the Miss Universe Organization, Mouawad Jewelry, found out the Mouawad Crown that is expected to be well worth US$5 million, making it the sector's most highly-priced splendor competition crown on file. The crown includes Golden Canary Diamond that weighs 62.83 carat. According to Pascal Mouawad, the crown symbolizes Ambition, Diversity, Community, and Beauty.