Welcome Dinner will be held at Palacio dos Bandeirantes
The pageant will start with the arrival of 85+ beauties from all over the world at Guarulhos airport on August 21-23. According to local reports, the first delegate to arrive will be Miss Ecuador, Claudia Schiess. While in Sao Paulo, the contestants will be staying at the 5-star Hilton Morumbi hotel, located in the western outskirt of the city. Morumbi is known as the local convention/trade area of the city with numerous hotels and meeting spaces.
The Welcome Event is expected to take place on August 24th, when Geraldo Alckmin, Governor of Sao Paulo will welcome the beauties at the Palacio dos Bandeirantes. Plans are also on board for visits to the beaches of Santos and Ilhabela all within the State of Sao Paulo.
The contestants will also take part in city tours including Avenida Paulista, Ibirapuera Park, and visits to the Jockey Club, Golf Club and even attending an auto racing event. The nights in the city will also be exciting as the beauties will be attending local bars, such as the Skye Bar and the Buddha Bar.
Official events for the pageant include the traditional National Gift Auction, as well as the National Costume Show, Presentation Show (Preliminaries), Dress Rehearsal and of course, the live telecast.
Sao Paulo is one hour ahead of Eastern Standard Time, meaning the telecast will take place from 10 pm to 12 am, local time. Don’t forget to take a jacket, as temperatures in the city during August/September can go down to 13C, with an average of 18-20 C during the day.
Key Dates for Miss Universe 2011 events
Aug. 21-23 Arrivals
September 6-7 Personality Interviews
September 8 Presentation Show / National Costume
September 12 Dress Rehearsal (2 pm) / Live Telecast (10 pm)
September 13 Departures
Keep in mind that September 7th is a national holiday; therefore most businesses will be closed.
i’m excited to watch miss universe pageant on tv.I’d love to go amd see it live in person,but i can’t afford it.If and when Canada will be a host country then’ll go.
What about the pre-arrival leaderboard? They said about a week ago that it was going to be published but still there’s nothing…
So the contestants are going to some beaches? I hope that nobody gets sick because it is winter. Doesn’t sound like a very exciting and glamorous destination. There’s a big difference between Rio and SP…and between summer and winter. I hope that the girls aren’t packing expecting warm Carnival-time weather, beaches, etc.
off course there is a difference, são paulo is better !!! we have the best hotels, restaurants, night clubs, we are the biggest city and most important to the economy, and our beaches are incredible beauties
I NOW ONE OF THE MEMBER OF THE “BRIC” IS KEEPING THE CROWM. BRAZIL, RUSSIA, INDIA OR CHINA.
well… only CHINA can do it!!!… any of the others you wrote there… sorry… China, USA, Kosovo and Australia are the girls to beat… maybe Argentina, Angola, Costa Rica or Malaysia… anyone…
I don’t think so, one of these three will bag the crwon: 1 USA 2 Mexico 3 Ukraine, the rest, sorry not even China.
Pete – I saw Miss Mexico in Houston and she will not be the next Miss Universe ….I even doubt if she makes the cut… One thing is to look at someone from a photo and another in person. She is very tall but not WOW in beauty… There are plenty of WOW contestants this year…Once the contestants begin their arrivals you will see what I am referring to.
VENEZUELA,KOSOVO, UCRANIA,CHINA,EE.UU , ANGOLA,COLOMBIA,BRAZIL …
I’m from Canada. At 13C, I’m wearing shorts and sandals.
DON´T WORRY , WILL LET TO SEE NEW MISS UNIVERSE IN 12 SEPTEMBER WILL BE BIG SURPRISE .CONGRATULATIONS ALL CONTRY, WELL COME TO BRAZIL
USA, Ukraine, China, Costa Rica and Kosovo my top 5!!!
So the Presentation Show and National Costume Show will be held together on the same night at the same venue, one after another!
I remember that the last time this happened was back in 2006, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
yeah mazen! must defenitely. you can seat your little ass that night and wait for venezuela to win again. no latin country is taking the crown this year!
