Ely's Planet has released their Top 16 fearless forecast for Miss Universe 2013 and no. 1 on their list is Miss Philippines, Ariella Arida!

We had a hard time picking our Top 16 contestants from 86 almost equally-gorgeous ladies vying for the Miss Universe 2013 crown but before the MU Organization crown the new queen to take over Olivia Culpo (USA)’s throne, we decided to come up with our own list based on different aspects of the competition, including politics, economy, beauty, confidence and will power.

If you have been following our blog, you sure knew that the five Miss Universe 2012 winners were part of our ‘Top 16 Hot Picks’ last year. We think that last year’s results are enough reason to be brave enough to predict the 2013 winners once again.

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