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 The Miss Universe Organisation has announced the five-member panel of judges who will choose this year’s winner on July 14 and the names of the jury board of the preliminary competition scheduled for July 8 night.
The July 8 event will see 80 contestants participate in the formal gown and bathing suit competitions, from which only 15 semi-finalists will be chosen. The esteemed panel of judges for the finale are: Australian Jennifer Hawkins, the winner of the 2004 Miss Universe; Donald John Trump Jr, the Trump Organisation’s executive vice president and scion of the famed real estate developer Donald Trump; Roberto Cavalli, the internationally acclaimed Italian fashion designer; Louis Licari, one of the world’s foremost hair experts and Nadine Velasquez, one of the hottest actresses and models in the US.
The celebrity packed jury will decide the ultimate fate of the semi finalists on July 14 in a televised event to be broadcast live on the American TV channel NBC. Meanwhile, the judging panel for the preliminary event boasts eight members: Rosalina Tran Lydster, Adel Chabbi, Leigh Rossini, Dean Mcfliker, Dave Tomberlin, Fred Howard, Thuy Tran, and Nguyen Cong Khe. While Lydster is the celebrated Vietnamese expatriate jewellery-designer who co-designed the new Miss Universe Crown, Chabbi is the well known French-born hair-dresser.
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