R’Bonney Gabriel of United States was named Miss Universe 2022 at the pageant’s finals night held in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA on Saturday, January 14, (Sunday morning, January 15 in Manila).
Gabriel bested 83 candidates in the competition to be USA’s ninth representative to win the title. The Filipino-American beauty queen succeeded Harnaaz Sandhu of India.
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In a post-win interview with Thai network JKN18 backstage, she was asked about the first thing she would like to do as the newly-crowned queen.
Born to an American mother from Beaumont, Texas and a Filipino father, R’Bonney made history as the first Filipino-American candidate to win the Miss Texas USA, Miss USA, and Miss Universe pageants.
Avid pageant fans took to social media on Sunday, January 15 to express their feelings about the end of the Philippines’ decade-long streak entering the Miss Universe’s semifinals.
Here's how #MissUniverse2022 2nd Runner-Up Andreina Founier answered the question, “If you win Miss Universe, how would you work to demonstrate this as an empowering and progressive organization?”
Gabriel bested 83 candidates in the competition to be USA’s ninth representative to win the title. The Filipino-American beauty queen succeeded Harnaaz Sandhu of India.
Andreina Founier of Dominican Republic, R’Bonney Gabriel of USA, and Amanda Dudamel of Venezuela all responded to the same question: “If you win Miss Universe, how would you work to demonstrate this as an empowering and progressive organization?”
