Grand Slam Ranking and Country of the Year 2010
2010: ANALYSING THE MAIN CHANGES IN THE GRAND SLAM RANKING DURING THE PAST YEAR
Venezuela overtook the lead of the Miss International Ranking after conquering its 6th title! The USA fell to the 2nd place;
After 30 years, Germany placed among the semi-finalists of Miss World, returning to the Top 10;
Guatemala went 7 notches up after placing in the top 10 of Miss Universe, going from 64th to 71st;
Botswana, 72nd, also jumped significantly after placing 2nd in Miss World: up 9 notches;
Slovenia, 99th, up 19, was the best mover of the year. Its representative placed 3rd in Miss Supranational.
Miss World Ranking in 2010 (Top 20): 1-England / UK 2-United States 3-Venezuela 4-South Africa 5-India 6-Jamaica 7-Australia 8-Israel 9-Sweden 10-France 11-Germany 12-Brazil 13-Austria 14-Finland 15-Argentina 16-Ireland 17-Netherlands 18-Iceland 19-Denmark 20-Colombia.
Miss Universe Ranking in 2010 (Top 20): 1-United States 2-Venezuela 3-Sweden 4-Puerto Rico 5-Brazil 6-Colombia 7-Finland 8-India 9-Japan 10-Australia 11-Mexico 12-Germany 13-Philippines 14-South Africa 15-Israel 16-Canada 17-England / UK 18-Spain 19-Greece 20-Norway.
Miss International Ranking in 2010 (Top 20): 1-Venezuela 2-United States 3-Spain 4-Philippines 5-Colombia 6-England / UK 7-Japan 8-Finland 9-Australia 10-Brazil 11-Korea 12-Poland 13-Germany 14-France 15-India 16-Mexico 17-Norway 18-Iceland 19-Israel 20-Greece.
Miss Supranational Ranking in 2010 (Top 20): 1-Panama and Ukraine 3-Poland 4-Peru 5-Honduras 6-Belarus and Czech Republic 8-Slovenia 9-Brazil and Greece 11-England / UK and Thailand; 13-Bahamas, Croatia Moldova, Slovakia, and Taiwan 18-Kazakhstan and Vietnam, 20-Albania.
COUNTRY OF THE YEAR 2010: VENEZUELA
Not even missing the cut in Miss Universe with the very regal Marelisa Gibson, which was a major upset, prevented Venezuela to kick off the 2010's as Country of the Year! Ana Elizabeth Mosquera won another Miss International title for Venezuela and became the second black woman to succeed in the Japanese event. Adriana Vasini took "bronze" in Miss World, while Laksmi Rodríguez was a semi-finalist in Miss Supranational.
Mexico came 2nd after winning its second Miss Universe crown, with Jimena Navarrete, followed by the USA, after it succeed in Miss World, held in China, with Alexandria Mills.
This is how the top nations of 2010 scored in the Grand Slam Ranking that year:
1) Venezuela (4226 points);
2) Mexico (3003);
3) United States (3002).
Top 5: Panama (2753) and Thailand (2276).