WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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.
Get the highlights of this year’s pageant below, including Rappler’s recap of the pageant:
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El Salvador is hosting the 72nd Miss Universe pageant
#MissUniverse2022 announces the next host of the pageant: El Salvador.
— Rappler (@rapplerdotcom) January 15, 2023
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TRANSCRIPT: Miss Universe 2022 Q&A segment
During the segment, the five beauty queens responded to a different question each, based on the judges they randomly picked.
The Top 3 are asked the same final question
The top 3 candidates were asked the same question: If you win Miss Universe, how would you work to demonstrate this as an empowering and progressive organization #MissUniverse2022
— Rappler (@rapplerdotcom) January 15, 2023
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Here are the Top 3
Here are the #MissUniverse2022 TOP 3 candidates!
— Rappler (@rapplerdotcom) January 15, 2023
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The Q&A segment for the Top 5 begins
The top 5 candidates of #MissUniverse2022 during the Q&A portion.
— Rappler (@rapplerdotcom) January 15, 2023
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Bawi next year, Pilipinas!
BABAWI NEXT YEAR! 💪
— Rappler (@rapplerdotcom) January 15, 2023
Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray offered words of encouragement to the countries whose candidates failed to advance to the top 16 of the #MissUniverse2022.
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Meet the Top 5
Here are your TOP 5 candidates for #MissUniverse2022! These ladies are inching closer to the coveted crown.
— Rappler (@rapplerdotcom) January 15, 2023
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Miss Thailand wins the Impact Wave Award
Meet Miss Universe’s new transgender woman owner
Thai celebrity media tycoon and transgender rights advocate Jakapong “Anne” Jakrajutatip, the new owner of the #MissUniverse pageant, delivers speech.
— Rappler (@rapplerdotcom) January 15, 2023
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Kumusta, bes?
KUMUSTA, BES?
— Rappler (@rapplerdotcom) January 15, 2023
The hashtags #MissUniverse2022, #CelesteCortesi and other related keywords dominated Twitter trends in the Philippines on Sunday, January 15. Celeste failed to advance to the top 16, ending the Philippines' streak of entering the pageant's semi-finals since 2010. pic.twitter.com/DrOcktpiTN