9:21pm - The Evening Gown competition is now starting.. First up is

Miss Albania - Black & white floral with a halter neck ball gown red shoes

Miss Angola - Lime green with diamonete very whispy floaty chiffon material

Miss Argentina - Blue with silver sequence fitted ball gown with chiffon material

Miss Aruba - Deep pink & black floaty chiffon material with a floral corsage

Miss Australia - White & silver satin dress with a front high split

Miss Bahamas - Gold sequence very fitted over 1 shoulder and chiffon

Miss Belgium - Blue & silver sequence,diamonete with a trail of ruffles split at front of skirt

Miss Bolivia - Blue satin and chiffon, ruffles on the bust area and floaty at the skirt

Miss Brazil - White & silver fitted halter neck

Miss Bulgaria - Gold sequence and satin fitted dress with a high side split

Miss Canada - Blue diamonete fitted dress with a fishtail of ruffles and backless

Miss Cayman Islands - White chiffon and sequence very slim fit with a high side split

Miss China - White and blue chiffon dress

Miss Columbia - Blue chiffon over one shoulder strap floral with a large bow on back

Miss Costa Rica - Deep purple satin and chiffon with diamonete detail

9:30pm - The first set of girls have now shown their wonderful Evening Gowns and are all in stage..next up is

Miss Croatia - Blue chiffon fitted dress with a high side split

Miss Curacao - Yellow chiffon with diamonete detail

Miss Cyprus - Red chiffon and cream floral print

Miss Czech Republic - Blue silver chiffon with halter neck with a peacock like detail

Miss Dominican Republic - Grey silver sequence over one shoulder very floaty

Miss Ecuador - White chiffon and sequence bustier with a high side split

Miss Egypt - White silver sequence bustier chiffon material with a large bow on side hip

Miss El Salvador - Blue chiffon with diamonete detail fitted dress at top and floaty around the skirt

Miss Estonia - Lime green sequence with high side split and floating cape

Miss Ethiopia - Deep purple ball gown very puffy skirt with a large bow at front

Miss Finland - Blue diamonete with sequence all over skirt, satin material

Miss France - Silver sequence fitted dress with kick out tail

Miss Georgia - Pink chiffon dress very floaty

Miss Germany - Red sequence fitted dress with a floaty chiffon skirt

Miss Ghana - Deep purple and gold print material very floaty dress

9:40pm - The second set of beautiful girls have now finished and are getting a great response from the audience. Up next is....

Miss Great Britain - Dark green satin skirt with a gold sequence boddess

Miss Greece - White satin dress with a sequence bustier

Miss Guam - Lime green chiffon with silver sequence fitted bust with a high side split

Miss Guatemala - Red chiffon with gold sequence fitted top with a front middle high split with a floaty skirt

Miss Guyana - White dress fitted at top with lots of ruffles on tails of the skirt

Miss Honduras - White chiffon dress with silver sequence bustier a high side split open on the waist line

Miss Hungary - White and satin ruffles all over dress halter neck with a large bow on side

Miss Iceland - Pale lilac satin dress with sequence and a high kick split on skirt

Miss India - Red fitted chiffon dress at top with a kick out floaty skirt

Miss Indonesia - Blue silver chiffon dress with a high kick out split

Miss Ireland - Red satin dress with colorful jewels under the breast

Miss Israel - White chiffon very plane floaty dress

Miss Italy - Grey silver chiffon dress with diamonete bustier

Miss Jamaica - White silver chiffon dress with diamonete bustier

Miss Japan - Silver sequence dress with a high kick out split with ruffles of feathers on skirt

9:50pm - Thats the third set of contestants now finished and what a night the audience is having. These are some beautiful women. Up next is...

Miss Korea - White very sparkly satin bodes with a chiffon skirt over one shoulder

Miss Kosovo - Purple dress fitted with a diamonete belt under breasts over one shoulder with a trail

Miss Lebanon - Grey silver chiffon skirt ball gown puffy with a satin puffy bodes

Miss Malaysia - Purple chiffon dress with a gold leaf detail and a high side kick split

Miss Mauritius - Very pink sequence all over very fitted with a high side split

Miss Mexico - Gold satin dress

Miss Montenegro - Black with a white ruffle all around the neck line going up the middle into a high kick out split

Miss Namibia - Pale blue sparkly chiffon fitted with a tail of ruffles

Miss Netherlands - White silver dress with a skirt of pleats that was floaty

Miss New Zealand - Pink satin and chiffon material with a side kick out split over one shoulder strap

Miss Nicaragua - Grey silver sequence with ruffles on tail and halter neck

Miss Nigeria - White silver ruffles ball gown almost like fluffy cotton wool effect

Miss Norway - Blue tye dye effect chiffon

Miss Panama - Silver sequence fitted bodes dress

Miss Paraguay - black gloves cream vintage dress very fitted with a bustier effect

10:06pm - That's the next set of contestants finished and boy the judges are going to have a hard job trying to pick a top 15 girls. Next up is...

Miss Peru - White silver satin dress with sequence and chiffon side kick split

Miss Philippines - Blue silver dress with side kick split

Miss Poland - White silver chiffon dress with satin and diamonetes

Miss Puerto Rico - Silver satin dress very fitted bodes, with spit.

Miss Romania - Blue satin dress with a high side kick split

Miss Russia - Red chiffon with a floral print under skirt high front kick out split with ruffle effect

Miss Serbia - White silver chiffon dress

Miss Singapore - Lime green very fitted sequence dress

Miss Slovak Republic - Floral shades of purples with a high side split fitted at bodes with chiffon skirt

Miss Slovenia - Blue chiffon floaty dress with one over shoulder strap

Miss South Africa - Mint green simple dress

Miss Spain - Midnight blue almost black satin dress

Miss Sweden - Black and silver sequence fitted dress

Miss Switzerland - Yellow very floaty chiffon dress with orange halter neck

Miss Tanzania - Blue satin with sequence very fitted dress with a large bow on back, very nice.

10:12pm - Wow, the night is going so quickly and that's the next set of contestants finished showing off their stunning Evening Gowns. Next up is ..

Miss Thailand - Red satin fitted bodes with pleats on skirt

Miss Turkey - Old sequence all over with ruffle tails

Miss Turks & Caicos - Blue,purples,golds prints on bodes with a blue chiffon skirt

Miss Ukraine - Yellow chiffon dress with red sequence across breasts

Miss Uruguay - Gold sequence very fitted dress with high side split

Miss USA - Blue chiffon dress with yellow ,orange floral chiffon tails

Miss Venezuela - Red chiffon dress with feather skirt sequence on breasts area

Miss Vietnam - White silver sequence dress with high side split

Miss Zambia - White chiffon dress with a gold sequence belt very grecian look

Thats the end of the all the Miss Universe 2009 contestants and they are all now on stage looking absolutely gorgeous. I am glad I am not a judge as every single one of these girl looks great.

What a great night for Miss Universe, Atlantis and of course The Bahamas....

by Nicola McDowall

Click HERE for part 1 and click HERE for part 2

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