Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters , who represented South Africa, has been crowned Miss Universe 2017.
The runner-up was Miss Colombia, Laura Gonzalez, while the second runner-up wasMiss Jamaica, Davina Bennett.
Nel-Peters who is 22 years old recently earned her degree in business management at North-West University.
She helped develop a program to train women in self-defence in various situations after she was robbed at gunpoint a month after she was crowned as Miss South Africa.
92 women from around the world participated in the decades-old competition. This year’s edition had the most contestants ever, including the first representatives in its history of Cambodia, Laos and Nepal.
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