Miss Philippines rules the world
(AFP ) Miss Philippines was Saturday crowned Miss World 2013 in a glittering finale on the Indonesian resort island of Bali amid tight security following weeks of hardline Muslim protests'
As hundreds of Muslim hardliners held a prayer session in a mosque near the capital to express their anger at the contest" Megan Young wept as she won the coveted title in the final on Hindu)majority Bali'
The 23)year)old" wearing a pearl white gown" promised to be “the best Miss World ever” in front of a cheering crowd in a venue guarded by heavily armed police and water cannons'
Young" who is studying digital media and also presents TV shows in the Philippines" pledged to “just be myself in everything I do" to share what I know and to educate people”'
Organisers will breathe a sigh of relief that the finale of the three)week pageant passed off smoothly after thousands of hardliners protested across Indonesia in recent weeks" denouncing the beauty pageant as a “whore contest”'
Some 127 contestants took to the stage Saturday for the final and they were quickly whittled down to six' France came in second and Ghana was third'
Sri Lanka was represented at the pageant by Iresha Asanki De Silva ^22& of Moratuwa" the reigning Miss Sri Lanka for Miss World 2013'
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