The beauty ‘lost the battle’ before Phuong Khanh was crowned Miss Universe Philippines

Celeste Cortesi is 25 years old this year, owns a height of 1.73 m, is a hybrid of three Italian, Spanish and Filipino blood. Overcoming a series of heavyweights, she was crowned the highest Miss Universe Philippineswon the ticket to represent the Philippines at Miss Universe 2022.

Previously, Pasay’s representative was expected to be crowned Miss when consecutively achieving high achievements in the side challenges (winning the Casting video challenge, the top 3 of the Confrontation challenge, the top 3 of the Swimsuit challenge).

In the final night, she also won a series of other side prizes including: Miss Photogenic, Best in Swimsuit, Frontrow Best Arrival Look, Miss Avana, Miss Aqua Boracay. Before the final night, the Missosology site also predicted the winning representative of Pasay.

According to Inquirer, Miss Celeste Cortesi performed excellently from day one thanks to her physical advantage (1.73 m high, three-round measurement of 87-57-87 cm) and experience in many beauty contests. Throughout the competition, she maintained a stable form and broke through in the last race to reach the crown.

New Miss in the evening gown competition and swimsuit performance. Photo: Missosology.

The final night was held on the evening of April 30, at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay city – the hometown of the new beauty queen. Here, she was proud to be named by Miss Universe 2015 – Pia Wurtzbach for the crown “La Mer en Majeste”.

Contestant Michelle Marquez Dee (Makati city) won Miss Universe Philippines Tourism 2022 (Miss Universe Philippines Tourism), beautiful Pauline Amelinckx (Bohol province) won the title of Miss Universe Philippines Charity (Miss Universe Philippines). , 1st and 2nd runner-up are Annabelle MacDonnell (Misamis Oriental province), Katrina Llegado (Taguig City).

In the top 5 behavior test, when receiving the question: “If you could stop time for a day, how would you use it?”, Celeste Cortesi shared that she wanted to spend time with her family, especially her family. mom. “Over the past two years, I have not been able to see my relatives because they are in Italy, and I come to the Philippines alone. If given the opportunity, I will definitely be with my mother, telling her how much I love and miss her.” she was emotional.

The reigning beauty queen, whose full name is Silvia Celeste Rabimbi Cortesi, has an Italian father and a Spanish-Philippine mother. She worked as a model in Italy, then returned home to participate in Miss Earth Philippines 2018 and excelled at the highest position. In the same year, she represented the country to attend Miss Earth and reached the top 8, while the representative of Vietnam – Nguyen Phuong Khanh was crowned.

Hoang Huy