Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines - A 24 year-old dental surgery student from Paris woo the judges and beats 85 other equally gorgeous contestants to capture the 65th Miss Universe 2016 title held at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines in the morning of January 30. It took 64 years with Iris Mittenaere to bring home the elusive 2nd Miss Universe title to France the longest in Miss Universe history. France first won the Miss Universe crown back in 1953 with Christiane Martel. It also took 27 years to bring back to Europe the Miss Universe crown since Norway's Mona Grudt (Russia's Oxana Fedorova originally won the Miss Universe 2002 crown but eventually gave up the title for some undisclosed personal reasons and her first runner-up Panama's Justine Pasek took over the title. The pageant is back in the Philippines after 23 years since it last hosted in 1994 with India's Sushmita Sen as the winner.
First runner-up is Haiti, Raquel Pélissier who after the pageant revealed in an interview that her grandmother on her mother side is actually Filipino. 2nd runner-up is Andrea Tovar of Colombia. The rest of the six finalists include Kenya, Philippines and Thailand. Best in National Costume went to Myanmar with her heavy puppetry ensemble while the Photogenic award goes to Albania and Congeniality went to Korea.
Steve Harvey returns as the host of the event with backstage correspondence by Ashley Graham. The Red Carpet Event is hosted by Miss Universe 2010 4th runner-up Venus Raj who also hosted the CHI Pageant and Post Pageant Backstage Interviews (CHI by Farouk Systems is the official haircare sponsor of Miss Universe competition) and social media personality Brettman Rock.
Here's the complete result:
Miss UNIVERSE 2016 – Iris Mittenaere – France
1st runner-up - Raquel Pélissiere – Haiti
2nd runner-up – Andrea Tovar – Colombia
Top 6 Finalists
Kenya – Mary Esther Were
Philippines –Maxine Medina
Thailand – Chalita Suansane §
Top 9 Semifinalist
Canada – Siera Bearchell
Mexico – Kristal Silva
USA – Deshauna Barber
Top 13 Quarter-finalist
Brazil – Raissa Santana
Indonesia – Kezia Warouw
Panama – Keity Drennan
Peru – Valeria Piazza
§ - Online Popular Vote Recipient; Automatic Slot In The Top 13
Special Awards:
Congeniality - Korea, Jenny Kim
Best National Costume - Myanmar, Htet Htet Htun
Photogenic - Albania, Lindita Idrizi
Final Telecast Judges:
Dayanara Torres - Miss Universe 1993
Sushmita Sen - Miss Universe 1994
Leila Lopes - Miss Universe 2011
Mickey Boardman - Editorial Director, PAPER Fashion and Pop Culture Magazine
Cynthia Bailey - Model, Real Housewives of Atlanta Star
Francine LeFrak - Emmy® and Tony Award-Winning Producer and Activist
Preliminary Judges:
Dayanara Torres - Miss Universe 1993
Cynthia Bailey - Former Model and Founder of The Bailey Agency, Star of Real Housewives of Atlanta
Rob Goldstone - Former Journalist, Publicist and International Marketing Director
Fred Nelson - President/Executive Producer of the People’s Choice Awards
Francine LeFrak - Emmy® and Tony Award-Winning Producer and Activist
Riyo Mori - Miss Universe 2007
Host:
Steve Harvey - TV Host, Family Feud
Backstage Host:
Ashley Graham - Model
Red Carpet Event Hosts:
Venus Raj - Miss Universe 2010 4th Runner-Up
Brettman Rock - Social Media Personality
Performers:
Flo Rida
Boyz II Men
Photo Sources:
Miss Universe Organization Inc.
Global Beauties
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