Miss Venezuela Gabriela Isler was crowned Miss Universe 2013 during the coronation night held at the Crocus City Hall in Moscow, Russia on November 9 (November 10, Philippine time).
The 25-year-old TV personality from Maracay bested 85 rivals including the Philippines’ Ariella Arida as 3rd runner-up; Miss Spain, 1st runner-up; Miss Ecuador, 2nd runner-up; and Miss Brazil, 4th runner-up.
The judges for the main show were Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler, Russian pop king Philipp Kirkorov, Chef Nobu, Ice skating gold medalist Tara Lipinski, Italo Fontana, model Anne V, Carol Alt and Farouk Shami. US TV presenter Thomas Roberts and ex-Spice Girls Mel B hosted the pageant.Miss Venezuela's winning answer to judge Steven Tyler's question "What is your biggest fear and how do you plan to overcome it?" is "For me while one may have a lot of fears but nonetheless this is nothing negative. I believe we should overcome all of our fears and this in turn would make us much stronger and mostly we can become stronger persons. As soon as we overcome our fears and we are sure of ourselves then we can face any challenge."
Ariella meanwhile, believes the solution to the lack of jobs among young people starting their careers around the world is education.
"For the people who have lack of jobs, I do believe that we people should invest in education and that is my primary advocacy because if we all know that everyone of us is educated and well aware of what we are doing, we can land into jobs and we could land our careers in the future. So education is a primary source and it's a ticket for a better future."
Front-runner Ariella
Early in the competition, Ariella was widely tipped to take the crown as she’s been critics’ favorite during the preliminaries.
Netizens alike seemed to pick the Filipina bet as her Truth or Dare video turned out the most viewed—with more than 320,000 streams as of this posting.
Ariella was also one of the 27 contestants to be chosen by Tony Ward Couture to model its creations in Moscow’s Mercedes Benz Fashion Week on October 26.
She was also handpicked to be the only Asian to grace the Mercedes Benz TV commercial along with five other girls.
While the 24-year-old Chemistry graduate failed to take home the country’s third Miss Universe crown (Gloria Diaz won in 1969, while Margie Moran won in 1973), 2013 proves to be a great year for the Philippines in the global pageant scene.
Early in the competition, Ariella was widely tipped to take the crown as she’s been critics’ favorite during the preliminaries.
Netizens alike seemed to pick the Filipina bet as her Truth or Dare video turned out the most viewed—with more than 320,000 streams as of this posting.
Ariella was also one of the 27 contestants to be chosen by Tony Ward Couture to model its creations in Moscow’s Mercedes Benz Fashion Week on October 26.
She was also handpicked to be the only Asian to grace the Mercedes Benz TV commercial along with five other girls.
While the 24-year-old Chemistry graduate failed to take home the country’s third Miss Universe crown (Gloria Diaz won in 1969, while Margie Moran won in 1973), 2013 proves to be a great year for the Philippines in the global pageant scene.
Megan Young won the Miss World 2013 title during the pageant's coronation night in Bali, Indonesia on September 28 (Saturday)—going down in Miss World’s 62-year history as the first-ever Filipina to win the title.
Early on, Mutya Johanna Datul was hailed Miss Supranational at the coronation night held in Belarus’ Sports Palace on September 6 (September 7, Philippine time).| Top 16 | Top 10 | Top 5 | Miss Universe 2013 winners | |
| 1. Miss Costa Rica - Fabiana Granados | Miss Universe 2013: Miss Venezuela Gabriela Isler | |||
| 2. Miss Ukraine - Olga Storozhenko |
| 1st runner up: Miss Spain Patricia Yurena | ||
| 3. China - Jin Ye | 2nd runner up: Miss Ecuador Constanza Baez | |||
| 4. Ecuador - Constanza Baez | 3rd runner up: Miss Philippines Ariella Arida | |||
| 5. Great Britain - Amy Willerton | 4th runner up: Miss Brazil Jakelyne Oliveira | |||
| 6. Indonesia - Whulandary | ||||
| 7. Venezuela - Garbiela Isler | ||||
| 8. Dominican Republic - Yaritza Reyes | ||||
| 9. Puerto Rico - Monic Perez | ||||
| 10. Spain - Patricia Yurena Rodriguez | ||||
| 11. USA - Erin Brady | ||||
| 12. Nicaragua - Nastassja Bolivar | ||||
| 13. Switzerland - Dominique Rinderknecht | ||||
| 14. India - Manasi Moghe | ||||
| 15. Brazil - Jakelyne Oliveira | ||||
| 16. Philippines - Ariella Arida |
Source : Yahoo
