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A Recap of Celeste Cortesi’s Miss Universe PH Competition Highlights

A Recap of Celeste Cortesi’s Miss Universe PH Competition Highlights

Janelle Roa Cabrera-Paraiso

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Updated Jan 11, 2023 07:37 AM PHT

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Pasay City’s Celeste Cortesi is the Miss Universe Philippines 2022 titleholder and the country’s official representative to the Miss Universe 2022 competition in New Orleans, USA.


She earned the title back in April 2022 during the Miss Universe Philippines 2022 Grand Coronation Night at the Mall of Asia Arena.



At the 71st Miss Universe pageant, the 25-year-old Filipino-Italian contender eyes the most-coveted title along with 84 other national candidates from all over the globe. The coronation night is slated to take place and stream live on January 15, 9am in the Philippines.



While everybody waits for the reigning beauty queen Harnaaz Sandhu to pass on the crown to the Miss Universe successor, Celeste’s spirit is in full swing as she prepares ahead of the contest with a series of intensive training and orientations. In an Instagram post, she shared a video of herself rehearsing a signature beauty queen walk.

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“Days are getting busier and busier but super excited for what’s to come!” she put in the caption. Celeste Cortesi will be running for the Miss Universe 2022 accolade in hopes of following in the footsteps of Miss Universe winners from the Philippines: Catriona Gray (2018), Pia Wurtzbach (2015), Margie Moran (1973), and Gloria Diaz (1969).



Take a look at the gallery below for the major highlights of Celeste Cortesi’s Miss Universe Philippines 2022 track:

A Recap of Celeste Cortesi’s Miss Universe Competition Highlights
A Recap of Celeste Cortesi’s Miss Universe Competition Highlights
A Recap of Celeste Cortesi’s Miss Universe Competition Highlights
A Recap of Celeste Cortesi’s Miss Universe Competition Highlights
A Recap of Celeste Cortesi’s Miss Universe Competition Highlights

Miss Photogenic - Apart from capturing the Miss Universe Philippines title, Celeste Cortesi was one of the recipients of the pageant’s special awards, the Miss Photogenic.ABS-CBN Entertainment's Official YouTube Channel

Best in Swimsuit - One of the Top 16 semifinalists, Celeste also also won the Best in Swimsuit award on the Miss Universe Philippines 2022 Grand Coronation Night. She was wearing a flattering, two-piece ensemble.ABS-CBN Entertainment's Official YouTube Channel

Top 5 Finalists - The beauty queen roster was then narrowed down to Top 5, including Miss Bohol (Pauline Amelinckx), Miss Misamis Oriental (Annabelle Mae McDonnell), Miss Makati City (Michelle Daniela Dee), Miss Taguig City (Maria Katrina Llegado), and Miss Pasay City (Celeste Cortesi).ABS-CBN Entertainment's Official YouTube Channel

Question and Answer Portion - The Top 5 Binibining Pilipinas candidates moved forward to the Q&A portion. The question Celeste got was, “If you could stop time for a day, how would you spend it?” She then nailed it with this response: “If I could stop time, I would spend it with my family, especially my mother. It's been two years since I haven't spent time with my family because they live in Italy, and I came here in the Philippines just by myself. If I had a chance to spend one day, I would definitely be with my mom, and I would just tell her how much I love her and I miss her.'ABS-CBN Entertainment's Official YouTube Channel

Miss Universe Philippines 2022 - It was a sweet succes for Pasay City’s Celeste Cortesi as she was finally bequeathed the La Mer en Majesté crown and is hailed as Miss Universe Philippines 2022.ABS-CBN Entertainment's Official YouTube Channel


Lead photos from @celeste_cortesi


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