At the conclusion of the grand coronation night of Miss United Continents 2019 held just hours ago at Centro de Convenciones de Guayaquil Simón Bolívar, Guayaquil, Ecuador, Anairis Cadavid Ardila of Colombia was crowned the new queen. She succeeds and was crowned by Miss United Continents 2018 Andrea Sáenz of Mexico.

Anairis Cadavid Ardila gave a stunning performance at the contest proving her worth in the competition with winning the crown. Anairis is 24 years of age and stands 170 cm tall. She has pursued International Business Administration from the Universidad del Rosario and Masters in Strategic Business Management from the Francisco de Vitoria University in Madrid, Spain.The Colombian beauty was a part of our Top favourites for the crown as well.The newly crowned Miss United Continents 2019 Anairis Cadavid’s court included –

First Runner-Up –Eliza Quiñónez of Ecuador

Second Runner-up – Kenia Ponce of Mexico

Third Runner-Up - Maneera tDaengprasert of Thailand

Fourth Runner-Up - Charlotte Miralles of France

Fifth Runner-Up - Nerine Schutte of South Africa

From more than thirty contestants who began their journey at Miss United Continents 2019, only ten semi-finalists moved forward towards the race to the crown – Anairis Cadavid  (Colombia), Eliza Quiñónez (Ecuador), Kenia Ponce (México), Maneerat Daengprasert (Thailand), Charlotte Miralles (France), Nerine Schutte (South Africa), Carmen Jaramillo (Panamá), Marjory Patiño (Perú), Yekaterina Pavlovna Agapova (Russia) and María José Bracho (Venezuela).

Eliza Quiñónez of Ecuador won the Best in National Costume award at the National Costume Competition held prior to the finale while Maneerat Daengprasert of Thailand and Kaithen Ahumadaof Chile won the first and second runners-up place respectively.

A number of special awards were also presented to the contestants who won various pre-pageant competitions –

Miss Hotel Punta del Mar – Kenia Ponce of Mexico

Miss Comecsa – Eliza Quiñónez Godoy of Ecuador

Miss Azaleia – Daniellee Reddie of Jamaica

Mejor Silueta – María José Bracho Barrios of Venezuela

Miss Amistad – Josseline Camacho of Bolivia

Mejor Sonrisa – Eliza Quiñonez Godoy of Ecuador

Miss Cielo – Anairis Cadavid Ardila of Colombia

Congratulations to the winners!