Miss Venezuela Gabriela Isler was announced Miss Universe 2013 a couple of hours ago at the finals night for the 62nd Miss Universe Competition.
Out of the 86 Miss Universe candidates this year, Miss Venezuela silently joined the competition only to end it with a bang by bringing home the Miss Universe 2013 crown.
As for Miss Philippines Airella Arida, who has been projected to have the upper hand in the competition and was even named as the ultimate crowd-favorite of this year's pageant, she managed to make it to the top 5 and snag the 3rd runner-up spot.
Months before the official start of the Miss Universe 2013 competition, several Miss Universe candidates already gave a good impression of them possibly winning the crown.
Among the 86 lovely candidates, some of the tagged as Miss Universe Top Picks were - aside from Miss Philippines - Miss USA Erin Brady, Miss Colombia Lucia Aldana, Miss France Hinarani de Longeaux, Miss Chile Maria Jesus Matthei, Miss Great Britain Amy Wilerton, and Miss India Manasi Moghe.
However, the live audience got shocked when some of the said tough contenders, top picks, and crowd-favorites didn't make it to the top 16 whole other who made it apparently didn't get the chance to move on to the top 5.
Below is the official list of the top 16, top 10, and top 5 Miss Universe candidates for this year's beauty pageant.
Miss Universe 2013 Top 16
1. Miss Costa Rica - Fabiana Granados
2. Miss Ukraine - Olga Storozhenko
3. Miss China - Jin Ye
4. Miss Ecuador - Constanza Baez
5. Miss Great Britain - Amy Willerton
6. Miss Indonesia - Whulandary
7. Miss Venezuela - Garbiela Isler
8. Miss Dominican Republic - Yaritza Reyes
9. Miss Puerto Rico - Monic Perez
10. Miss Spain - Patricia Yurena Rodriguez
11. Miss USA - Erin Brady
12. Miss Nicaragua - Nastassja Bolivar
13. Miss Switzerland - Dominique Rinderknecht
14. Miss India - Manasi Moghe
15. Miss Brazil - Jakelyne Oliveira
16. Miss Philippines - Ariella Arida
Miss Universe 2013 Top 10
Miss Spain - Patricia Yurena Rodriguez
Miss Philippines - Ariella Arida
Miss Great Britain - Amy Willerton
Miss India - Manasi Moghe
Miss Brazil - Jakelyne Oliveira
Miss USA - Erin Brady
Miss Ukraine - Olga Storozhenko
Miss Ecuador - Constanza Baez
Miss Venezuela - Garbiela Isler
Miss Dominican Republic - Yaritza Reyes
Miss Universe 2013 Top 5
Miss Ecuador - Constanza Baez
Miss Brazil - Jakelyne Oliveira
Miss Spain - Patricia Yurena Rodriguez
Miss Philippines - Ariella Arida
Miss Venezuela - Garbiela Isler