Miss Colombia Paulina Vega wins Miss Universe crown

PanARMENIAN.Net - The winner of Miss Universe 2014 has been unveiled. Miss Colombia Paulina Vega was presented with crown by last year's winner Gabriela Isler of Venezuela after beating out contestants from other 88 countries during the 63rd Annual Miss Universe Pageant, AceShowbiz reports.

During the event, held at Florida International University in Miami on Sunday, January 25, Miss Argentina and Miss Jamaica were announced as the fifth and fourth runner-up respectively. The third runner-up was Miss Netherlands and the second was Miss Ukraine. Miss USA Nia Sanchez became the first runner-up.

When asked about the greatest contribution of her country to the entire world, Paulina answered, "My country has been an example for the rest of the countries. We are persevering people no matter what is in our way. We continue fighting for what we want to accomplish."

The other top five contestants were also asked with the same question. Miss USA said, "We have a wonderful influence to the world. We help other countries as much as we can." Miss Netherlands responded, "A lot of art and history."

Paulina also impressed the judges with her answer when asked about what women could learn from men. "I believe there's still men that do believe in equality," she said, "I believe that's what woman should learn from men."

Armenian-Uruguayan model Johana Riva Garabetian was representing Uruguay at the Miss Universe 2014 . She was crowned Miss Uruguay in 2014, Asbarez reports.

Born in Montevideo, she grew up with her mother and grandparents. She competed in her first competition at the age of 16. At 19, she decided to move to Lima, Peru, where she worked towards her goal of modeling for catalogues, commercials and fashion shows for big designer brands.