Miss France Iris Mittenaere crowned Miss Universe 2017January 30, 2017 - 10:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The winner of the 2016 Miss Universe has been announced. Miss France Iris Mittenaer was presented with the crown by last year's champ Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach after defeating contestants from other 85 countries during the 65th Annual Miss Universe Pageant, AceShowbiz said. The 24-year-old beauty queen impressed the judges with her answer during the competition's Q&A session. Praising France's open borders and refugee population, she told the judges, "In France, we want to have the most globalization that we can, we want to have the biggest exchange of people that we can." During the event held in Manila, the Philippines on Sunday night, January 29, Raquel Pelissier from Haiti was named the first runner-up, while Andrea Tovar from Colombia was the second runner-up. In her final word to the judges, Pelissier talked about how surviving the Haiti earthquake back in 2010 made her a tougher person. Tovar, meanwhile, offered the most hilarious moment earlier that night by referencing host Steve Harvey's blunder at last year's edition of the international beauty pageant, when he wrongly announced Colombia as the winner instead of Miss Philippines. She jokingly told the funnyman onstage, "A lot of people hate you." Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. |