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   Miss South Africa was crowned Miss Universe on Sunday in Atlanta after a lavish ceremony filled with glitter and heartfelt speeches about female empowerment.     Zozibini Tunzi, 26, finished first ahead of the Puerto Rican and Mexican finalists in a flashy televised event, hosted by American comic turned TV personality Steve Harvey. Television personalities Vanessa Lachey and Olivia Culpo served as backstage commentators, and a panel of seven women determined the winner.     Tunzi earned cheers during her closing speech, a new segment of the competition, in which she talked about wanting to empower young women to feel confident. "I grew up in a world where a woman who looks like me, with my kind of skin and my kind of hair, was never considered to be beautiful," she said. "I think that it is time that that stops today," she said to thunderous applause. Tunzi beat more than 90 contestants from around the globe in the 68th instalment of M

Catriona Gray from the Philippines claimed the Miss U niverse crown for 2018 on Monday, beating contestants from 93 other countries.     The 24-year-old Filipina-Australian has become the fourth Filipina to bring home the coveted title.

Jena Talackova      The Miss Universe pageant is changing its rules and will allow transgender women to take part in all of its competitions starting in 2013, the organization and gay rights group GLAAD said on Tuesday.     Tuesday's decision follows a media outcry over the disqualification of Canadian contestant Jenna Talackova from the upcoming Miss Universe Canada contest because she was not a "naturally born female."     Talackova 23, who underwent gender reassignment surgery when she was 19, was reinstated to the Canadian competition last week by businessman Donald Trump, who owns the Miss Universe organization. Talackova has a Canadian passport, driver's license and other documents that identify her as a woman     Following consultations with the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), Miss Universe "discussed a policy change that includes transgender women in time for the start of this fall's 2013 pageant season; a time when most of the

     Angolan Leila Lopes has told the BBC her tenure as Miss Universe 2011 will improve the world's negative view of her country as a war-torn nation. "Until two weeks ago, not many people could locate Angola on a map," the 25-year-old business student said. Some people even still think that we live in trees, and we are always fighting, no no no, we have peace, and we have beautiful places," People have been waiting for an African Miss Universe for a long time, so I feel proud that after 12 years, there is an African Miss Universe, "We were at war for [almost] 30 years, but we've been at peace for almost nine years," "Angola is a fast growing country, everything is going perfectly now, and this is what I want to show to the world. "We've also got amazing food, great weather; it's like the best place to be." "As Miss Angola, my main project was working with children in desperate need, sometimes I didn't even have mone

      Angola's representative at the recently held Miss universe in Brazil  , Leila Lopes won.She beat out other 88 competitors from around the world but Miss france Laury Thilleman wasn't satisfied with Leila lopes's victory .

      Miss Angola Leila Lopes, a business student from the town of Benguela in her home country, was crowned Miss Universe Monday night after dazzling a panel of judges with her beauty and impressing them with her brain.

A 22-year-old Mexico woman won the Miss Universe pageant Monday night after donning a flowing red gown and telling an audience it's important to teach kids family values.

Sarodj Bertin is the first miss haiti in 22 years .A 24 year old law student ,studying in Dominican republic and represented haiti in miss intercontinental 2005 .She will represent Haiti tommorow Aug,23rd at the prestigious Miss universe peagent to be held in las vegas,USA.