At the pageant’s finals night held in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA on Saturday, January 14, R’Bonney Gabriel of the United States was named Miss Universe 2022. (Sunday morning, January 15 in Manila).
R’Bonney Gabriel bested 83 candidates in the 71st Miss Universe competition and USA’s ninth representative to win the title. The Filipino-American beauty queen has succeeded Miss Universe 2021 Harnaaz Sandhu of India.
The rest of the top three was ranked as follows:
- 1st runner-up: Amanda Dudamel (Venezuela)
- 2nd runner-up: Andreína Martínez (Dominican Republican)
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