Miss Singapore makes it to top 16 of Miss Universe pageant, for first time in 34 years

Reigning Miss Universe Singapore Nandita Banna made history for the country at the 70th Miss Universe competition by cracking the Top 16. - AFP

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): It may have taken India 21 years to reclaim the Miss Universe title. But it has been an even longer 34-year wait since a Singaporean made it to the semi-finals of the international beauty pageant, after Marion Nicole Teo's feat in 1987, when the annual event was held in Singapore.

Reigning Miss Universe Singapore Nandita Banna, 21, made history for the country at the 70th Miss Universe competition in Eilat, Israel, on Monday morning (Dec 13) by cracking the Top 16.