PHL bet Jeslyn Santos wins Miss United Continents 2016

Jeslyn Santos became the first Asian winner of Miss United Continents pageant last Saturday, September 24, after she bested candidates from around the world during the coronation night at the Palacio De Cristal in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

The 23-year-old Broadcast Communications graduate from Bulacan charmed her way to the crown with an impressive speech in Spanish.

“We are one if we act and think as one. We should not treat each other as strangers and competitors but as brothers and sisters. Although great oceans and land divide us, love always unites us,” she said when asked how to unite the continents of the world.

 

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Sep 24, 2016 at 11:12pm PDT

Mette Riis from Denmark was first runner-up, while India's Lopamudra Raut, Brazil's Taynara Gargantini, Mexico's Cynthia Duque and Panama's Rita Silvestre rounded ou the top six.

“Hindi ako makapaniwala. Salamat po,” Jeslyn said in a Facebook Live video shortly after her win.

Before being crowned Miss United Continents 2016, the Filipina beauty queen also joined the Binibining Pilipinas pageant in 2014 and 2016.

— Bianca Rose Dabu/BM, GMA News