Mexico’s Andrea Meza crowned Miss Universe

The newly-crowned Miss Universe, who described herself as being 'not the tallest, not the skinniest', hopes that her participation in the pageant will help others to see that they can break beyond conventional beauty standards to achieve anything they dream of.

'I like to think I am perfect the way I am,' she said. 'I am not the tallest, I am not the skinniest, [I don't have] the perfect body. [But] I always believe that beauty comes in different packages, and we are all different. We can embrace ourselves and we can feel good about ourselves.

'I just like to picture myself to others like a normal person. If you look at my social media, yeah you can find pictures where I'm looking fabulous, but I also like to show them the real me, the real Andrea, and the normal activities, and having a normal look.