Only seven months after the Miss Universe 2020 contest, postponed due to the pandemic, the 2021 edition was held Sunday evening in Israel. France was represented by Clémence Botino.
And the new Miss Universe is … Miss India! On the night of Sunday to Monday, in the Israeli city of Eilat, Harnaaz Sandhu was crowned Miss Universe 2021. The young woman of 21 years won the precious crown in front of Miss Paraguay, Nadia Ferreira, and Miss South Africa Lalela Mswane . For her part, the French Clémence Botino (24 years old) still climbed to the top 10.
Crowned in front of 79 other candidates, Harnaaz Sandhu affirmed her commitment in favor of women’s rights and confided to have for model the actress Priyanka Chopra. As People explains, in her spare time, Miss India does yoga, dance, cooks and goes horseback riding.
The coronation of Miss Universe 2021 comes simply seven months after the Miss Universe 2020 opposition prepared closing May, in Florida, throughout which the French Amandine Petit (Miss France 2021) had climbed to thirteenth region. Clémence Botino (Miss Guadeloupe 2019 and Miss France 2020) ought to have to begin with participated on this version however she had left her region for Amandine Petit to participate withinside the election of Miss France
2022, which turned into held in Caen on Saturday evening. During her time at the podium in Israel, Clémence Botino outstanding herself in an outfit tribute to Joséphine Baker, for this reason celebrating her access into the Pantheon. On the spot, she turned into capable of locate Iris Mittenaere (Miss France 2016 and Miss Universe 2016) who turned into a member of the jury this year. This seventieth version of the Miss Universe opposition, which turned into held for the primary time in Israel, turned into marked through the requires a boycott in guide of the Palestinian cause. As said through AFP, the South African Ministry of Sports, Culture and the Arts had advised its country wide Miss Lalela Mswane now no longer to visit Eilat, citing “the atrocities dedicated through Israel in opposition to the Palestinians”. Palestinian businesses additionally referred to as at the applicants now no longer to take part withinside the event. According to organizers’ estimates, the coronation rite turned into to be watched through six hundred million visitors in 172 countries. This seventieth version of Miss Universe turned into anciental as a delegation from the United Arab Emirates turned into competing for the first actual time and Morocco turned into again after forty years of absence.
