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LAS VEGAS, NV – DECEMBER 20: Miss Philippines 2015, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach (L), and Miss Colombia 2015, Ariadna Gutierrez Arevalo, hold hands as they wait for the judges’ final decision in the 2015 Miss Universe Pageant at The Axis at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on December 20, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Wurtzbach was named the new Miss Universe after host Steve Harvey mistakenly named Gutierrez Arevalo the winner. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV – DECEMBER 20: Miss Colombia 2015, Ariadna Gutierrez Arevalo (L), is crowned the new Miss Universe by Miss Universe 2014 Paulina Vega after host Steve Harvey mistakenly named Gutierrez Arevalo the winner instead of first runner-up during the 2015 Miss Universe Pageant at The Axis at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on December 20, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Miss Philippines 2015, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, (not pictured) was eventually named the winner. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV – DECEMBER 20: Miss Philippines 2015, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, reacts on the side of the stage after host Steve Harvey announced that he mistakenly named her the first runner-up instead of the new Miss Universe during the 2015 Miss Universe Pageant at The Axis at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on December 20, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV – DECEMBER 20: A card showing the order of the top three finalists in the 2015 Miss Universe Pageant is shown on screen after host Steve Harvey mistakenly named Miss Colombia 2015, Ariadna Gutierrez Arevalo, the winner instead of first runner-up at The Axis at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on December 20, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Miss Philippines 2015, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach was eventually named as the winner. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV – DECEMBER 20: (L-R) Miss Colombia 2015, Ariadna Gutierrez Arevalo, looks on as Miss Universe 2014 Paulina Vega removes her crown to give it to Miss Phillipines 2015, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, after it was announced that host Steve Harvey mistakenly named Gutierrez Arevalo the winner instead of Wurtzbach during the 2015 Miss Universe Pageant at The Axis at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on December 20, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV – DECEMBER 20: Miss Universe 2014 Paulina Vega (L) crowns Miss Philippines 2015, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, the 2015 Miss Universe during the 2015 Miss Universe Pageant at The Axis at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on December 20, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV – DECEMBER 20: Miss Universe 2014 Paulina Vega (L) hugs Miss Philippines 2015, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, after host Steve Harvey mistakenly named Miss Colombia 2015, Ariadna Gutierrez Arevalo (not pictured), the new Miss Universe instead of Wurtzbach during the 2015 Miss Universe Pageant at The Axis at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on December 20, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV – DECEMBER 20: Miss Philippines 2015, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, who was mistakenly named as first runner-up, reacts as she is named the 2015 Miss Universe during the 2015 Miss Universe Pageant at The Axis at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on December 20, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
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Her first Press Conference as Miss Universe 2015.
LAS VEGAS, NV – DECEMBER 20: Miss Philippines 2015, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, poses for photos after winning the 2015 Miss Universe Pageant at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on December 20, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Her victorious homecoming in the Philippines
MANILA, Philippines – Miss Universe 2016 Pia Wurtzbach waves to the crowd during her homecoming parade in Metro Manila on 25 January 2016. Wurtzbach’s victory was filled with controversy as host Steve Harvey mistakenly announced Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez as the winner. (Photo by George Calvelo/NurPhoto) (Photo by NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
For the past weeks, Queen P kept herself busy with her charity project during ECQ and the COVID19 crisis by spearheading the distribution of safety masks to all frontliners – be it hospitals or basic service providers. And she did not stop in doing just a one-day mission. She kept on with it for days – while still looking radiant all throughout.
Queen P in action for the frontliners during the ongoing pandemic crisis
Final photoshoots are always filled with bittersweet moments. You give your best in front of the camera, and yet deep inside, the feeling of sadness is inescapable. After all, the reign will soon be over, along with the celebrity life in Manhattan.
At any rate, here are video clips of four of the former titleholders so you can see how they managed to get through it with fun, poise and professionalism.
