After several hours of a nail-biting contest, Miss Philippines was crowned Miss Universe 2018.
Catriona grey, beat contestants from 93 other countries to take the coveted crown.
Gray wore a sparkling red dress that she said was inspired by a volcano within the Philippines. The 24-year-old singer and model said she wore the red dress because as a 13-year-old, she dreamt of winning the Miss Universe crown in a red dress.
When I was 13, my mom said she had a dream that I would win Miss Universe in a red dress.
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She said her mom cried when they saw each other when she won the competition.
Gray edged out first runner-up Tamaryn Green of South Africa and third-place Sthefany Gutierrez of Venezuela. She succeeds Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters of South Africa.
The officer of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was fast to congratulate the winner. Grey is the fourth Filipina to be named Miss Universe.
India�s Nehal Chudasama failed to make it to the top 20 shortlists.
This year�s Miss Universe was even more special because for the first time a transgender participated in the contest. Angela Ponce, the 27-year-old Spanish participant also failed to make it to the 20 shortlists even though she had been a favorite in the contest.
She said in a video presentation that it was not important for her to win but was more important for her �to be here.�
One of the few controversies of this year�s contest involved Miss United States, Sarah Rose Summers, seeming to mock contestants from Cambodia and Vietnam over their English language skills.
According to CNN, in a live Instagram video, the 24-year-old Summers said that Miss Vietnam H'Hen Nie is �so cute and she pretends to understand to know so much English and then you ask her a question after having a whole conversation with her and she nods and smiles�.
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