Filipina beauty takes home Miss United Continents crown

Staff Report Published: September 26, 2016

MANILA: A 23-year-old beauty queen from Hagonoy, Bulacan has brought home the Philippines’ first Miss United Continents crown.

Jeslyn Santos bested 27 other candidates from around the world at the event held in Guayaquil, Ecuador, reported The Standard.

Miss Denmark was named 1st runner-up, Miss India 2nd runner-up, Miss Brazil 3rd runner-up, Miss Mexico 4th runner-up, and Miss Panama 5th runner-up, the report said. The winners were crowned at the Palacio de Cristal.

This was the fourth year that the pageant has been opened to beauty queens from across the globe. From 2006 to 2012, Miss United Continents was a regional contest known as Miss American Continent, said the news portal.

Santos, who stands 5’7,” answered the question “How to unite the continents of the world?” in Spanish. She wore a “Sinulog” national costume designed by Lemuel Rosos of Cebu.

A pageant veteran, Santos was a finalist in the  Binibining Pilipinas 2014 and 2016 contests, and was named Binibining Republica Filipina 2015, reported The Standard.

She also reportedly represented the Philippines in the inaugural edition of Miss World Peace in Hong Kong.

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