Meet the Miss Universe 2009 contestants!

You can vote for your favourite -- not necessarily the candidate representing your country, but who you think is most deserving in terms of appearance.

Over the course of the next one week, we'll feature 14 contestants each day. Take the everyday polls and once we've narrowed it down to the top 10 most popular beauties, cast your vote for who you think should win!

Miss Albania

Name: Hasna Xhukici

Age: 21

Height: 5'9"

Hasna hails from Fier in Southwest Albania and speaks fluent Albanian, English, Spanish.

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Age: 23

Height: 6'

This green-eyed beauty's hometown is Buenos Aires and she speaks fluent Spanish.

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Age: 21

Height: 5'9"

Ravishing Rachael's from Townsville in Queensland. Last year, Miss Australia 2008 Laura Dundovic made it to the final top 10 in the pageant. Think she's got the potential to match up or fare better?

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Age: 21

Height: 5'6"

Sultry stunner Kiara's from Freeport in the Bahamas and speaks fluent English.

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Age: 19

Height: 5'9"

Drooling yet? Sizzling Zeynep speaks four languages -- French, English, Dutch and Turkish. Her hometown is the beautiful city of Brussels.

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Age: 22

Height: 5'11"

Dominique lives in Cochabamba, a central Bolivian city and knows fluent Spanish and French.

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Age: 25

Height: 5'9"

From Natal in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte, lovely Larissa has striking green eyes and speaks Portuguese and Spanish.

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Age: 19

Height: 5'8"

This curly-haired cutie is from Dve Mogili in the Rousse Province of Bulgaria. She speaks both Bulgarian and English.

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Age: 23

Height: 5'9"

Mariana calls Richmond Hill in Southern Ontario her home. She is fluent in four langiages -- English, Portuguese, French and Spanish.

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Age: 26

Height: 5'9"

From George Town, the capital of the Cayman Islands, Nicosia is a beauty with brains -- she holds two bachelor's degrees in Economics and Political Science. She has also served as a youth ambassador representing the islands and is a top athlete.

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Age: 18

Height: 5'11"

Pretty Jingyao's hometown is Qingdao in the Shandong Province of China. She speaks only Chinese, but hey -- we're not complaining!

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Age: 20

Height: 5'8"

Miss Colombia bagged the first runner-up position in the Miss Universe pageant last year, so that's a lot of pressure on Michelle -- but the auburn-haired stunner looks up to it! She hails from Popay n in Cauca and speaks Spanish, English and French.

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Age: 21

Height: 5'9"

Curvy Jessica is from Moravia in the province of San Jose and speaks Spanish.

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Age: 20

Height: 5'10"

From the city of Split, statuesque Sarah speaks Croatian and English.

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