USA, Philippines, Angola, PR and Venezuela are my bets
Australia, Costa Rica, China, and Kosovo followed by Angola, Bahamas, Holland, Argentina, Finland, and Ukraine to make top 10. The regulars (Venezuela, PR, USA, Dom Rep) and home country (Brazil) for top 15 and Philippines, Thailand, Ghana, Malaysia, and Peru for surprise semifinal picks.
ASIAN POWER WILL ROCK!
Costa Rica,Israel,U.S.A.,Trinidad&Tobago,Angola,Philippines,Australia,Argentina,Finland and Puerto Rico…..they are the top ten
i haven’t seen d photos of all contestants, but right now there’s only 3 who i think are best bets for the crown: USA, Alyssa Campanella; Kosovo, Aferdita Dreshaj; and Malaysia, Deborah Priya Henry. there’s a dozen others actually who can beat any of these three, but it all boils down on the Presentation Show and the Personality Interviews, and the particular tastes and biases of the Preliminary panel of judges. i don’t think the winner will come from Donald Trump and MUO’s choices come pageant night, unless she’s also among the judges’ pick. nevertheless, batch 2011 is a very competitive batch but expect come coronation night that only two or three would stand out in the eyes of the Final telecast judges
hope & pray that either miss colombia, or philippines will be the 2011 miss universe.
THE PHILIPPINES is silent as this moment but remember its like a ball rolling we cant say that the strong contenders will be consistent to the pageant night. Many surprises awaits. and I’m pretty sure Philippines is one of much awaited surprise..
“YOU ARE THE NEW MISS UNIVERSE MISS PHILIPPINES SHAMCEY SUPSUP!!!”
psssttttttt….what’s out for the Philippines, she has the total package for MU ’11..miss USA, miss brazil and miss russia too…
Can’t wait to see Miss Philippines being crowned by Ximena.
I am Brazilian, but I found a mistake to have chosen the city of São Paulo to host for the 2011 MUniverso therefore has many attractions as the city of Rio de Janeiro or even some cities in the Northeast with its beaches which are tropical paradises or even have the option of taking the state of Amazonas beautiful nature and rich that there exists for a more beautiful with the great rivers and forests that have, in addition, five star hotels and stunning visuals. Sao Paulo is capital to enjoy the nightlife with great restaurants, theaters and beaches are not as beautiful as the ones in northeast Brazil. But do what ????? Mr. Trump always looking for great investment ….
Top five: Miss Bolivia, Miss Dominican Republic, Miss China, Miss Netherlands, and Miss Curacao.
Miss Paraguay : Miss Universe 2011
2010 was already a tough batch and anyone can win then… it’s even tougher now… especially with 90 DELEGATES competing!
Go Shamcey!!! Go Philippines!!!! woot woot!!!!:)
actually I would love to see miss Philippines to win. they really take the whole beauty pageant thing very seriously and they really work very hard and they deserve it too.
This will surely be an incredibly exciting event…. and a highly competitive one too. Can’t wait for you guys to start posting the leaderboards – hurry up please — Let all the fun begin !!!!!
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE MISS UNIVERSE IN LIVE,BUT I LIVE VERY FAR AND I WORK ,THE FINILISTS ARE PERU,BRAZIL,USA,VENEZUELA
pretty sure miss PHILIPPINES is one of the finalist…
so far my bets are Misses USA, Kosovo, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Angola and Malaysia… i hope our representative from the Philippines Shamcey Supsup will be among the semi-finalists, though she’s not my favorite.
3 WEEKS PRE-ARRIVAL FAVOTITES: MY TOP 15 3 WEEKS PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF DELEGATES:
Angola Brazil Canada Colombia DominicanRepublic Finland Ghana Italy Mexico Pto.Rico
Russia Spain Ukraine Usa Venezuela. America has 8 of my 15 favorites and Europe has
5 favs while Africa has 2 and Asia 0. I hope Asia is in the TOP 15 with at least 1.