<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><span style="font-size:20px;">R Bonnie Gabriel .. the first Filipino-American to win the title "Miss Universe"</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:20px;">A designer, model and knitting instructor from Texas, R. Bonnie Gabriel, won the Miss Universe title at the 71st edition of the competition, which was held in New Orleans, USA.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:20px;"><img alt="" src="https://sbisiali.s3.me-south-1.amazonaws.com/0a75c4297554a63e150d0159fa51cec1.webp" style="width: 480px; height: 320px;" /></span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:20px;">The moment of revealing the winner was decisive and the model appeared nervous, as she closed her eyes and clasped her hands with her runner-up, Miss Venezuela, Amanda Dudamel, while a smile spread on her face after announcing her name.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:20px;"><img alt="" src="https://sbisiali.s3.me-south-1.amazonaws.com/5ab2b202213b7aed6ce4a8a355581583.webp" style="width: 233px; height: 350px;" /></span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:20px;">Miss Lebanon, Yasmina Zeitoun, was unlucky to reach the semi-final stage of the competition, which ended with Venezuelan Amanda Dudamel as first runner-up, and Miss Dominican Republic Andreína Martínez Founier as second runner-up, while Miss Curaçao and Puerto Rico came fourth and fifth.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:20px;">"R" has 28 years, to a Filipino immigrant father and an American mother in Houston, Texas. She graduated from the University of North Texas, majoring in fashion design. She is currently active as an environmentally friendly fashion designer and model. She loves painting, shopping in her spare time, hula hoop, and doing exercises. Yoga.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:20px;"><img alt="" src="https://sbisiali.s3.me-south-1.amazonaws.com/59d2b2a481a9f7499552b53b185bac3f.jpg" style="width: 622px; height: 350px;" /></span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:20px;">She also drew attention last week in the competition when she dressed as an astronaut, celebrating the anniversary of NASA's first moon landing, and said: "The purpose of this costume is to inspire women to dream big and achieve something of this for the world."</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:20px;"><img alt="" src="https://sbisiali.s3.me-south-1.amazonaws.com/92df3c5e1e0a305955422ac2f53170c9.jpeg" style="width: 641px; height: 350px;" /></span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:20px;">The list of the top 16 Miss contestants included: Haiti, Australia, Dominican Republic, Laos, South Africa, Portugal, Canada, Peru, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Curaçao, India, Venezuela, United States, Puerto Rico, and Colombia.</span></p>