Mexico's Andrea Meza is Miss Universe2021, Miss India Adline Castelino Bags Fourth Place The pageant was used as a platform to address issues such as #StopAsianHate, the military coup in Myanmar, the Coronavirus crisis in India, LGBTQIA+ rights and more. 17 May 2021 Using the Miss Universe platform to convey a message was the focus at the 2021 pageant in Florida. Miss Mexico Andrea Meza was crowned Miss Universe 2021, finishing first ahead of the Brazilian and Peruvian finalists in the 69th instalment of the pageant. During her final statement, The 26-year-old software engineer was given the topic of changing beauty standards and offered an inspiring answer.