Catriona Gray makes it to Miss Universe 2018 Top 20

BANGKOK, Thailand (Update 4, 9:02 a.m.) — Philippine bet Catriona Gray advances to the next round of Miss Universe 2018 after the judges named her as one of the beauties chosen from the Asia-Pacific and Africa region.

This year, the Miss Universe pageant, now hosted by Thailand, continued with its continent-based format where judges picked the top five candidates from the following regions: The Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Africa.

They also gave five wild-card spots for contestants from all over the world to make it to the top 20.

Gray will then automatically go straight to a 15-second opening statement that would determine if she would make it to the top 10 cut of the pageant.

5 contestants from each region. Who will be crowned? ???? pic.twitter.com/diF5L1Uoy7

— Miss Universe (@MissUniverse) December 17, 2018

Here are the top 20 finalists:

1. South Africa - Tamaryn Green
2. Philippines - Catriona Gray
3. Nepal - Manita Devkota
4. Vietnam - H'Hen Nie
5. Thailand - Sophida Kanchanarin
6. Poland - Magdalena Swat
7. Belgium - Zoë Brunet
8. Great Britain - Dee-Ann Kentish-Rogers
9. Hungary - Eniko Kecskés
10. Ireland - Grainne Gallanagh
11. Curacao - Akisha Albert
12. Costa Rica - Natalia Carvajal
13. Canada - Marta Magdalena Stepien
14. Puerto Rico - Kiara Ortega
15. Jamaica - Emily Sara-Claire Maddison
16. USA - Sarah Rose Summers
17. Venezuela - Sthefany Gutiérrez
18. Indonesia - Sonia Fergina Citra
19. Brazil - Mayra Dias
20. Australia - Francesca Hung

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