Mireia Lalaguna Royo, a 23-year-old professional model from Barcelona, won the beauty pageant in Sanya, China. Miss Uganda failed to make the top 20
Miss Russia came in second place, followed by Miss Indonesia in third. Miss Indonesia, Miss Phillipines, Miss Jamaica, Miss Guyana, Miss France, Miss Lebanon, Miss South Africa, Miss Australia rounded out the top 10.
Our neighbor South Sudan made the Top 20, while Uganda didn't even get a look in.
South African Liesl Laurie was the highest placing African representative as she made the top 10.
South Sudan’s representative Ajah Deng who was very popular in their country also scored at Top 20 place.
Meanwhile, Uganda’s Zahara was nowhere to the top 20, which makes the public, worried about the Miss Uganda competition! When shall they ever get a contestant that makes it to top 20?
Here is top 20!
- Miss Russia
- Miss Indonesia
- Miss Philippines
- Miss Jamaica
- Miss Guyana
- Miss France
- Miss Lebanon
- Miss South Africa
- Miss Spain
- Miss Australia
- Miss Netherlands
- Miss Brazil
- Miss Kazakhstan
- Miss Poland
- Miss New Zealand
- Miss China
- Miss South Zudan
- Miss Ecuador
- Miss Northern Ireland
- Miss Scotland
Here is the list of winners of the challenges:
- Beauty with a Purpose – Indonesia
- Multimedia – Philippines
- Sports and Fitness – Namibia
- Talent – Guyana
- Top Model – Spain
Will Ugandan up again the cheap talk that South Sudanese are not beautiful? In other words, beauty with brains?