Delegates representing 94 countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant ; six of these delegates were appointed to their titles after an audition process or other internal selection ( British Virgin Islands , China , Denmark , Hungary , Laos , and Uruguay ) , three were appointed as replacements after the original titleholder was unable to compete because of commitments to Miss World 2018 and had placed as runners-up in the national pageant ( Belgium , France , and Poland ) , and the remainder were selected as the winners of national pageants . However , reports have been unclear regarding whether Begimay Karybekova of Kyrgyzstan won a national title or was appointed to her title after an internal selection . The 2018 edition saw the debuts of Armenia , Kyrgyzstan , and Mongolia , while Belize , Denmark , Greece , Hungary , Kenya , Kosovo , and Switzerland returned to the competition ; Greece had not competed since 2015 , while the others had not competed since 2016 . Austria , Ethiopia , Iraq , Romania , Slovenia , and Tanzania all withdrew from the competition after their franchise owners lost their Miss Universe licenses , or a national pageant was simply not held for another reason . Guyana was disqualified from participating by the Miss Universe Organization due to controversy regarding " nasty emails " and " death threats " sent to the organization over a dispute regarding their delegate in 2017 , while Trinidad and Tobago also withdrew after they had announced no pageant would be held , despite Martrecia Alleyne having been crowned Miss Universe Trinidad and Tobago 2018 at their 2017 national pageant . Due to visa and transportation issues , Marie Esther Bangura of Sierra Leone arrived in Bangkok after registration had ended and was barred from participating ; she was allowed to view the competition in the audience , and was personally invited to compete in Miss Universe 2019
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Miss Universe 2018