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PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY November 16 - 30, 2017
Miss Canada and Miss Philippines make
Top 10 list in 2017 Miss Universe contest
Beauty
titlists
from
Canada and the Philippines
came within reach of winning
the 2017 Miss Universe title.
Miss Canada Lauren
Howe and Miss Philippines
Rachel Peters were among
the 92 women from across
the world, who competed for
the title on November 26 in
Las Vegas, Nevada.
Howe
and
Peters
made the Top 10 list in the
pageant.
Miss South Africa Demi-
Leigh Nel-Peters, 22, was
crowned
Miss
Universe,
edging out her rivals from
Colombia and Jamaica.
Nel-Peters, a graduate
in business management,
said her disabled half-sister
had been among her great
inspirations.
In the pageant’s 66th
year,
first-timers
from
Cambodia, Laos and Nepal
also took part.
The
runner-up
was
actress Laura Gonzalez of
Colombia, who was followed
by second runner-up Davina
Bennett of Jamaica.
The
current
Miss
Universe, Iris Mittenaere
from France, crowned her
successor.
American comic turned
TV host Steve Harvey hosted
the event for the third time.
Grammy-winning singer
Fergie and pop star Rachel
Platten provided the musical
entertainment.
In the “Final Word”
portion of the competition,
Nel-Peters said “Miss Universe
is a woman who has overcome
many fears, and by that she
is able to help many women
overcome their fears.”
“She is a woman that
nothing is ever too much to
ask for,” she said. “And I
think that is exactly who I
am.”
Nel-Peters
teaches
self-defense courses for
women inspired by her
own experience.
Also in the Top 5
were Miss Venezuela Keysi
Sayago and Miss Thailand
Maria Poonlertlarp.
Seated on the judges
tables were Miss Universe
2015
Pia
Wurtzbach,
Hollywood Today host
Ross Mathews, fashion
correspondent Jay Manuel,
top
internet
influencer
Lele Pons, UFC backstage
reporter Megan Olivi, hair
care/spa products company
founder Farouk Shami, and
Miss Universe 1998 Wendy
Fitzwilliam.
Wurtzbach was the third
Filipina to win the title of Miss
Universe, after Gloria Diaz
(1969) and Margarita Moran
(1973).
The Philippines’ Peters
failed to reach the Miss
Universe Top 5, ending her
quest for the country’s fourth
crown in one of the world’s
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largest pageants.
Peters is a business
management graduate from
Camarines Sur.
Canada’s Howe hails
from Toronto. Howe is a
recent industrial engineering
graduate who is working as
a project manager, actress,
model, sports host and
entrepreneur.
As a self-proclaimed
geek, Howe is passionate
about using digital tools to
develop creative and innovative
solutions to problems facing
both businesses and people
in need.