Paulina Vega
Pia Wurtzbach
Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters
Catriona Gray
MIAMI, FL – JANUARY 25: Miss Colombia Paulina Vega is crowned Miss Universe 2015 onstage during The 63rd Annual Miss Universe Pageant at Florida International University on January 25, 2015 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images)
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Back in 2014, Miss Universe was held in an unlikely host city which no pageant fan would instinctively guess as the venue for our favorite beauty pageant – Doral, a city in Miami-Dade Country, Florida known for a lot of parks, educational institutions and a good-sized Latin American population – save for big-time pageantry. Here’s a bit of trivia, did you know where the name “Doral” originated from?
” In the late 1950s, real estate pioneers Alfred and Doris Kaskel purchased 2,400 acres of swampland between Northwest 36 Street and Northwest 74 Street and from Northwest 79 Avenue to Northwest 117 Avenue for about $49,000, intending to build a golf course and hotel. In 1962, the Doral Country Club opened in western Dade County, featuring the blue, red and par-3 golf courses, along with a hotel on Miami Beach. The “Doral” name combined Doris and Alfred. As Doral’s very first structure, the Doral Hotel and Country Club became the area’s hot spot: guests were transported from the beach to the country club for a day on the golf course.
The Miss Universe 2014 Top 5
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MIAMI, FL – JANUARY 25: Miss Philippines Mary Jean Lastimosa onstage in evening gown during The 63rd Annual Miss Universe Pageant at Florida International University on January 25, 2015 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images)
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Now at 27, she still remains single and with no potential boyfriend waiting in the sidelines. Yet.
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES – MARCH 12, 2020: Paulina Vega attends the Launch of The New Connected Watch by TAG Heuer at the Caldwell Factory in New York City.- PHOTOGRAPH BY Ron Adar / Echoes Wire/ Barcroft Studios / Future Publishing (Photo credit should read Ron Adar / Echoes Wire/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)
I double-checked more than once the Preliminary Competition of Miss Universe 2019. And from my previous list of Pre-Preliminaries Top 20, I removed one Latina and one European from the list – Panama and Spain – and replaced them with another pair of Latina and European to complete my Top 20 – Peru and Ireland. This is the part where they will give their short opening statements (OS) for the judges:
In alphabetical order of country names:
Albania
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
France
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Kenya
Mexico
Peru
Philippines
Puerto Rico
Singapore
South Africa
Thailand
USA
Venezuela
Vietnam
Now since the next cut will effectively divide the group into half, this is where the judges are likely to bring in the ladies they already took a shine on from the time the assessments started with a dash of one or two who cannot be ignored in the OS. Hence, I will include USA and Indonesia in my Top 10.
In my order of preference now:
Colombia
Philippines
Albania
France
Thailand
India
Indonesia
Vietnam
Brazil
USA
The Top 10 will go through the Swimsuit and Evening Gown Competitions. And if the basis will be the Preliminaries, this is where Miss Thailand Paweensuda Drouin might be nosed out by another ASEAN delegate – Hoang Thuy of Vietnam – who I feel will deliver more strongly in both mentioned segments. Hence, my Top 5 in this order are:
Colombia
Philippines
India
France
Vietnam
Question and Answer will follow the announcement of the Top 5. And even if criticisms are overflowing that Miss Philippines Gazini Ganados is likely to fail in impressing the panel with her answer, I’d like to believe that she will deliver in this regard. Maybe not exceedingly well as per the standards of many, but still enough to move forward. By this time, she has earned enough positive points to convince the all-female judges that she deserves a spot in the Final 3.
My Miss Universe 2019 Final 3 are:
Gabriela Tafur of Colombia
Gazini Ganados of the Philippines
Vartika Singh of India
Interestingly enough, the trio represents different strengths that would hold them up in their respective bids.
Colombia can possibly benefit from having her fellow Latinas in the panel – Paulina Vega and Gaby Espino – who may (or may not) push for Gabriela to win the title.
The Philippines will be going for a rare back-to-back win that should propel the Miss Universe brand to greater heights in terms of marketability, popularity and newsworthiness.
India will be served well in giving the South Asian nation a much-awaited comeback in terms of superiority in international pageantry. It has not had an “extra meaningful” placement (read: Top 5 or better) in the annual pageant for the past seventeen (17) years. Celina Jaitley was the last Indian in the Top 5, and that was back in 2001.
Now, for the Final Question, it can be anybody’s game as to who will seal the deal or otherwise.
My Final Verdict?
