{"id":4366,"date":"2017-11-28T10:15:39","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T10:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/gh\/?p=4366"},"modified":"2017-11-28T10:05:15","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T10:05:15","slug":"4366-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/4366-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana\u2019s Ruth Quashie makes Top 16, South Africa wins Miss Universe 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ruth Quashie made Ghana proud.<\/p>\n<p>The AXIS theater at Planet Hollywood casino-resort on the Las Vegas Strip was on fire on Sunday evening. This was because the Miss Universe 2017 finale took place there.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s Ruth Quashie broke over a decade of Ghana\u2019s unsuccessful appearances at the global beauty pageant.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old University of Ghana graduate was one of the two African representatives to make it to the Top 16.<\/p>\n<p>The other African, Miss South Africa, Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, eventually emerged winner.<\/p>\n<p>Nel-Peters beat out first runner-up Miss Colombia and second runner-up Miss Jamaica for the crown. The crown is South Africa\u2019s second after Margaret Gardiner won it in 1978.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Miss South Africa for being the 2017 Miss Universe.<\/p>\n<h4>Pictures &amp; Videos<\/h4>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BcAVVgWBpqJ\/?taken-by=ameyaw112<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bb-ou7sBAqX\/?taken-by=ameyaw112<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/11\/miss-universe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/11\/miss-universe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"931\" height=\"524\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/11\/miss-universe.jpg 931w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/11\/miss-universe-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/11\/miss-universe-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 931px) 100vw, 931px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ruth Quashie made Ghana proud. The AXIS theater at Planet Hollywood casino-resort on the Las Vegas Strip was on fire on Sunday evening. This was because the Miss Universe 2017 finale took place there. Ghana\u2019s Ruth Quashie broke over a decade of Ghana\u2019s unsuccessful appearances at the global beauty pageant. The 23-year-old University of Ghana [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6037,"featured_media":4372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6037"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4366"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4371,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4366\/revisions\/4371"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}