General Santos and University of the Philippines pride Shamcey Supsup won 3rd runner up in the 60th edition of Miss Universe pageant. The 25-year-old beauty was the only finalist to answer in English during the final Q and A portion. She was asked by American actress Vivica Fox , “Would you change your religious beliefs to marry the person that you love? Why or why not?”
Her answer:
“If I would have to change my religious beliefs, I would not marry the person that I love. Because the first person that I love is God, who created me. I have my faith and my principles, and this is what makes me who I am. If the person loves me, he’ll love my God, too.”
Via NBC News, Queen of Talk Oprah Winfrey commented on the results and I quote:
“I have reservations with the results. If the only basis is the Q and A portion, after having been trimmed down to 5, Ms. Philippines deserved to win. What made her different from the rest is that she had no seconds to rethink of her answer as she had no interpreter to break the ice. The rest had their interpreters and having breaks on seconds to think about their answers. Hands down, Ms. Philippines answered straight to the point.”
Miss Universe 2010 Ximena Navarette crowned the winner of Miss Universe 2011 during the pageant finale which was held at the Credicard Hall in Sao Paulo, Brazil Monday evening, September 12, 2011 (September 13 Manila time).
MISS UNIVERSE 2011:
Angola, Leila Lopes
First Runner up:
Ukraine, Olesia Stefanko
Second Runner up:
Brazil, Priscila Machado
(she was cheered and booed at the same time)
Third Runner up:
Philippines, Shamcey Supsup
Fourth Runner up:
China, Luo Zilin
TOP 10:
Australia, Scherri-lee Biggs
Costa Rica, Johanna Solano
France, Laury Thilleman
Portugal, Laura Goncalves
Panama, Sheldry Saez
TOP 16:
France, Laury Thilleman
Colombia, Catalina Robayo
Puerto Rico, Viviana Ortiz
Netherlands, Kelly Weekers
USA, Alyssa Campanella
Venezuela, Vanessa Goncalves
SPECIAL AWARDEES:
Best National Costume – Panama, Sheldry Saez
Miss Photogenic – Sweden, Ronnia Fornstedt
Miss Congeniality – Montenegro, Nikolina Loncar
Global Fan Vote winner – Portugal, Laura Goncalves
VERY WANG 