Miss India, Harnaaz Sandhu, is
the reigning Miss Universe.
WHEN: Sunday, December 12, 2021 at 7PM ET
WHERE: On FOX, tape delayed from Universe Arena, Eilat, Israel
The most beautiful women in the world took center stage at milestone 70th edition of the Miss Universe competition -- when some 76 contestants from around the world competed for the Miss Universe crown on Sunday, December 12, 2021.
Traditional US broadcaster FOX televised the pageant which took place this year in Eilat, Israel -- as controversial host and funnyman Steve Harvey returned to MC the proceedings for the sixth time.
And the new reigning Miss Universe is...
It was Miss India, Harnaaz Sandhu, who was crowned as this year's winner following the annoucement of the TOP 3 contestants who also included
Miss Paraguay - Nadia Ferreira (first runner up), and Miss South Africa - Lalela Lali Mswane (second runner up).
Popular American favorite, Elle Smith - MIss USA, made it into the Top 10.
Just up ahead, check out more info and fun facts about Miss Universe, one of the planet's leading beauty pageants by far ;...
All about Miss Universe
Usually featuring more than 80 delegates from around the world, Miss Universe remains one of the world's most watched and most popular beauty pageants.
What
began in 1952 - as a local bathing beauty competition in Long
Beach, CA - has since grown to be showcase that puts the spotlight directly
on the world's most beautiful women.
Following
the evening gown competition, judges pick the Top 10 who go on
to show off their best assets in the traditional and very popular
swimsuit competition, from which the Top 5 are chosen... culminating
in the crowning of Miss Universe.
The Miss Universe competition is traditionally televised In the U.S. on Fox and in Spanish on Telemundo, and airs in more than 160 territories and countries across the globe.
Check out
more information on the universe's most famous beauty pageant
in video clips, pictures, interviews and contestant profiles,
along with past winners, judges, and bit of related history and
trivia at top sites devoted to Miss Universe ...
Miss
Universe.com -
Check out the pageant's official site with videos, photos, close-up
interviews and profiles of all the contestants.
Miss Universe - Wikipedia - The online encyclopedia offering
extensive information on the selection process, pageant history,
a complete list of winners from 1952 to the present, related links.