Miss Universe 2013

Venue: Moscow, Russia

No of countries participated: 88

Winner: Ms. Maria Gabriela Isler (Venezuela)

I Runner Up: Ms. Patrica Rodriguez (Spain)

II Runner Up: Ms. Constanza Baez (Ecuador)

Special Awards:-

Miss Congeniality: Ms Jin Ye (China)

Miss Photogenic: Ms. Paulina Krupinska (Poland)

Miss India Ms. Manasi Moghe unable to find place in top 5.

            With this win, Venezuela won Miss Universe title for seventh time. (Last time, it won in 2009)

About Miss Universe:-

Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. Along with the Miss Earth and Miss World contests, Miss Universe is one of the three largest beauty pageants in the world in terms of the number of national-level competitions to participate in the world finals. The contest was founded in 1952 by the California clothing company Pacific Mills. The pageant became part of Kayser-Roth, and then Gulf+Western Industries, before being acquired by Donald Trump in 1996. Miss Universe is part of the Big Four international beauty pageants. {The "Big Four" are: Miss World (founded in 1951), Miss Universe (1952), Miss International (1960) and Miss Earth (2001)}

Big Four International Beauty Pageants
Year	Miss Universe	Miss World	Miss International	Miss Earth
2013	Gabriela Isler (Venezuela)	Megan Young (Philippines)
2012	Olivia Culpo (USA)	Yu Wenxia  (China)	Ikumi Yoshimatsu (Japan)	Tereza Fajksova (Czech)

Indians who won the Big Four International Beauty Pageants
Year	Miss Universe	Miss World	Miss International	Miss Earth
2010	-----------------------	-----------------------	So far none	Nicole Faria
2000	Lara Dutta	Priyanka Chopra		-----------------------
1999	-----------------------	Yukta Mookhey		-----------------------
1997	-----------------------	Diana Hayden		-----------------------
1994	Sushmita Sen	Aishwarya Rai		-----------------------
1966	-----------------------	Reita Daria		-----------------------

Country wise win:-

Country	Ms Universe	Ms World	Ms International	Ms Earth	Total
Venezuela	7	6	6	1	20
USA	8	3	3	0	14
India	2	5	0	1	8
Philippines	2	1	4	1	8
Puerto Rico	5	1	1	0	7

Below are the countries which completed all Big Four crowns and won at least once.

Country	Ms Universe	Ms World	Ms International	Ms Earth	Total
Venezuela	7	6	6	1	20
Philippines	2	1	4	1	8
Brazil	2	1	1	2	6