Miss
USA, Olivia Culpo, waves to the crowd after being crowned as Miss
Universe during the Miss Universe competition, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012,
in Las Vegas. (AP/Julie Jacobson).
A
20-year-old beauty queen from Rhode Island was crowned the new Miss
Universe on Wednesday, beating out 88 other women during a televised
competition at the Planet Hollywood casino on the Las Vegas Strip
.
.
Olivia Culpo took the crown from Leila Lopes of Angola after strutting in a purple and blue bikini and a red velvet gown.
In
the final stages of the competition, she answered a question about her
regrets by saying she wished she hadn’t picked on her siblings.
Miss Philippines, Janine Tugonon, came in second, while Miss Venezuela, Irene Sofia Esser Quintero, placed third.
Contestants
from 89 countries on six continents spent the past two weeks in Sin
City, where they posed in hardhats at a hotel groundbreaking, took a
painting lesson, and pranked hotel guests by hiding in their rooms.
The
beauty queens took the stage in tight, pleated mini-dresses with
glittering sequin bodices and sky high platform shoes, strutting to the
hit “Live While We’re Young,” by English-Irish boy band One Direction.
Top 5
1. Venezuela
2. Philippines
3. Australia
4. USA
5. Brazil
2. Philippines
3. Australia
4. USA
5. Brazil
Top 10
Australia
Russia
Brazil
France
Venezuela
USA
Hungary
South Africa
Mexico
Philippines
Russia
Brazil
France
Venezuela
USA
Hungary
South Africa
Mexico
Philippines
Top 16
1. Venezuela
2. Turkey
3. France
4. Peru
5. Russia
6. Mexico
7. Poland
8. Hungary
9. South Africa
10. Philippines
11. Crotia
12. Brazil
13. Kosovo
14. Australia
15. India
16. USA
2. Turkey
3. France
4. Peru
5. Russia
6. Mexico
7. Poland
8. Hungary
9. South Africa
10. Philippines
11. Crotia
12. Brazil
13. Kosovo
14. Australia
15. India
16. USA
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