Pageant observers Tita Lavinia and Norman Tinio return to give their take on the Philippines' Chelsea Manalo's preliminary performance as well as predict who will make the semifinals.

Miss Venezuela, Migbelis Castellanos, during the costume contest show during the 63rd Annual Miss Universe Competition in Miami, Florida. A three-hour special airs live on NBC on Sunday, Jan. 25 at 8/7c.

The 73rd Miss Universe competition will be hosted by Mario Lopez and Olivia Culpo and is at the Arena Ciudad de México. The reigning Miss Universe Sheynnis Palacios of Nicaragua will crown her successor.

This year’s Miss Universe competition will feature the largest number of participants in the history of the pageant with 125 entrants, surpassing the previous record of 94 competitors set in 2018. Here’s everything we know so far,