At the University of North Texas, the Houston native ‘pulled all-nighters’ to get ahead in her demanding design classes.
R'Bonney Gabriel was crowned Miss Universe at the New Orleans Ernst N. Morial Convention Center. Gabriel started her education in fashion design at the University of North Texas in Denton.Many pageant contestants start competing at early ages, but this year’s newly crowned Miss Universe took a different route.“I consider myself a late bloomer, for sure,” Gabriel said.
She also modeled for six years before moving into the pageant scene. In 2021, as Miss Texas USA, Gabriel was first runner-up. She won the following year. Next in her sight line was the Miss Universe pageant with an age maximum of 28 years old. During the pageant, she advocated raising the age limit for contestants, saying “my favorite quote is: ‘If not now, then when?’ Because, as a woman, I believe age does not define us.”
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