The Top 5 finalists at the Miss Universe 2009 pageant were:
Miss Universe 2009: Venezuela, Stefanía Fernández
First Runner-up: Dominican Republic, Ada Aimée de la Cruz
Second Runner-up: Kosovo, Marigona Dragusha
Third Runner-up: Australia, Rachael Finch
Fourth Runner-up: Puerto Rico, Mayra Matos

The Top 10 finalists at the Miss Universe 2009 pageant were:
Czech Republic, Iveta Lutovská
France, Chloé Mortaud
South Africa, Tatum Keshwar
Switzerland, Whitney Toyloy
United States, Kristen-Dalton

The Top 16 finalists at the Miss Universe 2009 pageant were:
Albania, Hasna Xhukiçi
Belgium, Zeynep Sever
Croatia, Sarah ?osi?
Iceland, Ingibjörg Egilsdóttir
Sweden,enate Cerljen

Judges for the preliminary competition:
Mark Wylie, Best Buddies Talent Executive
Adriana Ching, Licensed attorney, and a former real estate developer avid philanthropist
Todd Winston, Veteran of the hospitality industry and Vice President of Sales at Creative Promotional
Rosalina Lydster, Fashion designer for celebrities
Tiza Tjokroadisumarto, Director of Retail Operations for Michael Kors
Corinne Nicolas, President of Trump Model Management
David Friedman, Last Call with Carson Daly Executive Producer
Steven Schillaci, Talent Producer for many hit shows including American Idol
Mario Mosley, Hollywood Choreographer of Oxygen's Dance Your Ass Off
Sarah Markantonis, Ambassador of Kerzner International Bahamas

Final night judges:
Dean Cain, Actor and producer
Tamara Tunie, Actress, "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"
Colin Cowie, Author, Television Personality and Designer to the Stars
Valeria Mazza, International Supermodel
Matthew Rolston, Leading Photographer and director
Richard LeFrak, Chairperson, President and CEO LeFrak Organization
Andre Leon Talley, Award-winning Writer and editor
Heather Kerzner, Philanthropist and Ambassador for Kerzner International and Resorts
Farouk Shami , Founder and Chairman of CHI Hair Care
Keisha Whitaker, Fashion Maven and Founder of the Kissable Couture Lip Gloss line
Gerry DeVeaux, Award-winning Producer, Songwriter and Style Guru
George J. Maloof, Jr., Professional Sports Mogul and Hotelier