Iris Mittenaere has beat other 12 finalists to emerge as the 2017 Miss Universe to the delight of many people.
24-year-old dental surgery student Iris Mittenaere crowned Miss Universe.
Decked out in a gold-sequined gown, 24-year-old dental surgery
student Iris Mittenaere beat 12 other finalists to take the crown. As
Miss Universe, she will be campaigning for dental and oral care around
the world.
"This sash is not only a sash," said Mittenaere, who is from Northern France, in a Miss Universe interview after the pageant. "This is something to help people, to understand people."
First and second runner-ups were Miss Haiti (Raquel Pelissier) and
Miss Colombia (Andrea Tovar). The top finalists hailed from Kenya,
Indonesia, Mexico, Peru, Panama, Colombia, Phillippines, Canada, Brazil,
France, Haiti, Thailand and the U.S.
The pageant changed its format this year; it had 12 instead of 13
finalists, and counted online votes from the Miss Universe app and
Twitter. This was the first time Sierra Leone entered the competition
and was represented by Hawa Kamara, 2013 Miss West Africa. Miss Canada,
Siera Bearchell, also made headlines for taking on trolls who
body-shamed her for her size.
The annual pageant was held on Monday at the Mall of Asia Arena in
Manila, Philippines. Host Steve Harvey joked on the show that he got the
winner right this year, after last year's snafu of getting it wrong.
Rapper Flo Rida and R&B group Boys II Men provided entertainment.
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