Miss Universe Curacao 2016 is Chanelle De Lau

Chanelle De Lau was crowned Miss Universe Curacao 2016 on October 2, 2016. She will have the opportunity to represent her island at the 2016 Miss Universe Pageant in the Philippines on January 30, 2016.

Pia Wurtzbach will crown her successor at the end of the event.

Last year Kanisha Sluis made history for Curacao when she made the Top 10 at the 2015 Miss Universe Pageant in Las Vegas. Curaçao had sent contestants to Miss Universe since 1963 with Philomena Zielinki, the second Miss Curaçao. Of all the 48 representatives from the island, 5 of them have placed in the semifinals.