Lesser known facts: Miss Universe pageant (2024)

Youngest and oldest Miss Universe: Brooke Lee is the oldest Miss Universe , who won the title at the age of 26 years and 128 days; while Finland's Armi Kuusela is the youngest Miss Universe, who won the title at the age of 17 years and 303 days.

Tallest and Shortest Miss Universe: Amelia Vega, Miss Universe 2003 was the tallest beauty queen. She measured a whopping 6'1"; whereas there is a tie between two beauty queens for being the shortest winner. Luz Marina Zuluaga, Miss Universe 1958 and Apasra Hongsakula, Miss Universe 1965 both measured 5'4".

Consecutive winners: Miss Universe:The history was created by Venezuela in 2009 by becoming the first and the only country to win the title for consecutive years. Dayana Mendoza, Miss Universe 2008 and Stefania Farnandez, Miss Universe 2009 where the two Venezuelan beauty queens who created history.

Longest gap between wins: Japan has won the Miss Universe title twice. The first time when Akiko Kojima became Miss Universe 1959. Japan won the next Miss Universe title after 48 years when Riyo Mori was crowned the winner in 2007. Now that is what we call patience.

Miss Universe Rankings :Taking the number of wins into account, USA stands first with 8 wins, Followed by Venezuela (7 wins) and Puerto Rico ( 5 wins).