<Tr> <Th> Photogenic </Th> <Td> Lindita Idrizi Albania </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> ← 2015 2017 → </Td> </Tr> <P> Miss Universe 2016 was the 65th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 30 January 2017 at the Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines . Pia Wurtzbach of the Philippines crowned Iris Mittenaere of France as her successor at the end of the event . This is the second time in the history of the competition that the pageant skipped the entire year, following the 2014 pageant which was held in January 2015 . </P> <P> France's victory ended the country's 63 - year title drought, the longest in Miss Universe history . Mittenaere was the first European Miss Universe in 14 years, the last being Russia's Oxana Fedorova who won in 2002 (later dethroned). </P>

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