November 10, 2013

Miss Universe 2013 is Gabriela Isler of Venezuela; Philippines' Ariella Arida is 3rd runner up

The Miss Universe 2013 pageant was held November 9 (November 10 in Manila) at the Crocus City Hall in Moscow, Russia and Miss Venezuela Maria Gabriela Isler was crowned as the winner in the 62nd edition of the said pageant. Watch the full video replay here.

Miss Universe 2013 Maria Gabriela Isler of Venezuela

Maria Gabriela Isler bested 85 other candidates to grab the Diamond Nexus Lab crown as well as the opportunity to wear the million dollar Yamamay swimsuit for her first photoshoot. Gabriela is the 3rd Miss Universe titlist from her country in the last six years and the seventh in history.

The Philippines' Ariella Arida was hailed 3rd runner up, sealing the country's 4-peat (four consecutive placement) in the Miss Universe top 5 started by Venus Raj in 2010, followed by Shamcey Supsup in 2011 and Janine Tugonon in 2012.

Here is the list of winners in the Miss Universe 2013 pageant:

Miss Universe 2013
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Venezuela, Maria Gabriela Isler
1st runner up
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Spain, Patricia Rodriguez
2nd runner up
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Ecuador, Constanza Baez
3rd runner up
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Philippines, Ariella Arida
4th runner up
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Brazil, Jakelyne Oliveira



Top 10

Top 16
Great Britain, Amy Willerton
India, Manasi Moghe
USA, Erin Brady
Ukraine, Olga Storozhenko
Dominican Republic, Yaritza Reyes

Costa Rica, Fabiana Granados
China, Jin Ye
Indonesia, Whulandary Herman
Puerto Rico, Monic Pérez
Nicaragua, Nastassja Bolívar
Switzerland, Dominique Rinderknecht

Congratulations to the winners, especially Ariella Arida who again made the country proud for continuing the Philippines' top 5 placement streak. 

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