In what the Miss Universe Organization simply described as iconic, its reigning queen reunited in the Philippines with four winners from the last seven years to crown the next Filipina delegate to the world's top pageant.
The most recent winner from the Philippines, Catriona Gray (2018), shared a selfie with reigning Miss Universe Harnaaz Sandhu, fellow Filipina Pia Wurtzbach (2015), Demi Tebow (2017, South Africa) and Iris Mittenaere (2016, France) and Esther Swan, the road manager who managed all five queens as they reigned.
On Saturday, the Miss Universe Philippines Organization will crown its new queen in the first stadium broadcast with a live audience since the pandemic. It's first two queens, Rabiya Mateo from 2020 and Beatrice Luigi Gomez of 2021, were both crowned restricted ceremonies due to COVID-19.
The Philippines has four Miss Universe titleholders in total, Gloria Diaz was the first in 1969 and Margarita Moran followed in 1973. So that makes seven Miss Universe queens in the same country if the two OG titleholders are not abroad.
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