Chelsea Manalo bares preparations for Miss Universe, shares advice she got from Pia Wurtzbach

E. Kristhoff Cagape

<p>Chelsea Manalo shared her preparations for the upcoming Miss Universe pageant on November 16 in Mexico.</p><p>The beauty queen relayed that she&#x27;s been working hand-in-hand with the Miss Universe Philippines Organization as she gears up for the international pageant.</p><p>&quot;Right now I&#x27;m still working with the Miss Universe Philippines. I&#x27;m still doing trainings on the side when I&#x27;m not working. I do Q and A, I do pasarela,&quot; she shared in an interview with Dyan Castillejo of ABS-CBN News.</p><p>She went on: &quot;I do my own hair and makeup, trainings. These are the things that you need to prepare the most because when I go to Mexico, I&#x27;ll be the one na lang, mag-isa na lang ako diyan. I&#x27;m still in the process of it and I&#x27;m really excited,&quot; she stated.</p><div><iframe width="1519" height="569" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/K4smKoDxTQQ" title="Interviewing MUPH CHELSEA MANALO in her ABS-CBN visit! 👑✨" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>When asked about the look she will go for in the pageant, Chelsea teased: &quot;We still want to look on how I did in Miss Universe Philippines, still very Filipina. Siguro more of on the other side, may parang tapang na siyang hitsura, may fierce na siyang hitsura.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Manny Halasan, he will do my gown and my national costume as well,&quot; she added.</p><div><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2024/7/26/chelsea-manalo-shares-thoughts-two-months-after-miss-universe-philippines-win-1212"><strong>READ: Chelsea Manalo shares thoughts two months after Miss Universe Philippines win</strong></a></div><p>For her hair of the coronation night, Chelsea said that they are still experimenting. &quot;We are still trying to see kung ano &#x27;yung mas bagay,&quot; she said.</p><p>The upcoming Miss Universe pageant will have 130 candidates from all over the world. Does she feel pressured about this?</p><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-2" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/C8Jc8x9ST02/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A2%2C%22os%22%3A795569.6000000238%2C%22ls%22%3A17169.600000023842%2C%22le%22%3A17179.699999928474%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="881" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-2" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>&quot;It&#x27;s not really the pressure of like looking at the other candidates. It&#x27;s pressure within myself. I know at the end of this journey or at that night on that stage, my biggest competition will always be myself,&quot; she stated.</p><p>Chelsea also shared the advice she got from Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach on navigating the pageant.</p><p>&quot;[She said], try to focus lang what is your main goal and at the same time, just have fun,&quot; she relayed.</p>

<p>Chelsea Manalo dishes out on the preparations she has been doing for the upcoming Miss Universe pageant. ‘I’m still doing trainings on the side when I’m not working. I do Q and A, I do pasarela,’ she relays.</p>

Chelsea Manalo dishes out on the preparations she has been doing for the upcoming Miss Universe pageant. ‘I’m still doing trainings on the side when I’m not working. I do Q and A, I do pasarela,’ she relays.

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Chelsea Manalo bares preparations for Miss Universe, shares advice she got from Pia Wurtzbach

Chelsea Manalo bares preparations for Miss Universe, shares advice she got from Pia Wurtzbach

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