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Venezuela’s Gabriela Isler crowned Miss Universe 2013

PH’s Ariella Arida is third runner up
/ 04:29 AM November 10, 2013

MOSCOW—A 25-year-old Venezuelan television presenter, Gabriela Isler, on Saturday (early Sunday in Manila) was crowned Miss Universe in Moscow in a glittering ceremony.

Judges, including rock star Steven Tyler from Aerosmith, picked the winner from a total of 86 contestants at the show, watched by millions of viewers around the world.

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Miss Philippines, 24-year-old Ariella Arida, was third runner up.

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Last year’s winner Olivia Culpo placed a diamond crown on the head of Isler, who wore a silver rhine-stone studded evening dress.

Culpo earlier appeared on stage wearing a white cutaway swimsuit studded with diamonds, rubies and emeralds that the organisers said was worth $1 million.

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“That swimsuit travels with an armed security guard 24/7,” commented co-host Thomas Roberts, an American television presenter.

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Isler is now set to pose in the same swimsuit on Sunday.

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Roberts, who co-hosted the final with ex-Spice Girl Melanie Brown, dedicated the show to the people suffering from Typhoon “Yolanda” (international name: Haiyan) in the Philippines.

“We send our very best, our thoughts. We dedicate tonight’s show to you,” he said.

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All 86 contestants initially appeared on stage in red and black cocktail dresses. They then changed into red and black bikinis.

The judges then whittled down the contestants to a final 16, who faced off in a bikini round, carrying white fur stoles.

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Then the women were narrowed down to a final 10, who strutted on the stage in elaborate sequinned evening gowns.

Host country Russia was eliminated immediately, prompting boos in the audience.

TAGS: Ariella Arida, Miss Universe, Moscow, Philippines, Venezuela

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