Clenci takes 2nd runner-up
Peru’s Maria Jose Lora was crowned Miss Grand International 2017 Wednesday night in Vietnam.
But the Philippines’ bet, Elizabeth Clenci, did not go home empty-handed. She was declared second runner-up.
Venezuela’s Tulia Aleman was first runner-up. Completing the court are Brenda Azaria Jiménez Hernández of Puerto Rico (third runner-up) and Nikola Uhlirová of Czech Republic (fourth runner-up).
Seventy-six candidates were vying for the crown.
Actor Xian Lim and Miss Grand International 2016 first runner-up Nicole Cordovez hosted the coronation night.
According to the Philippine Entertainment Portal, Clenci’s final question was: “If you have to issue a law to punish criminals of war and violence, how would you punish these people and why?”
She replied: “They say a nation is judged not by the criminals and the crimes they commit, but how the nation punishes them. If I would create a law, it would be in line with... with jailment, to implement rehabilitation and mental reha- bilitation. Because character is such a complex phenomenon that we cannot judge someone’s character on the crimes that they commit. If we punish somebody just as equally as the crimes they committed, then what does that say about us? I would implement mental rehabilitation. Thank you.”