12 Miss Universe beauties who attended the kick-off event last December 9, 2016 came from Asia-Pacific countries. The said event was held at Conrad Manila in Pasay City which also marked the beginning of the 2016 beauty pageant.
Those who attended were:
Those who attended were:
- Australia – Caris Tiivel
- China – Li Zhenying
- Indonesia – Kezia Warouw
- Japan – Sari Nakazawa
- Korea – Jenny Kim
- Malaysia – Kiran Jassal
- Myanmar – Htet Htet Htun
- New Zealand – Tania Dawson
- Philippines – Maxine Medina
- Thailand – Chalita Suansane
- USA – Deshauna Barber
- Vietnam – Đặng Thị Lệ Hằng