- Miss South Africa Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters became Miss Universe Sunday night.
- She answered a fan-submitted question on combating sexual harassment.
- She said that women together are "unbreakable."
- Nel-Peters developed a program called Unbreakable that trains women in self-defense.
- She was inspired after she was robbed at gunpoint.
Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, Miss South Africa, became Miss Universe Sunday night. Before she was crowned, the new pageant winner shared her thoughts on sexual harassment.
"If women take hands and stand together, we are unbreakable, and we can say no to the things that are wrong in the workplace, at home or wherever you might go," the 22-year-old said in response to a fan-submitted question on what men and women can do to combat sexual misconduct.
Nel-Peters is an advocate of women's rights. She created her own program called Unbreakable which seeks to train women in self-defense. The pageant winner started the program after she was robbed at gunpoint shortly after she was crowned as Miss South Africa.
She also holds a degree in business management.
The other top finalists included Jamaica as the second runner-up and Colombia as runner-up.
When asked what quality she could bring to Miss Universe, she said her confidence and helping help women overcome their fears.
"As Miss Universe, you have to be confident in who you are as an individual," she said. "And Miss Universe is a woman that has overcome many fears, and by that, she is able to help other women overcome their fears. She is a woman that nothing is ever too much to ask for, and I think that is exactly who I am."
You can watch her crowning moment here.
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