page_title: Miss Universe 2009
hierarchical_section_title: Miss Universe 2009
caption_attribution_description: English: Stefanía Fernández, Miss Universe 2010 at US Open 2009.
context_page_description: Miss Universe 2009, the 58th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 23 August at the Imperial Ballroom in Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau, The Bahamas. Stefanía Fernández of Venezuela was crowned by Dayana Mendoza, also of Venezuela, at the end of the event, marking the first and only time in Miss Universe history that a country has won back-to-back titles.
  84 contestants competed in this year. On 22 August, Jewel Selver representing Turks and Caicos Islands withdrew from the pageant due to illness. Only 83 contestants competed in the final.
context_section_description: Miss Universe 2009, the 58th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 23 August at the Imperial Ballroom in Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau, The Bahamas. Stefanía Fernández of Venezuela was crowned by Dayana Mendoza, also of Venezuela, at the end of the event, marking the first and only time in Miss Universe history that a country has won back-to-back titles.
  84 contestants competed in this year. On 22 August, Jewel Selver representing Turks and Caicos Islands withdrew from the pageant due to illness (dehydration). Only 83 contestants competed in the final.
caption: Miss Universe 2009, Stefanía Fernández
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