The Miss Universe pageant will take place at the Crocus Hall in Moscow, Russia this November 9 where 87 delegates from different countries that will battle it out to win the title and the crown. Among the 87 delegates, only the top 5 among these beautiful ladies will be able to showcase their intelligence to be able to win the crown.

Here are among the top 5 candidates that seem to be making a lot of noise lately and seem to be the few that would be able to bring home the crown for their countries.

Colombia - Lucia Aldana

Bolivia - Alexia Viruez

Philippines - Ariella Arida

Switzerland - Dominique Rinderknecht

Russia - Elmira Abradazakova

Miss Colombia, 21 years old, was born in Cali, Colombia and is a model. Miss Bolivia, Alexia Viruez is 20 years old and will represent Bolivia in this year's Miss Universe pageant. One of the crowd favorites and consistent entries when it comes to the top 5 candidates of the Miss Universe is Miss Philippines, Ariella Arida. Miss Switzerland, Dominique Rinderknecht, who is making waves right now because of her short hair is now a crowd favorite as well.

Russia's pride, Miss Rusia, Elmira Abradazakova, has a huge chance of making it into the top 5 as her country will be hosting this year's Miss Universe pageant. Among the top 5 candidates, who do you think would be able to bag the crown? It seems that it would be a hard choice as all the candidates are stunningly beautiful and should get a piece of the Miss Universe crown.

Miss Philippines and Miss Switzerland seem to be the crowd favorites of this year's Miss Universe pageant. Will these two be competing against each other to get the crown? It does seem likely, we shall just have to wait and see if the Philippines will finally win the title this year; or will Miss Switzerland bring home the title and the crown?

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