National director of Mexico (Lupita Jones), Philippines (Shamcey Supsup), Vietnam (Trần Việt Bảo Hoàng), Venezuela (Gabriela Isler) and Colombia (Natalie Ackermann). |
Behind the glamorous pageants and contestants, national director's role is essential to the success of each candidate in an international pageant. They are responsible of sending a candidate and make sure that the needs of their representative is fully taken care of: from dress, evening gowns, makeup and even plane tickets.
Being a national director has corresponding cost as well. In an article by Sashes and Scripts, it is said that the Miss Universe pageant franchise varies from country to country. Smaller countries who have little competition in their hometown for a rival pageant could pay around US$ 10,000 for the annual fee. And if a country wins the MU title, they are exempt from paying the franchise fee the subsequent year.
Here are the complete list of the Miss Universe national directors* as of the recently concluded Miss Universe pageant on May 16, 2021.
- Albania: Eduart Dedaj
- Angola: Comite Miss Angola
- Argentina: Producciones Venzar MU C.A.
- Armenia: Gohar Harutyunyan
- Aruba: Star Promotion
- Australia: Pink Tank Events Pty. Ltd.
- Bahamas: Anthony Smith
- Bangladesh: Off Track Events & Advertising
- Barbados: Crown Events Inc.
- Belgium: Darline Devos-Comite MB
- Belize: Romeo Escobar
- Bolivia: Promociones Gloria
- Brazil: Wintech Ventures Limited
- British Virgin Islands: Alesia Hamm
- Bulgaria: Bok Star Models
- Cambodia: C.I.M.R Cambodia International Models
- Cameroon: Comite D'Organisation Miss Cameroun
- Canada: Denis M. Davila
- Cayman Islands: Ministry of District Admin, Tourism & Transport
- Chile: Eugenio Manzur Galeb
- China: Yue-Sai Kan
- Colombia: Miss Universe Colombia SAS
- Costa Rica: Televisora De Costa Rica S.A.
- Croatia: Vladimir Kraljevic
- Curacao: Curacao Tourist Board
- Czech Republic: Miss Events A.S.
- Denmark: Lisa Lents
- Dominican Republic: Magali Febles
- Ecuador: Maria Del Carmen Sanchez De Aguayo
- El Salvador: Reinado De El Salvador, Inc.
- Finland: Finnartist Oy
- France: Miss France Organisation
- Ghana: Malz Promotions
- Great Britain: Paula Abbandonato/Vibe
- Haiti: Sabine Desir
- Honduras: Producciones Carimaxx
- Iceland: Pageant Smart, LLC
- India: Bennett, Coleman & Co, Ltd.
- Indonesia: Putri K. Wardani, MBA
- Ireland: Moxie Media Productions Limited
- Israel: Laisha Women's Magazine
- Italy: A.S.C. Mediaseven
- Jamaica: Uzuri International, Ltd.
- Japan: MY Group CO., Ltd.
- Kazakhstan: PF National Beauty Contest "Miss Kazakhstan"
- Korea: PJP Co., Ltd.
- Kosovo: Eduart Dedaj
- Laos: Miss Lao Co, Ltd.
- Malaysia: Beyond Entity SDN BHD
- Malta: Glow Promotions
- Mauritius: Nevin Rupear
- Mexico: Instituto Casa Lamat, S.A. DE C.V.
- Myanmar: Soe Yu Wai
- Nepal: Adam Plus Company LLC
- Netherlands: Hannah Sirc
- Nicaragua: Silhuetas, S.A.
- Nigeria: Silverbird Productions Ltd.
- Norway: Motivaction A/S
- Panama: Organizacion Senorita Panama S.A.
- Paraguay: Promociones Gloria
- Peru: Grupo D'Elite
- Philippines: Empire Philippines Holdings, Inc.
- Poland: Nowa Scena SP. Z O.O.
- Portugal: MMRP Beleza Por Uma Causa
- Puerto Rico: Televicentro of Puerto Rico, LLC.
- Romania: Daniel Popa
- Russia: Miss Russia National Beauty Contest
- Singapore: The Empire Philippines Artist Management, Inc.
- Slovak Republic: Silvia Lakatosova
- South Africa: Weil Entertainment (PTY) Ltd.
- Spain: Crescencio Gomez Olmo
- Thailand: TPN Global Co., Ltd.
- Ukraine: Anna Filimonova
- Uruguay: Cerri Entertainment
- USA: IMG Universe, LLC DBA/ Miss Universe Organization
- Venezuela: Coneventos Publishing C.A.
- Vietnam: SG Unicorp - Sai Gon Universe Corporation
*Source: 69th Miss Universe souvenir program book