<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 . France's win 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> <P> On July 18, 2016, Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach made a courtesy call with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in regards to hosting Miss Universe 2016 in the Philippines . Ten days later, the country's Department of Tourism (DOT) unilaterally declared that the Philippines was to host the Miss Universe 2016 pageant but it was not until November 3, 2016 that the Miss Universe Organization (MOU) officially announced the country as host of the pageant . </P>

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