Miss Universe Bahamas
national beauty pageant competition in The Bahamas
Miss Bahamas Universe or Miss Universe Bahamas is a national beauty pageant that selects The Bahamas representative to the Miss Universe pageant.
History
Miss Universe Bahamas was established in 2008 by Tom Youth and Andy Odenbach in the Bahamas. The Miss Universe representatives from the Bahamas were previously selected by the Miss Bahamas pageant.
Organizers
The Miss Bahamas Committee ran the pageant for 40 years. In 2002, the franchise for the Miss Universe pageant was awarded to Theophilus Fritz and Gaynell Rolle who ran it until 2009. In 2010, the Miss Bahamas Organization (MBO) headed by journalist Michelle Malcolm was awarded the franchise for Miss Universe. At the time, MBO, which was formed in 2006, and had produced the Miss World Bahamas pageant since the year 2007.
After receiving the Miss Universe franchise, MBO combined the Miss World and Miss Universe systems into one local pageant, crowning one winner who would compete in both pageants. This was the first time in The Bahamas that the license for both Miss Universe and Miss World were held by the same organization. Braneka Bassett competed in Miss Universe in 2010 and went unplaced.
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