"What I'm feeling is the best feeling ever," Martinez said. "Venezuela, we did it!"
Philippine bet Janicel Lubina made it to the top 10 but failed to enter the pageant's top five.
Rounding out the top five are:
First runner-up: Honduras
Second runner-up: Kenya
Third runner-up: Vietnam
Fourth runner-up: Miss USA
The top 10 candidates are: Brazil, Honduras, Kenya, Mexico, Philippines, Thailand, United Kingdom, USA, Venezuela and Vietnam.
While failing to make it to the top five, Lubina won the Miss Best Dresser special award.
Here is the list of special award winners:
Miss National Costume: Miss Japan
Miss Perfect Body: Miss Venezuela
Miss Best Dresser: Miss Philippines
Miss International Asia: Miss Korea
Miss International Europe: Portugal
Miss International America: Aruba
Miss International Africa: Kenya
Miss International Oceania: Hawaii
In a previous interview, the 20-year-old native of Narra, Palawan said she hopes to follow the footsteps of Bea Rose Santiago, the Filipina beauty queen who won the Miss International title in 2013.
Janicel failed to the join the ranks of fellow Binibining Pilipinas beauty queens Ann Colis, who won Miss Globe 2015 in Canada, and Parul Shah, who was named third runner-up in the Miss Grand International 2015 earlier this year.
source: philstar.com
