Jimena Navarrete, Miss Mexico, was crowned Miss Universe last night and the former model has quickly embraced her role as an ambassador for her native country.
“I want to whole world to know about my country and my people,” she said, after beating out 82 other competitors from around the world.
With her win, Navarette takes over the reign of last year’s competition winner, Stefania Fernandez of Venezuela.
During the interview portion of the pageant, Olympic gold medal figure skater Evan Lysacek asked Navarette how she felt about unsupervised internet use.
“I do believe that Internet is an indispensable, necessary tool for the present time,” she said, with the help of an interpreter. “We must be sure to teach them the values that we learned as a family.”
It was likely this answer that helped Navarette secure the Miss Universe crown over the heavily favored Miss Philippines, who did not fare as well during the question and answer period, ultimately placing fifth overall.
Evan Lysacek joined Jane Seymour, Chynna Phillips, Chazz Palminteri, William Baldwin, Criss Angel, Tamron Hall, Sheila E and Niki Taylor as the pageant’s celebrity judges.
Miss Jamaica, Yendi Phillipps was first runner up, while second runner up was Jesinta Campbell from Australia.
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