The blonde slender Brazilian Carina Beduschi, and the dark-haired beauty from Nederland Sharita Sopacua, will represent their countries in the Miss Universe 2005 Pageant in Bangkok, Thailand this May.

Sharita Sopacua bears Indonesian lineage and comes from Den Bosch. The 21-year old beauty works as a model in Utrech and is 1.79 m tall.

Carina Beduschi is 20 years old and stands 1.82 m. Miss Universe Brazil came from Santa Catarina and loves to travel the world with her family. She is a fashion model and  studies Architecture in Florianopolis. Carina was crowned Miss Brazil 2005 in Rio de Janeiro on April 15, 2005.

See previous contender for Miss Universe 2005