(L-R) Top row: Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Czech Republic; Middle row: Jamaica, Philippines, South Africa; Bottom row: Cayman Islands, Poland, Ecuador

(L-R) Top row: Mexico, USA, Australia; Middle row: Brazil,Thailand, Angola ; Bottom row: Japan, Malaysia, Guatemala

After MUO released the Official Swimsuit Portraits of the 89 Miss Universe delegates, I immediately buckled down to some individual analysis and came up with my early favorites. I couldn’t limit the same to just sixteen (16) heads, so here are the eighteen (18) I’m really liking so far.

And they are:

Bodine Koehler, Puerto Rico
Irene Esser, Venezuela
Tereza Chlebovska, Czech Republic
Chantal Zaky, Jamaica
Janine Tugonon, Philippines
Melinda Bam, South Africa
Lindsay Japal, Cayman Islands
Marcelina Zawadzka, Poland
Carolina Aguirre, Ecuador
Karina Gonzalez, Mexico
Olivia Culpo, USA
Renae Ayris, Australia
Gabriela Markus, Brazil
Farida Waller, Thailand
Marcelina Vahekeni, Angola
Ayako Hara, Japan
Kimberley Leggett, Malaysia
Laura Godoy, Guatemala

I must admit that there are a couple of ladies I did not include here, but deserve to be mentioned as well since they occupied 19th and 20th on my list – Adrola Dushi, Albania and Camilla Solorzano, Argentina.

Let’s see how things will shape up for these ladies in the next seven days. I’m pretty sure some adjustments will still happen as December 19 draws very near.

How about you, dear readers, care to share your favorites? 🙂