Complex sentence: The top 10 from that round then competed again in the evening gown category and finally the top 5 participated in the on-stage question, that being "With the state of the current economy, how do you justify competing in pageants?".
Split into simpler sentences: The top 10 from that round then competed again in the evening gown category and finally the top 5 participated in the on-stage question. The on-stage question this year was "With the state of the current economy, how do you justify competing in pageants?".