Who doesn’t want a back-to-back win? Regardless of what the naysayers will voice out, I will always want the Philippines to duplicate what Venezuela achieved back in 2008/2009. But if Gazini is not fated to be the next, then I would be happy that she made it this far and even a 2nd Runner-Up placement would sound great since we have not yet scored this ranking ever since Miss Universe started in the 1950s. Overall (and outside the Prelims), nonetheless, she has done very well in aspects that we cannot categorize in any of the scored segments – factors that will sit well with the MUO on any given Sunday – business-wise, that is. After all, the inner workings of international pageantry has significantly evolved ever since. And Miss Universe is no exception.
Now if either Colombia or India would spoil things for the Philippines, I will not feel disheartened. I have been so pageantry-involved more than 3/4 of my life now that I can accept any result with an open mind and heart.
In ending, I am rooting for a back-to-back win!
Here is the All-Female Selection Committee (the judges) of Miss Universe 2019:
1) Gaby Espino is an internationally renowned actress, TV host, entrepreneur and one of the Latina personalities with more engagement and presence in the social media landscape, who has become an A-lister in the Latin American entertainment industry.
2) Bozoma (“Boz”) Saint John is chief marketing officer at Endeavor, a global leader in entertainment, sports and fashion operating in more than 30 countries with a portfolio of companies including WME, IMG and UFC.
3) Cara Mund is a 2016 honors graduate in Business, Entrepreneurship, and Organizations from Brown University. She is currently pursuing a Juris Doctor Degree at Georgetown University Law Center.
4) Sazan Hendrix is what happens when you let go of the what ifs and shoot for what you love. Her digital popularity propelled the successful launch of her Bless Box subscription company, multiple TV network gigs for E!, ESPN and Access Hollywood, as well as the recent launch of her hit podcast show The Good Life, with already over 8 million downloads and ranked top 50 on iTunes charts.
5) Crystle Stewart Sebrechts is a former Miss USA (2008) and Miss Texas USA, an accomplished actress and leading advocate for young women.
6) Paulina Vega is a former Miss Universe (2014), model, TV host, entrepreneur and life enthusiast. She was born and raised in Barranquilla, Colombia, but her passion is to connect with the whole world.
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From Paulina to Pia
Above is the winning moment that should have been there in the first place instead of an abrupt cutting of the live telecast and a delayed upload of glorious crowning pics. Some of the more true-blue pageant fanatics still can’t get over the fact that Miss Universe 2015 was robbed of her true victory announcement on worldwide TV. But what host Steve Harvey blamed on human error can no longer be turned back, and was, thus, rectified immediately for damage control.
It really breaks the 42-year wait to have the crown handed to our representative in such fashion, and at the embarrassing expense of Ariadna Gutierrez. But we need to move on from here and treat the events as part of the destined deal. After all, Pia experienced serendipity at its best. And the Filipinos are going crazy everywhere, regardless of how things turned out in the end.
A hug from Paulina
Wow! This year is really turning out more fruitful than 2013. One Miss Universe, one Miss Earth, one Miss Globe, one Miss International Queen and a 1st Runner-Up placement in Miss Intercontinental. And there’s also Miss Scuba International before I forget.
What a wonderful start for Christmas Week indeed! 😀
Here is your big chance to be heard. Around the world, that is.
Miss Universe 2015 is giving everyone with a valid Facebook account to field in a final question for the December 20 coronation night of the pageant. If you’re up to it, then go submit a really good one. Who knows, you might get picked!
Just remember to keep your question sensible if short or properly-worded if longer and tied up with a current issue significant to the competition.
Read the rules below for more details.
Miss Universe 2014 Paulina Vega
And the days are really passing by like a gentle breeze. In just over a month from now, Paulina’s reign as Miss Universe will come to an end. Her successor will be crowned on December 20, just five days before Christmas. And do we expect another holiday-themed finals at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas? You betcha!
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Olivia, Katherine and Paulina attending Nicole Miller’s fashion show
Paulina and Olivia braved the rains just to hop from one show to the next
And during the Sherri Hill stop, both Olivia and Katherine walked the ramp, much to their excitement.
Watch the video of their NYFW rendezvous now.
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