page_title: Miss Universe 2016
hierarchical_section_title: Miss Universe 2016
caption_attribution_description: English: newly crowned 2016 Universe Iris Mittenaere of France at a press conference during the 65th Miss Universe beauty pageant on Monday (Jan 30, 2017) in Pasay City. (PNA photo by Avito C. Dalan)
context_page_description: Miss Universe 2016, the 65th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 30 January 2017 at the Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines. Pia Wurtzbach of the Philippines crowned her successor Iris Mittenaere of France at the end of the event. After waiting 63 years, this is the second time France has won the Miss Universe title, following Christiane Martel in 1953. This is also Europe's first full completed reign as Miss Universe since Norway's title win in 1990, and the second time it has won Miss Universe in the 21st century. This is the second time in the history of the competition that the pageant skipped the entire year, following the 2014 pageant which was held in January 2015.
context_section_description: Miss Universe 2016, the 65th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 30 January 2017 at the Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines. Pia Wurtzbach of the Philippines crowned her successor Iris Mittenaere of France at the end of the event. After waiting 63 years, this is the second time France has won the Miss Universe title, following Christiane Martel in 1953. This is also Europe's first full completed reign as Miss Universe since Norway's title win in 1990, and the second time it has won Miss Universe in the 21st century (since Russia's win in 2002). This is the second time in the history of the competition that the pageant skipped the entire year, following the 2014 pageant which was held in January 2015.
caption: Iris Mittenaere, Miss Universe 2016
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