South Africa’s Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters is the New Miss Universe

South Africa's Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters walked away with the Miss Universe crown on Sunday night. The beauty pageant was held in Nevada in the United States of America.

Welcome to the sisterhood! #MissUniverse 🇿🇦 pic.twitter.com/ed6uJnwCdd

— Miss Universe (@MissUniverse) November 27, 2017

Colobia’s Laura Gonzalez was chosen as the runner-up and Davina Bennett from Jamaica was the second runner up. India's Shraddha Shashidhar lost out on the Miss Universe 2017 title, failing to make it to the top 16 at the beauty pageant.

Let's now aim for the Universe! Vote for @YamahaFascinoIN #MissDiva2017 @MissUniverse India #ShraddhaShashidhar #shraddha4universe #MissUniverse #India pic.twitter.com/sMhJh1I2xw

— Miss Diva (@MissDivaOrg) November 21, 2017

Check out a video of Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters’ winning moment as she is crowned by the former Miss Universe Iris Mittenaere from France:

Congratulations to Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, the winner of the 2017 #MissUniverse competition! pic.twitter.com/JYuQYc3Lvo

— Miss Universe (@MissUniverse) November 27, 2017

A total of 92 women from around the world competed at the pageant, hosted by comedian and TV host Steve Harvey, who joked about the big mistake he made while announcing the winner of Miss Universe 2015.

Here’s a video of Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters answering the Final Word:

Relive our new #MissUniverse's answer to the Final Word. pic.twitter.com/czO8vgSiuU

— Miss Universe (@MissUniverse) November 27, 2017