Miss Universe 2013 Gabriela Isler to pose in $1 million swimsuit

The 25-year-old Venezuelan television presenter, Gabriela Isler, who on Saturday was crowned Miss Universe in Moscow in a glittering ceremony,  is now set to pose on Sunday in a specially created jewelled swimsuit that the organisers said was worth $1 million.

The previous Miss Universe, Culpo, earlier appeared on stage wearing the white cutaway swimsuit studded with diamonds, rubies and emeralds.

"That swimsuit travels with an armed security guard 24/7," commented co-host Thomas Roberts, an American television presenter.

Host country Russia was eliminated immediately, prompting boos in the audience.
The contest, whose slogan is "confidently beautiful," was first held in 1952 in Palm Beach in the United States. It still requires the women not to be married or pregnant.

Complete with a swimsuit round, the contest remains hugely popular, particularly in Central and South America.

Russia won Miss Universe in 2002, but the policewoman Oksana Fyodorova was dethroned after US shock jock Howard Stern provoked her into chatting about her sex life. She now presents a children's television show.

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