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Loredana Salanță was crowned Miss Universe Romania 2024 during the national competition held on Wednesday, September 25 at the Kong restaurant in Bucharest. The 33-year-old film and fashion editor from Bistriţa beat 24 other beauties to win the opportunity to represent Romania at Miss Universe 2024 in Mexico this November. Andreea Ioana Stan was named first runner-up while Raisa Mitruti, Alexandra Elena Miu, and Antonia Iftime were the second, third, and fourth runners-up, respectively. This year's event marked the return of Romania to the Miss Universe pageant. The country's last participation was in 2021 with Carmina Cotfas. The new Miss Universe Romania has made history as the first mother and married woman to win the national title. She also became the oldest titleholder since age limits were removed by the Miss Universe Organization (MUO). No stranger to pageantry, Loredana is a former Miss World Romania who participated in Miss World 2009 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Sh

Denisse Vivienne Andor has been officially announced as Miss Grand Romania 2023 and will compete in Miss Grand International 2023 in Vietnam this October. The 28-year-old tourism graduate with master's degrees in English studies and translation previously joined Miss Grand Spain 2023 where she represent Almería and placed third runner-up. In 2018, she was named Miss Earth Romania and went to participate in Miss Earth 2018 pageant held in the Philippines where she placed in the Top 18. The new Miss Grand Romania is described as someone ambitious, hard-working, competitive, and persevering woman. Her passions include dancing, fashion, and sports. Denisse moved to Spain at age 16 and enjoyed learning about other cultures. Today, she speaks five languages — Spanish, English, French, some German, and of course Romanian. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Denisse Andor (@denissevivienne) Photos: Miss Grand International, Christian Sánchez / X Graphy

The Miss Universe Romania organization has released an official statement that they will not send a representative to the 71st Miss Universe (Miss Universe 2022) pageant. "After much deliberation, we regret to inform you that we had to put a pause on this year's edition of Miss Universe Romania," the organization wrote. "We were looking forward to the boot camp week, the grand final, and choosing our 3rd consecutive queen, after Miss Bianca and Miss Carmina. Unfortunately, due to new events that we could not anticipate, our plans have changed," the organization further explains. Miss Universe Romania plans to return to the Miss Universe competition next year. The reigning titleholder is a history student and model from Cluj-Napoca, Carmina Elena Olimpia Coftas. She competed during the 70th Miss Universe pageant in Eilat, Israel last December. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Miss Universe Romania (@missuniverseromania.official) P

Carmina Elena Olimpia Coftas was crowned Miss Universe Romania 2021 in a national competition held in Bucharest on Saturday, August 28. The 20-year-old history student and model from Cluj-Napoca was born and raised in Târgu Mureș. Working as a television and radio producer since the beginning of this year, she interviewed well-known doctors to advocate the importance of healthcare through social media. Julia Tisza and Vivien Bungardean were the first and second runners-up respectively while Delia Bulgaru and Emma Trache completed the Top 5 finalists. Carmina succeeds last year's titleholder Bianca Tirsin and will represent her country Romania at the 70th Miss Universe (Miss Universe 2021) pageant in Eilat, Israel later this year. "I am very excited and deeply honored to be part of the Miss Universe Romania family and I can't wait to all of you there," she said. Photos: Miss Universe Romania