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    Miss Philippines Crowned Miss World 2013 in IndonesiaMiss Philippines, Megan Young, was crowned Miss World on Saturday amid tig

    ht security on Indonesia's resort island of Bali, where the contest's final round

    was moved following protests by Muslim hardliner groups.

    "I promise to be the best Miss World ever," Young, 23, said after winning the 63r

    d annual event, as a large number of Filipino fans who traveled with her celebra

    ted by jumping and waving the country's flag.

    Despite threats from the Islamic Defenders Front to disrupt the contest, police s

    aid no rallies were staged Saturday. The group has demonstrated for weeks, call

    ing for the government to cancel the pageant because members say it shows to

    o much skin and goes against Islamic teachings.

    The 127 contestants vying for the crown were introduced Saturday wearing eve

    ning gowns shimmering in sequins, many of them with plunging necklines and s

    lits up the leg. Four candidates dropped out earlier, mainly due to illnesses, said

    Syafril Nasution, one of the local organizers.

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    Young, who took the crown from Wenxia Yu of China, the 2012 winner, was born in the United States. When she was 10 she moved to the Philippines, where sh

    e has appeared in films and as a television host.

    Miss France, Marine Lorphelin, 20, took second place, while Miss Ghana, Carran

    zar Naa Okailey Shooter, 22, came in third.

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    Widespread Protests

    Miss World organizers had earlier agreed to cut bikinis from the swimsuit competition, replacing them with more conservative sarongs. But pressure continued

    to mount, and more mainstream groups joined in and called for the show to be

    banned.

    Indonesia's government announced three weeks ago that the final would be mo

    ved from the outskirts of the capital, Jakarta, and instead held on the Hindu-do

    minated resort island of Bali, where earlier rounds were taking place.

    The British, Australian and U.S. embassies issued warnings to citizens planning t

    rips to Bali during the competition, saying there could be large-scale protests or

    even attacks.

    Heightened Security

    Col. R. Umar Faroq, the Director of Vital Security for Bali provincial police, said t

    housands of security forces had been deployed to secure the final.

    But Faroq said that security was tightened along the north coast of East Java to

    Bali in anticipation of possible protesters from other islands.

    "The success in securing the Miss World final will be a benchmark for the policein securing the incoming APEC Summit," Faroq said, referring to the upcoming A

    sia-Pacific Cooperation summit on Bali to be attended by world leaders, includin

    g President Barack Obama, and thousands of delegates.

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    String of Controversies

    Miss World is the latest controversy in Indonesia, the world's most populous Mu

    slim country, where most follow a moderate form of the religion. However, a small extremist fringe has become louder and more violent in recent years, attac

    king Christians and other religious minorities, along with anyone else deemed i

    mmoral.

    Last year, the Islamic Defenders Front forced Lady Gaga to cancel a sold-out sho

    w after branding her a "devil worshipper."

    In 2002, Bali was the site of suicide bombings that killed 202 people, mostly fore

    ign tourists. Since then, the government has aggressively pursued militant grou

    ps, which in recent years have committed much smaller-scale attacks mainly foc

    used on security personnel.