Karen Gallman enters the Top 5 of the 47th Miss Intercontinental

Filipino-Australian beauty queen Karen Gallman is through to the next round. 

Karen cleared the second round of competition and entered the Top 5.  She is joined by Ethiopia, Slovak Republic, Costa Rica, and Colombia.

Vietnam moved on to the next round with the Top 5 via a popular vote.

Karen Gallman is in the Top 5 of #MissIntercontinental | @gmanews pic.twitter.com/kMIonWIiLL

— Aya Miura (@ayaruim) January 26, 2019

Karen has won three other special awards in separate pre-pageant events: Standout Beauty, Media Favorite, and Body Beautiful.

The Miss Intercontinental coronation night is being held for the first time in the Philippines, although Japan is the official host country.

Outgoing queen Veronica Salas Vallejo of Mexico, who also served as a judge, will be crowning her successor tonight, January 26. — with reports from Jessica Bartolome / AT, GMA News,