Miss India Harnaaz Sandhu is the new Miss Universe

Eilat, Israel -

Miss India, Harnaaz Sandhu, surpassed Miss Paraguay Nadia Ferreira and Miss South Africa Lalela Mshane to become Miss Universe 2021 in the 70th edition of the International Beauty Contest held in Eilat, Israel.

Sandhu, 21, is an actress and will premiere two limited series in 2022.Study a Master in Public Administration.Throughout the competition, he stood out for his ease to impose himself on stage, especially in the last round of questions in which he had to answer what advice he would give to young women to face current pressures.

“I think that the greatest pressure that young women face is to believe in themselves.Know that they are unique and that is what makes them beautiful, stop comparing themselves with the others and let's talk about the most important things that are happening in the world.I think that's what they need to understand, ”said Sandhu.“Come on, talk about yourself, because you are the leaders of your life, you are your own voice.I believe in myself and that's why I'm here ”.

Shortly before, he also had to answer what he would do to convince people who believe that climate change is an invention.

"My heart breaks when I see how nature is going through so many problems and it is because of our irresponsible behavior," he said.“I am convinced that this is the time to take actions and to speak less, because each action can kill or save nature.Preventing and protecting is better than repenting and repairing, that is what I am trying to convince them today ”.

Sandhu has as inspiration his mother, who is a gynecologist and with whom he grew up working in camps supporting female health campaigns.It seeks the empowerment of women through rights, education, employment and their freedom to choose from, as shown in images of the contest.In his free time he practices yoga, kitchen, riding on horseback and plays chess.He likes to swim and make imitations, including animals as a cat that imitated at the beginning of the ceremony.His mother tongue is the punjabi and writes poems in it.

"I am the youth of my country.I want to know what is happening in my country, ”he said in a pre -recorded section of the contest."I want to inspire people when choosing super strong characters".

It is the third contestant of India to hold the title of Miss Universe after Sushmita Sen in 1994 and Lara Dutta in 2000.

Miss Paraguay, 22, was second.The polyglot model originally from the department of Guaira began working on television at age 15 and has supported women who suffer family violence and seek to reintegrate society after having been deprived of liberty.In addition, he works with the first lady of Paraguay in different social programs focused on improving the quality of life of his compatriots.

For his part, Miss South Africa, 24, is from Zulu ethnicity, model, dancer and studied law.The fact that it was in third place was a surprise: South Africa, which firmly supports the Palestinian cause, withdrew support to its representative because the contest was held in Israel.

Malaysia did not send a contestant arguing concerns about COVID-19, but the country is predominantly Muslim and maintains close links with the Palestinians.

The COVID-19, which made Miss Universe not held in 2020 but in May 2021, affected the contest when Miss France Clémence Botino tested shortly after arriving in Israel.After 10 days in quarantine he could participate in the event and be among the first 16 finalists.

Other Latin American and Caribbean contestants who managed to stand out in that round were Miss Colombia Valeria Ayos, Miss Puerto Rico Michelle Marie Colón, Miss Panama Brenda Smith, Miss Venezuela Luiseth Materán, Miss Aruba Bessaly Zimmerman and Miss Bahamas Chantel O'Brian.Miss Colombia, in fact, reached the picture of the five finalists.

The Miss Mexican Universe Andrea Meza delivered its crown after its short seven -month reign in which it focused its efforts to combat gender violence that charges the life of 11 women daily only in their country, according to UN figures.Meza said that during his reign the most rewarding was working with groups of vulnerable women and groups for women's rights.

"For us it was a priority to talk about gender violence, because of the experience I have lived in my country with that kind of violence against women, I have grown up seeing that," he said in a pre -recorded segment.“It's something we see so often that we no longer consider it violence...I am very grateful to Miss Universe for allowing my message to reach and move all the people of the world, that is the most important thing for me ”.

Meza reported during the event that now that ends her reign will join as a presenter to the Telemundo chain.

The jury of the final was made up of Puerto Rican presenter Adamari López, the Brazilian model Adriana Lima, Miss Universe 2016 Iris Mittenaere;Steve Harvey's daughter, actress Lori Harvey;Indian actress Urvashi Rautela and American actress Rena Sofer.

Miss Nigeria won the prize for the best typical suit with an outfit that included a huge African mask, feathers and natural fibers.

The gala had a musical number of Jojo and Noa Kirel and had Steve Harvey host.Miss United States Cheslie Kryst and Carson Kressley served as co -presenters.

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