Mumbai: Each Miss Universe winner has been bringing their A-game since the pageant started in 1952. From their style statements to wearing their confidence while being a bundle of nerves within, the contenders go through various rounds before making it to the finale.
Miss Universe 1998, the 47th Miss Universe pageant, was held on May 12, 1998 at the Stan Sheriff Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii. Defeating 80 contenders across the globe, Wendy Fitzwilliam of Trinidad and Tobago bagged the title and was crowned by Brook Lee of the United States at the end of the event.
In the throwback video, Wendy, who aspired to record a jazz album was requested to sing a line and she nailed the task as seen in the clip. The winner then also talked about the first assignment she would like to give herself. "Politics and singing wonderful combination," said the impressed host before he welcomed Joyce Giraud from Puerto Rico who once in her life wanted to talk to Nelson Mandela.
Watch: Winning answers from '98 Miss Universe finalists
Miss Universe finale, on the night that makes and breaks dreams, the finalists give a glimpse of their intellect during the Q&A session. Taking us back to 1998, the social media handle of the pageant shared a video of one such session of the top contenders of the year. Scroll down to have a look.
Watch: Winning answers from '98 Miss Universe finalists
Veruska Ramírez, the 1st runner-up too gave an interesting answer when asked what mystery she would like to uncover. Watch here a four and half minute video shared by the official Twitter handle of Miss Universe.
Meanwhile, Adline Castelino has been selected to represent India at Miss Universe pageant 2020. Castelino was announced as the winner of Liva Miss Diva Universe 2020 title and was crowned by Vartika Singh, Miss Diva Universe 2019, at an event held on Mumbai.
Miss Universe 2019 Zozibini Tunzi, 26, of South Africa is expected to crown her successor in December 2020 and by then, the COVID-19 outbreak is expected to be over.