Megan Young Wins Miss World 2013 Top Model Challenge

Megan Young is a step closer to bringing home the Miss World 2013 crown.

Megan Young

The Filipina beauty has been named the winner of the pageant's Top Model challenge, a modeling fast track competition which gives the winner a ticket to the Semi-finals.

Since the fast track events were added in 2003, there have been two Miss World title holders who also won the Top Model contest -- Zhang Zilin (China, 2007), Ksenia Sukhinova (Russia, 2008). Will Young be the third?

The 23-year-old actress also made it to the Top 5 of other fast track events, 4th in Multimedia and 5th in Beach Fashion.

Miss Philippines is currently second in the Miss World online voting, next to Maroua Kharbouch of Gibraltar. The candidate with the most votes will be declared the People’s Champion and will go straight to the Finals.

The Miss World 2013 coronation night is set to be held on Saturday, September 28, in Bali, Indonesia.

Miss World is the most elusive crown for the pageant-crazy Philippines. The highest the country has placed in the pageant was in 2011 when Gwendoline Ruais finished second.