Puerto Rico Won Miss World 2016
Miss World 2016 was held on December, 19 th at the MGM National Harbor in Maryland, Washington, D.C. 117 women competed for the blue crown. The 66 th Miss World will spend the next year traveling the world on behalf of the Miss World Organization as the face of Beauty With A Purpose. The 19-year-old law and communications student, Stephanie Del Valle Diaz from Puerto Rico was crowned Miss World 2016 by Mireia Lalaguna Royo, Miss World 2015, from Spain . Stephanie was the second Miss World from Puerto Rico since 1975 when Wilnelia Merced took the crown. Yaritza Reyes Ramirez from Dominican Republic was the first princess while Indonesia’s Natasha Mannuela was the second princess. The top 5 were completed by Catriona Gray from Philippines and Evelyn Njambi from Kenya. The top 11 finalists were Belgium (Lenty Frans), Brazil (Beatrice Fontoura), China (Kong Jing), Korea (Hyun Wang), USA (Audra Mari) and the People’s Choice Winner, Mongolia (Bayartsetseg Altara...