I’ve been in Sao Paulo, Brazil for the past month working as a photographer for the Miss Universe organization and going to different events around the city with the contestants.
An incredible amount of work goes into making the pageant happen. Here’s a behind the scenes look of a crew video made by Jen from the web team :

Tonight is the Preliminary competition.
Make sure to catch the webcast at missuniverse.com at 9:30pm ET to see 89 contestants from around the world compete for the crown-Ximena Navarrete and Colin Hornett are hosting…should be a great show!