Out of the 125 contestants, only 30 contenders made it to the semi-finals or the swimsuit competition of the Miss Universe 2024 pageant held at the Arena CDMX in Mexico City on Sunday, November 17, 10 AM (Philippine Time). 

The first 10 contestants to be called were Indira Ampiot of France, Rhea Singha of India, Ivana Trisic Relic of Serbia, Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen of Vietnam, Jennifer Colon Alvarado of Puerto Rico, Chiddima Adetshina of Nigeria, Ashley Callingbull of Canada, Marianela Ancheta of Cuba, Jia Qui of China, and Kaya Chakrabortty of Japan. 

Meanwhile, Philippine bet Chelsea Manalo was among the second batch of semi-finalists, along with Logina Salah of Egypt, Maria Fernanda Beltran, Magali Benejam of Argentina, Suchata Chuangsri of Thailand, Tatiana Calmell of Peru, Casandra Chiu of Macau, Mara Topic of Ecuador, Juliana Barientos of Bolivia, and Sandra Lim of Malaysia.  

And lastly, Valentina Alekseeva of Russia, Anouk Eman of Aruba, Matilda Wirtavouri of Finland, Celine Santos of Dominican Republic, Davin Prasath of Cambodia, Geysell Garcia of Nicaragua, Victoria Kjaer Theilvig of Denmark, Ileana Marquez of Venezuela, Sakhile Dube of Zimbabwe, and Emilia Dides of Chile completed the list.