2016 Miss United Continents/Miss Continentes Unidos Result

2016 Miss United Continents Jeslyn Santos of the Philippines (third in photo)

with (from left) 2nd Runner-Up Lopamudra Raut of India,

1st Runner-Up Mette Riis Sørensen of Denmark,

3rd Runner-Up Taynara Gargantini of Brazil,

4th Runner-Up Cynthia Duque of Mexico

and 5th Runner-Up Rita Silvestre of Panama

2016 Miss United Continents: Philippines - Jeslyn Santos

1st Runner-Up: Denmark - Mette Riis Sørensen

2nd Runner-Up: India - Lopamudra Raut

3rd Runner-Up: Brazil - Taynara Gargantini

4th Runner-Up: Mexico - Cynthia Duque

5th Runner-Up: Panama - Rita Silvestre

Top 10 Semifinalists:

Colombia - Ana Maria Landaeta

Dominican Republic - Jennifer Cruz Pichardo

South Africa - Neena Bezuidenhout

Thailand - Boonyanee Sangpirom

Special Awards:

Best Smile ONDental — Mexico - Cynthia Duque

Miss Congeniality — China - Jingyi He

Miss Hotel Punta del Mar — Mexico - Cynthia Duque

Miss Photogenic — Mexico - Cynthia Duque

Miss Punctual — Dominican Republic - Jennifer Cruz Pichardo

Most Beautiful Face — Philippines - Jeslyn Santos

Best in National Costume

Winner — India - Lopamudra Raut

Second Place — Ecuador - Maria Cecilia Drouet

Third Place — Colombia - Ana Maria Landaeta

Other Entrants:

Argentina - Ivana Calgaro

Bolivia - Julia Rossel          

Chile - Natividad Leiva   

China - Jingyi He  

Ecuador - Cecilia Drouet

France - Elodie Edward

Guatemala - Jeimmy Aburto

Haiti - Mideline Joseph   

Japan - Emiri Shimizu

Nicaragua - Virginia Chow  

Netherlands - Noëlle Turubassa

Paraguay - Atenas Aranda

Peru - Mariella Cabrera

Puerto Rico - Kiara Rodriguez

Trinidad and Tobago - Semoy Defour
UK - Becky Heal

Uruguay - Thalia Garcia           

USA - Alexi Gropper

Previous Titleholder: Brazil - Nathalia Lago

Date: September 24, 2016

Entrants: 28

Venue: Palacio de Cristal, Guayaquil, Ecuador

Hosts: Connie Jimenez and Roberto Rodriguez

Edition: 4 (11th edition since it started as Miss Continente Americano)

2016 Miss United Continents: Philippines - Jeslyn Santos

1st Runner-Up: Denmark - Mette Riis Sørensen

2nd Runner-Up: India - Lopamudra Raut

3rd Runner-Up: Brazil - Taynara Gargantini

4th Runner-Up: Mexico - Cynthia Duque

5th Runner-Up: Panama - Rita Silvestre

Top 10 Semifinalist Colombia - Ana Maria Landaeta

Top 10 Semifinalist Dominican Republic - Jennifer Cruz Pichardo

Top 10 Semifinalist South Africa - Neena Bezuidenhout

Top 10 Semifinalist Thailand - Boonyanee Sangpirom

(Photo Courtesy: Organizacion Miss Continentes Unidos)