Miss France wins Miss Universe contest (photos-videos)

Winner a dental surgery student

Miss France was crowed Miss Universe on Monday in a made-for-television spectacle free of last year’s dramatic mix-up but with a dash of political controversy as the finalists spoke out on the refugee crisis and other hot-button global issues. Iris Mittenaere, a dental surgery student from Lille in the north of France, beat 85 of the world’s most beautiful women at the event in the Philippines scheduled for primetime viewing in the United States.
Mittenaere, 24, edged out Miss Haiti, the first runner-up, and Miss Colombia the second runner-up.
In the final question round, Miss France highlighted the benefits of open borders when asked about the global refugee crisis.

“In France we want to have the most globalisation that we can. We want to have the biggest exchange of people that we can. Maybe someday that will change but now we have open borders,” Mittenaere said. “Having open borders allows us to travel more through the world and to find out more about what’s out there in the world.”

source: ndtv.com

Miss Universe contestant Iris Mittenaere of France presents during the national costume and preliminary competition of the Miss Universe pageant at the Mall of Asia arena in Manila on January 26, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / TED ALJIBE

Miss France Iris Mittenaere participates in a swimwear fashion show in Cebu City, central Philippines on January 17, 2017.  The Miss Universe pageant will be held on January 30. / AFP PHOTO / NOEL CELIS