Ninety-three women are vying for the title of Miss Universe 2017.
The 66th Miss Universe Pageant will take place in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday and features the most women competing for the title in pageant history.
Steve Harvey and Ashley Graham are hosting, while Fergie and Rachel Platten will perform. Fans can watch the competition live Sunday at 7 p.m. ET on Fox.
Taking a look at this year's competitors, we've picked 20 of this year's front runners based on social media popularity, their goals as Miss Universe, Las Vegas betting odds, and personal opinion.
Meet the 20 contestants you should keep an eye on during this year's pageant.
Maria Poonlertlarp is Miss Thailand.
The 25-year-old from Bangkok has a bachelor's degree in international business management and a master's in marketing. She works to promote safe-sex practices for teens in Thailand. She's also passionate about the environment and strives to educate people on the importance of protecting it.
Kára McCullough is Miss USA.
The 26-year-old from Washington D.C. works as a scientist for the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Having earned her bachelor's degree in chemistry, with a concentration in radiochemistry, McCullough works to promote STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) programs for kids. She started a community outreach program called "Science Exploration for Kids."
Miss USA did cause some controversy when she called herself an "equalist" instead of a "feminist" at the Miss USA Pageant.
She told INSIDER that she didn't take back her words and elaborated on her idea.
"The word feminism means different things to different generations, different groups of people, gender, I mean, it's different across every aspect of life," she said. "That is why I just wanted to classify and just change the word to equalist. Using the word equalism."
Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters is Miss South Africa.
The 22-year-old earned a degree in business management and developed a program, called Unbreakable, to help train women in self-defense. She was inspired by a personal experience shortly after being crowned Miss South Africa where she was held at gunpoint and robbed.
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