Pierina Wong Mori is crowned Miss World Peru 2016

23-year-old Pierina Wong Mori  won Miss World Peru 2016 pageant held at the Main Square of Trujillo. Pierina will represent her country at Miss World 2016 next year, she was crowned by Miss World Peru 1981 Olga Zumarán. She represented the province of Lambayeque to succeed Miss World Peru 2015-Karla Chocano. Her runners ups were Silvana Vásquez, Silvana Vásquez, Ivanka Monroy García and Ana Lucía Leiva Pereira.

Pierina studies Business Management and defeated 15 other contestants to be crowned the national delegate. She is a descendant is of Chinese and has won Miss Tusan 2013 crown a pageant exclusively created for girls of Chinese -Peruvian descent. She likes to listen to music in her free time and also enjoys athletics.

Peru has two Miss World crowns courtesy of Madeline Hartog-Bel who won the 1967 edition of Miss World & María Julia Mantilla Miss World 2004.María Elena Rossel Zapata was first runner-up at Miss World 1959 and in 2002 Marina Mora bagged the second runner-up crown for Peru,apart from this Peeru has only placed thrice at Miss World Pageant.

Full Results:

Miss World Peru 2016: LAMBAYEQUE – Pierina Wong Mori

First runner-up: LORETO – Silvana Vásquez

Second runner-up: AMAZONAS – Tatiana Castro

Third runner-up: ICA – Ivanka Monroy García

Fourth runner-up: LA LIBERTAD – Ana Lucía Leiva Pereira

Credit: TPGC