My final Top 13 picks for Miss Universe 2016
· Barbados
· Brazil
· Costa Rica
· Haiti
· Indonesia
· Mexico
· Myanmar
· Nicaragua
· Panama
· Philippines
· Thailand
· USA
· Venezuela
My final Top 6 picks for Miss Universe 2016
T6: Indonesia
T6: Mexico
T6: Nicaragua
T6: Philippines
T6: Thailand
T6: Venezuela
NOTE: The Miss Universe Organization has decided a day before the coronation to name top 13 finalists instead of 12 as originally announced, as 213 million votes were cast by fans worldwide. The 13th spot will be voted on by fans around the world, and they'll act as a 7th judge.
The top 6 will each be asked a different question sourced from an online agency based in the US, while there will only be one question for the top 3, Shugart said.
Regarding my picks, I had a tough time finalizing my Top 6 women. While I wanted to pick Myanmar because she is well-rounded and had the BEST national costume (
posted below in the spoiler), I chose to go with Thailand due to her height, being well-rounded, and the pop she got from the crowd during both the preliminary competition and the national costume competition.
Miss Universe starts today (Sunday) at 7pm PST / 7pm EST (tape delay on the West Coast)