Tears and tiaras: A VERY glamorous Puerto Rican student beats more than 100 entrants to the Miss World 2016 title at the glitzy grand finale in Maryland
- Stephanie del Valle, 19, was crowned Miss World in Maryland this weekend
- Trilingual student dreams of getting into the entertainment industry
- Miss Del Valle beat the Dominican Republic and Indonesia to the top spot
- Entrants from more than 100 countries took part in the annual contest
A teenage student from Puerto Rico has been crowned Miss World 2016, beating runners-up from the Dominican Republic and Indonesia, as well as more than 100 beauties from around the globe.
Stephanie del Valle, 19, stole the coveted crown at the pageant held at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on Sunday.
Crowned by Miss World 2015 Mireia Lalaguna of Spain, a tearful Miss del Valle said it was an 'honour and a great responsibility' to represent her Caribbean homeland.
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Student Stephanie del Valle of Puerto Rico, 19, from Puerto Rico, was crowned Miss World 2016 this weekend, edging out more than 100 beauties from around the globe
Miss del Valle is a communications studies student who speaks Spanish, English and French, and dreams of getting into the entertainment industry.
The part-time model and musician, who is currently studying at Pace University in New York, stunned in a pale pink tulle gown studded with hundreds of diamantes and featuring a cut-out bodice with a plunging neckline.
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Miss Del Valle is the second ever Puerto Rican entrant to win the coveted title, after Wilnelia Merced took the crown in 1975.
The first runner-up of the 2016 edition of the pageant, held at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, was Yaritza Miguelina Reyes Ramirez of the Dominican Republic, followed by Miss World Indonesia Natasha Mannuela.
Miss Del Valle with runners up Yaritza Miguelina Reyes Ramirez of the Dominican Republic, left, followed by Miss World Indonesia Natasha Mannuela, right
Champions: Miss Del Valle and her runners up beat entrants from more than 100 countries in the pageant which was held at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland
Dressed in a pink tulle gown, Miss Del Valle celebrates after being names Miss World 2016
Miss United States Audra Mari is pictured during the Grand Final of the Miss World 2016 pageant, however it was Miss Puerto Rico who eventually took home the crown
Contestants from Kenya and Catriona Gray of the Philippines also were in the final five.
As for UK entrants, none of them made it into the top 20 with England's Elizabeth Grant, Northern Ireland's Emma Carswell, Scotland's Lucy Kerr and Wales' Ffion Georgina failing to make it to the finals.
Canada's Miss World representative, Chinese-born Anastasia Lin was embroiled in a controversy when pageant officials reportedly warned her against speaking to the press for three weeks about human rights abuses in China.
She was given the green light again on Wednesday.
Miss Del Valle recently took to Instagram to let her fans learn a bit more about her. She called herself a 'perfectionist' who 'doesn't like to follow trends', revealing she was a theatre lover
Multitalented: Miss Del Valle, 19, is a communications studies student who speaks Spanish, English and French, and hopes to get into the entertainment industry
L-R Miss Philippines Catriona Elisa Gray, Miss Dominican Republic Yaritza Miguelina Reyes Ramirez, Miss Indonesia Natasha Mannuela, Miss Puerto Rico Stephanie Del Valle and Miss Kenya Evelyn Njambi Thungu, were all finalists in the Miss World 2016 competition
Miss Indonesia Natasha Mannuela, left, and Miss Belgium Lenty Frans, take to the stage at the Miss World grand finale in Maryland this weekend
Last year, China blocked Lin from attending the same contest when it was held in the city of Sanya.
Miss Del Valle took to Instagram in early December to let her fans learn a bit more about her. She called herself a 'perfectionist' who 'doesn't like to follow trends', revealing she was a lover of theatre and good food.
She told followers she loves learning songs on the guitar, is a prolific emoji user and knows the entire script and soundtrack for School of Rock off by heart.
The brunette beauty, who has a modest 10,000 Instagram followers, has not taken to social media yet to celebrate her win but many of her fans took to her page to congratulate her.
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