Chelsea Manalo wins Miss Universe 2024 Best in National Costume

Miss Philippines Chelsea Manalo won Best in National Costume in Miss Universe 2024, as announced by the pageant Saturday morning (Manila time).

Miss Universe 2024 held its coronation night  two weeks ago, but the winner of the national costume competition was only revealed this morning.

Chelsea Manalo is Best in National Costume | FB/Miss Universe Philippines

Chelsea, who made the first cut (Top 30) during the Miss Universe 2024 finale, was also named Miss Universe Asia after the show.

It was the first time the pageant named a continental queen.

Her Best in National Costume runners-up were Chile (1st) and Vietnam (2nd).

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Miss Universe 2024 - Philippines' Chelsea Manalo ends journey in Top 30

Miss Philippines Chelsea Manalo was able to make the Top 30 of Miss Universe 2024, but failed to advance to the next cut.

Chelsea did well in the swimsuit round, which was participated in by the Top 30 girls.

Unluckily, her performance wasn't good enough for the judges nd she failed to make it to the Top 12.

Video: YouTube/ABS-CBN Entertainment

Miss Universe 2024 Results

Miss Denmark Victoria Theilvig was crowned Miss Universe 2024 in Mexico on Sunday morning, November 17, Philippine time. She bested 126 other contestants to become the first Dane to win the title.

Photo: FB/Miss Universe

The first runner-up sash went to Miss Nigeria; second runner-up was the host candidate, Miss Mexico; third runner-up was Miss Thailand; and fourth runner-up was Miss Venezuela.

Making it to the Top 12 were candidates from Bolivia, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Russia, Chile, Canada and Peru.

Meanwhile, aside from Philippines, the Top 30 had girls from Macau, Ecuador, Malaysia, Aruba, Finland, Dominican Republic, Cambodia, Nicaragua, Zimbabwe, France, India, Serbia, Vietnam, Cuba, China, Japan and Egypt.

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Miss Universe 2024 - Philippines' Chelsea Manalo wows in Prelims

The Miss Universe 2024 Preliminary Competition was recently held at Arena CDMX in Mexico City, Friday morning, November 15, Philippine time.

Miss Philippines Chelsea Manalo wowed the crowd (and presumably, the judges) with her graceful pasarela during the evening gown, swimwear, and national costume segments.

National Costume

During the national costume segment, Chelsea wore a breathtaking Hiraya costume designed by Manny Halasan.

Based on the voice over, the "costume depicts the history of Christianization and Islam in the Philippines. The exploration from Spain and Mexico led to the Christianization of much of the country."

Meanwhile, Hiraya is an ancient Filipino word that is a deeper form of hope. It is usually used with the word Manawari. The two words together mean "hope it happens."

Swimsuit

Chelsea was stunning during the swimwear round. She was very graceful as she executed her now signature turns. It was also good that she wore her hair curly.

Evening Gown

The evening gown, however, wasn't a highlight of the preliminary competition. The girls didn't get to walk the stage alone. They went to the stage in groups, and the hosts announced their respective countries as the cameras focused on each of them.

Chelsea, however, got everyone's attention as she did her double turns while wearing her princess-y blue gown.

Miss Philippines really stole some important spotlights during the prelims. Can't wait for her pasabog come finals.

Did you like Chelsea Manalo's performance in the Miss Universe 2024 Preliminary Competition?

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Miss Universe 2022: Catriona Gray is backstage commentator

Miss Universe has just announced that Catriona Gray is one of the backstage commentators in its upcoming 71st coronation night.

via IG/missuniverse

On its social media pages on Thursday, the organization officially announced that Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray, along with actress and American Ninja Warrior co-host Zuri Hall, will be the Miss Universe 2022 backstage commentators.

Also, another former title holder Olivia Culpo is hosting the coronation night together with the Emmy award-winning Jeannie Mai Jenkins.

The Miss Universe 2022 coronation night will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA on January 14th (morning of 15th in the Philippines).

It will be streamed live in the Philippines via A2Z Channel 11, Kapamilya Channel, Metro Channel, and iWantTFC starting at 9 am on Jan 15th.

More than 80 women from all over the world will be competing for the title. Will the Philippines' Celeste Cortesi be able to bring home our fifth Miss Universe crown? 

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Miss Universe Philippines 2022 Celeste Cortesi is ready for New Orleans

Celeste Cortessi won the Miss Universe Philippines 2022 title last April and she has been working hard with trainings to be able to represent the country well at the Miss Universe 2022 pageant.

Celeste had her official send off party last December 15, a day before she flew to the US for the final leg of her training.

Meanwhile, today, she had another send off party in Los Angeles as she would be flying to New Orleans tomorrow.

The 71st Miss Universe pageant will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana on January 14th.

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India wins 70th Miss Universe

Miss India Harnaaz Sandhu was crowned Miss Universe 2021 on Sunday, December 12th (Monday morning, Dec. 13th in Manila), during the pageant's finals held in Eliat, Israel. She beat Miss Paraguay Nadia Ferreira who was named 1st runner-up. Miss South Africa Lakeland Mswane was part of the Top 3 and was named 2nd runner-up.

Miss Universe 2021 Harnaaz Sandhu of India | IG/missuniverse

Miss Philippines Beatrice Luigi Gomez and Miss Colombia Valeria Ayos were both part of the Top 5.

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Beatrice Luigi Gomez - Miss Universe 2021 Preliminary Performances

The Miss Universe 2021 Preliminary Competition was held in Israel on Friday (early morning of Saturday in Manila), with the candidates trying to impress the judges in swimsuit and evening gown, as well as in their national costumes. The final show will be on December 13, Monday, at 2AM in Israel (8AM in Manila).

Miss Universe Philippines 2021 Beatrice Luigi Gomez wowed in swimsuit and evening gown that were both in red. Her Bakunawa-inspired national costume, too, was impressive.

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Marian Rivera to judge Miss Universe 2021

Marian Rivera is one of the judges of Miss Universe 2021 which is currently happening in Israel. The coronation night will be on December 12th (morning of Dec. 13th in Manila) at the Universe Arena in Eliat.

Marian Rivera | IG/missuniverse

Marian will wear a Francis Libiran gown for the final event. Miss Philippines Beatrice Luigi Gomez will also wear a gown from the same designer. Both of them will be stunning, for sure.

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Miss Universe 2018 is Catriona Gray from Philippines

Catriona Gray was crowned Miss Universe 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand on Monday (Manila time) giving the Philippines its fourth crown from the beauty pageant.

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Miss Universe 2017 - Results #MissUniverse

Miss Universe 2017 happened in Las Vegas Sunday night (Monday morning in Manila). The girls were grouped into 3, based on geography - Americas, Europe, and Africa & Asia Pacific.

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Pia Wurtzbach is a telecast judge of Miss Universe 2017

Miss Universe Philippines 2017 Rachel Peters won't be the only Pinay we'll be cheering for in the upcoming Miss Universe 2017 pageant this November 26. Pia Wurtzbach will also be there as one of the telecast judges.

Pia, who won the pageant in 2015, has been revealed as one of the telecast judges through a social media post by Miss Universe.

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Rachel Peters flies to Las Vegas for Miss Universe 2017

Miss Universe Philippines 2017 Rachel Peters is now in Las Vegas for the Miss Universe 2017 pageant.

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