Does miss universe keep the crown forever?

Answer 1

No. The outgoing Miss Universe will pass the crown to her successor like an heirloom. From the 70s to the 90s, titleholders got to keep the crown, and a new crown will simply be made for their successor. However, this is only because the crowns used back then were made of rhinestone, or imitation jewelry - relatively cheap to make. Today, with the crown being used by the Miss Universe Organization costing around $300,000 and being made of pure topaz and Bohemian crystals (the previous Diamond Nexus Crown costs roughly the same amount, and the Mikimoto crown before that costs approximately $250,000), making one for every winner is simply impractical. From 2002 to 2007, Mikimoto, the crown-maker for Miss Universe at the time, provided smaller versions of the tiara to be given to the outgoing titleholders as a token, although succeeding companies Diamond Nexus and DIC did not follow this tradition.