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