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December 22 , 2018 - January 7, 2019
Jan. 22-Feb.7, 2015
Unforgettable crowning moments of
Ms. Universe winners from the Philippines
atriona Gray bagged
C
the fourth Miss Universe
crown for the Philippines on
Monday morning, December 17.
With Catriona’s win, here’s
a look-back on the unforgettable
crowning moments of the four
Miss Universe winners from the
Philippines:
Ms. Universe 1969 Gloria Diaz
Gloria Diaz was the first
Filipina to be crowned Miss
Universe and the third Asian to
win the pageant.
The former beauty queen
bested 60 other contestants at
the pageant’s grand coronation
night held in July 1969, at the
Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami
Beach, Florida, USA.
During
the
question
and answer segment of the
competition, Gloria was asked: In
a next day or so, a man will land
on the moon. If a man from the
moon landed in your hometown,
what would you do to entertain
him?
Her iconic answer: “Oh, just
the same things I do. I think if he
has been in the moon for so long
I think when he comes over he
wants to change, I guess.”
The Philippines’ Ms. Universes (L-R): Gloria Diaz, Catriona Gray, Pia Wurtzback & Margie Moran
most expensive thing and I can’t
afford it. If I had a million bucks,
I’ll buy a house and lot and live
by myself and other people, of
course.”
The model-actress nailed it
and answered, “I think that the
United States and the Philippines
have always had a good
relationship with each other. We
were colonized by the Americans
and we have their culture and our
traditions even up to this day and
I think that we’re very welcoming
with the Americans. And I don’t
see any problem with that at all.”
For the second round of the
question and answer segment of
the pageant, each candidate was
asked: “Why should you be the
next Miss Universe?”
Pia’s memorable answer: “To
be a Miss Universe is both an
honor and responsibility. If I were
to be Miss Universe, I will use my
voice to influence the youth and I
would raise awareness to certain
causes like HIV awareness that is
timely and relevant to my country
which is the Philippines. I want
to show the world, the universe
rather, that I am confidently
beautiful with a heart. Thank you.”
Ms. Universe 2015
Pia Wurtzbach
After a non-win of over four
decades in the Miss Universe
arena, the country rejoiced the
victory of Pia Wurtzbach, who
brought home the third Miss
Universe crown.
The
29-year-old
beauty
queen made headlines when the
Ms. Universe 1973
pageant’s host Steven Harvey
Margie Moran
announced the wrong winner,
Margie Moran was the Colombia’s Ariadna Gutierrez,
Philippines’
second
Miss during the grand coronation night
Universe.
held in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
She took home the highly
It was during this edition that
coveted title in July 1973 at the Miss Universe announced their
pageant’s grand coronation night new format: two sets of question
held in Odeon of Herodes Atticus, and answer segment for Top 5
Athens, Greece.
and Top 3 finalists.
For the Q&A round of the
Pia’s first question was:
pageant she was asked: “Let’s “Earlier this year, there was a
make believe that all of a sudden controversy in Philippines about
you had a million dollars. What’s the United States reopening a
Ms. Universe 2018
the first thing you would buy and base in your country. Do you
Catriona Gray
why would you buy it?”
think the United States should
Three years after Pia was
Margie’s winning answer: “A have a military presence in your crowned Miss Universe, Catriona
house and lot because it’s the country?”
brought the crown back home to
the Philippines.
She also answered two
difficult questions during the
question and answer round of the
pageant.
Each of the Top 5 semi-
finalists was deliberately asked
a question related to the current
issues of her respective country.
Catriona’s question was:
“Canada recently joined Uruguay
as the second nation in the world
to make marijuana legal. What is
your opinion on the regularization
of marijuana?”
The
Filipino-Australian
model’s answer was direct to the
point and said, “I’m for it being
used for medical use, but not so for
recreational use. Because I think if
people will argue then what about
alcohol and cigarettes? Everything
is good but in moderation.”
Catriona also nailed the
final question: “What is the most
important lesson you’ve learned
and how will you apply it to your
time as Miss Universe?”
Her response that bagged
her the crown: “I work a lot in the
slums of Tondo, Manila and the
life there is poor and very sad.
And I’ve always taught to myself
to look for the beauty of it and
look in the beauty of the faces of
the children and to be grateful.
And I will bring this aspect as a
Miss Universe to see situations
with a silver lining and to assess
where I could give something,
where I could provide something
as a spokesperson. And this I
think if I can teach people to be
grateful, we can have an amazing
world where negativity could not
grow and foster, and children
will have smile on their faces.”
This time, Steve named the
Philippines as the newest Miss
Universe titleholder without a
hitch.●
- N. Tuazon, Pep
Lotlot De Leon weds Fadi El Soury
Lotlot de Leon is now Mrs.
Fadi El Soury.
She and her Lebanese
husband held their intimate
wedding
earlier
today,
December 17, at El Jardin de
Zaida in San Juan, Batangas.
The canopy of trees and
rare tropical plants served as
the ceremony’s backdrop, with
Amante Fleurs adding some
blooms to make the set-up
more quaint.
Here’s how the reception
looked.
The bride wore a gown
by Zandra Lim, who revealed
in an Instagram post that the
newlyweds are “just a month
unico hijo Diego Gutierrez.
One of Lotlot’s closest
friends, Shyr Valdez, noted on
Instagram that it was a “wedding
that waited.”
The actress’ first marriage
to Ramon Christopher, the
father of her four children, was
in 1987. She announced their
split in 2004.
The ex-couple filed a
petition declaring their marriage
as null and void in 2007.
Lotlot found love again in
short of their 6th anniversary.”
Janine was escorted by
2012.
Lotlot’s sister Matet De rumored boyfriend Rayver Cruz.
She got engaged to Fadi in
Leon (2nd from R) and her three
Also present were Lotlot’s
gorgeous daughters Janine (R), dad Christopher De Leon and July 2018.●
Jessica (L), and Max were her stepmom Sandy Andolong, her
- M. Fernando, Pep
bridesmaids.
brother Ian de Leon, and her