Miss France Iris Mittenaere crowned Miss Universe

Miss France Iris Mittenaere, a 24-year-old dental surgery student was crowned the new Miss Universe in the annual pageant held in the Philippines. Iris belongs from a small town in the northern France. She defeated 85 beautiful women across the world and took the Miss Universe crown home. This year the pageant also changed its format - they got votes online from the Miss Universe app and Twitter and decided to have 13 finalists instead of 12.