Miss Universe 2014 is Miss Colombia Paulina Vega.
Miss Universe 2014
Miss Colombia Paulina Vega is 22 years old and she stands 5'9." From Barranquilla, the hometown of Sofia Vergara and Shakira, she speaks both English and Spanish. She is the granddaughter of the legendary tenor Gatsón Vega. She is also the granddaughter of Miss Atlántico 1953 Elvira Castillo.
First Runner-Up
Miss USA Nia Sanchez is 24 years old and she stands 5'8." She is from Las Vegas and half Hispanic although she was born and raised in Sacramento until she was seven. She moved to Europe to become a nanny after high school. She has been to Austria, Switzerland the Middle East.
Second Runner-Up
Miss Ukraine Diana Harkusha is 20 years old and she stands 5'9." She is from Kharkiv and speaks three languages, Ukranian, Russian and English. Aside from Miss Ukraine Universe 2014, she also won Miss Artek 2008, Etnokoroleva Slobozhanshchiny 2011, Miss Kharkiv 2012, and Miss International 2013. In 2011, she attended Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University. Currently, she works as a model.
Third Runner-Up
Miss Netherlands Yasmin Verheijen is 20 years old and she stands 5'11." She hails from Amsterdam, one of the oldest cities in the world and speaks three languages, Dutch, German and English.
Fourth Runner-Up
Miss Jamaica Kaci Fennell is 22 years old and she stands 5'9."At 19, she started her modelling career. It has been her dream to become a beauty queen since she was seven. She was in inspired by Jamaica's first semi-finalist at Miss Universe, Sandra Foster. At a very young age, she wanted to follow in Foster's footsteps to represent her country. Little did she know she would do even better.
Responsible for the Miss Universe 2014 results are the telecast judging panel composed of Manny Pacquiao, Desean Jackson, Rob Dyrdek, William Levy Giancarlo Cruz Michael Stanton, Emilio Estefan, Lisa Vanderpump, Kristin Cavallari, Louise Roe and Nina Garcia.