And the 69th Miss Universe is Miss Mexico, Andrea Meza!
After more than a year delay due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Miss Universe competition was finally held on May 16 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. The event was hosted by Mario Lopez and former Miss Universe Olivia Culpo, who won the crown in 2012, and featured a special performance by Despacito fame Luis Fonsi.
Miss Mexico Andrea Meza was crowned as the new Miss Universe after she defeated 73 other contestants in the 69th edition of the beauty pageant.
Check out her winning moment here:
Brazil's Julia Gama was announced as the first runner-up, while Peru's Janick Maceta as the second runner-up.
India's Adline Castelino and Dominican Republic's Kimberly Perez were third runner-up and fourth runner-up, respectively.
During the question and answer round, the question asked to Andrea was "If you were the leader of your country, how would you have handled COVID with the COVID-19 pandemic?"
To which she answered, "I believe there's not a perfect way to handle this harsh situation such as COVID-19. However, I believe that what I would have done was create the lockdown, even before everything was that big because we lost so many lives. And we cannot afford it, we have to take care of our people. That's why I would have taken care of them since the beginning."