Miss Universe Laos National Convention Center in Vientiane, Laos. 10 contestants competed for the title of Miss Universe Laos 2017: Miss Universe Laos Miss Universe Laos (in Lao: ມີສຢູນີເວີສ ລາວ) is a national Beauty pageant in Laos. Miss Universe Laos was founded in 2015 by TV Lao Network, which is the current franchise holder of Miss Universe in Laos. <nowiki> </nowiki>The Miss Laos company holds a separate national pageant, the Miss Universe Laos competition. The winner will be the official representative of Laos at the Miss Universe beauty pageant. The pageant is broadcast live on TV Lao HD. Color key Miss Universe Laos
Mary Jean Collins Mary Jean Collins Mary Jean Collins (born 1939 in Wisconsin) is an American activist. She joined the National Organization for Women in 1967, and she was elected as the Chicago Chapter of NOW's president after moving to that city in 1968. That chapter sponsored the Women's Strike for Equality, which occurred in 1970. In the late 1960s and the beginning of the 1970s, Collins was a Midwest Regional Director and Board member of NOW, in 1980 she was again elected as the Chicago Chapter of NOW's president, and in 1982 she was elected as national Action Vice-President of NOW; she