Miss USA crowned Miss Universe

Twenty-year-old Olivia Culpo has been crowned Miss Universe.

Olivia Culpo

The US national defeated 88 other women during a televised show at the Planet Hollywood casino on the Las Vegas Strip.

Miss Philippines, Janine Tugonon, came in second, while Miss Venezuela, Irene Sofia Esser Quintero, was placed third.

Contestants from 89 countries on six continents spent the past two weeks in Vegas, where they posed in hardhats at a hotel groundbreaking, took a painting lesson, and pranked hotel guests by hiding in their rooms. nepalnews.com