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丹青小姐维多利亚·凯尔·泰尔维格获得2024年环球小姐选美桂冠
维多利亚·凯尔·泰尔维格在2024年环球小姐竞赛中一举夺冠，成为首位获得环球小姐桂冠的丹麦佳丽。
这位21岁的选手是一名有竞争力的舞蹈爱好者、企业家，并想成为一名有抱负的律师。她周六晚上在墨西哥城举行的比赛中击败其他120多名选手，赢得本年度选美大赛冠军。
在其他参赛选手的赞美掌声中，前环球小姐冠军，尼加拉瓜小姐谢恩尼斯·帕拉西奥斯将桂冠戴到她的头上。
今年的总决赛由影视明星《救命下课铃》主演马里奥·洛佩兹和前环球小姐奥利维亚·卡尔波主持。著名歌手罗宾·西克登台献唱。
大赛经过全体选手参加的令人眼花缭乱的华丽民族服装比赛，30选手参加的泳装半决赛和12名选手参加的晚礼服比赛。最后选出的五名选手参加决赛，展示她们的才艺，并进入包括领导力和韧性等一系列问题的问答环节。当被问及如果没有人品头论足她的生活会不会有任何改变时，泰尔维格告诉评审团，她不会改变任何事情，表示“我会过好每一天。"当被问及她会对观众说些什么时，泰尔维格敦促观众“继续战斗……无论你来自哪里。"她说：“我今天站在这里是因为我想要改变，我想创造历史，这就是我今晚要做的事情。”
泰尔维格以其在问答环节的机智而富有哲理回答打动了评委
尼日利亚的奇迪玛·阿德什娜获得亚军，墨西哥的玛丽亚·费南达·贝尔特兰获得季军，泰国的苏恰塔获得第四名，28岁的委内瑞拉母亲伊莲娜·马尔克斯·佩德罗获得第五名，她也是环球小姐大赛允许28岁以上女性参赛以来首次获得前五名的年龄最大的女性。
今年是环球小姐72年的历史上首次允许28岁以上女性参加比赛，超过两打的决赛选手超过了28岁，其中马耳他的阿特丽斯·恩乔亚成为第一个也是唯一一个40多岁进入总决赛的参赛佳丽。
因越来越多的舆论要求选美比赛实现现代化，原来的年龄限制被取消，在2023年的比赛之前，环球小姐组织还取消了长期以来不允许孕妇、母亲以及已经或曾经结婚的女性参加比赛的规定。
每个国家的代表都是通过由环球小姐组织授权的当地选美比赛选出的选手。在今年的比赛中，以玛丽安妮拉·安切塔为代表的古巴队自1967年以来首次参加环球小姐大赛。包括白俄罗斯、厄立特里亚和阿拉伯联合酋长国也第一次选派了选手。
在今年决赛的筹备阶段，一些国家的选美比赛出现了争议。比如，因参加南非环球小姐比赛的阿德特希娜被发现拥有尼日利亚国籍，从而在南非引发一波仇外情绪。她因而被迫退出南非选美比赛，并在后来成为尼日利亚的选手。
Denmark’s Victoria Kjær Theilvig wins Miss Universe 2024. By Jessie Yeung and Oscar Holland, CNN. November 17, 2024.
Miss Denmark, Victoria Kjær Theilvig, is crowned Miss Universe 2024 in the 73rd Miss Universe Competition in Mexico City on November 16, 2024.
Victoria Kjær Theilvig of Denmark has been crowned Miss Universe 2024, becoming the first Dane to ever win the competition.
The 21-year-old, a competitive dancer, entrepreneur, and aspiring lawyer, beat more than 120 other contestants to win the annual beauty pageant in Mexico City on Saturday night.
She was applauded by other contestants on stage as she accepted the tiara from reigning titleholder Sheynnis Palacios of Nicaragua.
This year’s finale featured a performance by singer Robin Thicke and was hosted by “Saved by the Bell” star Mario Lopez and former Miss Universe Olivia Culpo.
The glitzy pageant began with contestants being narrowed down to a shortlist of 30, based on the results of Thursday’s preliminary event, which included a flamboyant national costume contest. The semi-finalists then paraded in swimwear, before 12 of them advanced to an evening gown contest.
The final five contestants later faced questions on a range of topics, including leadership and resilience. When asked how she would live differently if nobody would judge her, Theilvig told the judges she wouldn’t change anything, saying, “I live by each day.”
When later asked what she would say to those watching, Theilvig urged viewers to “keep fighting … no matter where you come from.”
“I stand here today because I want a change, I want to make history, and that’s what I’m doing tonight,” she said.
Chidimma Adetshina of Nigeria finished as first runner-up and Maria Fernanda Beltran of Mexico was named second runner-up. Suchata Chuangsri of Thailand and Ileana Marquez Pedroza of Venezuela followed – with Pedroza, a 28-year-old mother, making history in the top five after the competition removed several restrictions in recent years.
This year marked the first time in Miss Universe’s 72-year history that women aged over 28 were permitted to enter. More than two dozen of the finalists were older than would have been allowed in previous years, with Malta’s Beatrice Njoya becoming the first and only woman in her 40s to reach the grand finale.
The age limit’s removal came amid growing calls for the pageant to modernize. Ahead of 2023’s contest, the Miss Universe Organization also lifted a longstanding ban on pregnant women or mothers, and women who are — or ever have been — married.
Theilvig participates in the Miss Universe competition at Arena Ciudad de Mexico in Mexico City on November 16, 2024.
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Delegates for each country were selected via local pageants that license local rights from the Miss Universe Organization. This year’s contest saw Cuba, represented by Marianela Ancheta, take part in Miss Universe for the first time since 1967. Several countries, including Belarus, Eritrea and the United Arab Emirates.
Some national-level contests were marred by controversies in the build-up to this year’s final — including Miss Universe South Africa, which saw Adetshina quit the competition (and later be selected to represent Nigeria) after questions around her nationality sparked a wave of xenophobic hostility.