Miss Universe-2016

Miss Universe 2016

Question: Who won the title of Miss Universe-2016?
(a) Iris Mittenaere
(b) Raquel Pélissier
(c) Andrea Tovar
(d) None of the above
Ans: (a)
Related facts:

  • Miss Universe 2016, the 65th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 30 January 2017[a] at the Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines.
  • Pia Wurtzbach of the Philippines crowned her successor Iris Mittenaere of France at the end of the event.
  • This is the second time in the history of the competition that the pageant skipped the entire year, following the 2014 pageant which was held in January 2015.
  • Mittenaere is the first European to be crowned Miss Universe in 14 years, the last being Oxana Fedorova in 2002.
  • 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.
  • This was the first time Sierra Leone entered the competition and was represented by Hawa Kamara.
  • Roshmita Hrimurthy represented India in the competition.
  • Malaysia was represented by Indian origin Kiran Jassal.
  • Former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen was present in the judging panel of 65th edition of the Miss Universe pageant.

Reference:
https://www.missuniverse.com/post/2065
https://www.missuniverse.com/post/2061
https://www.missuniverse.com/competition