According to one spectator who attended the world class pageant, the whole world united as one even with race and culture differences, the event was still phenomenal knowing that Miss Universe 2016 happened in the country where fans will die for their candidate. To this, Iris replied, ‘I’ve failed several times in my life.
“No, I’m very comfortable speaking in English”, she said.
She added: ‘I felt like I was just never going to be good enough for anyone, and I think that really shattered my confidence both mentally and physically’. “Let get it out of the way, I know what you’re thinking”, he said to the cheering crowd in Manila.
The Parisian native has also commended her home country’s open borders and refugee population.
“No matter how little I ate and how much weight I lost, I constantly compared myself to others and felt like I could still lose more”, she wrote. Ms Chalita was asked who was the person she admired most, and she answered through an interpreter that it was King Bhumibol, for his work with the people.
And Iris Mittenaere could not have looked more shocked to hear her named called.
However, social media users say that her original French answer is different from the interpreter’s translation.
France’s contestant – dental student Iris Mittenaere – was ultimately crowned Miss Universe. I wanted to cry at every step.
Religious establishments including the Catholic church teach that they are the one true faith, but the values instilled in me as a Christian have encouraged me to respect all beliefs and opinions. This is not a joke.
“When I followed Pia, I saw all the things that she did and I want to do that”.
Once she was front and center, the host asked her what a former Miss Universe title holder who is also from the Philippines told her about what she needs to do during the pageant. Part of the question was literally about what Miss Kenya was most excited about for Trump’s presidency. She was handed her crown by the reigning Miss Universe 2015 Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach.
The pageant came on the heels of a mega mistake made by host Steve Harvey in 2015 when he announced Miss Colombia as the victor when the real victor was Miss Philippines. “Was that a death threat?”, Harvey replied. Indian contestant Roshmita Harimurthy couldn’t make it to the top 13. This is the first time that her country will be receiving this good news on an worldwide scale after all that it’s been through.