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Pinay beauty queens win 'Amazing Race Asia'

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/news-special1/entertainment/12/15/race-121516.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Team Philippines&#x27; Maggie and Parul finish at the top spot in the final leg of fifth season of &#x27;The Amazing Race Asia,&#x27; winning the grand prize of $100,000. <em>Photo: Handout</em></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — The fifth season of &quot;The Amazing Race Asia&quot; revealed its winning pair Thursday night — Pinay beauty queens Maggie Wilson and Parul Shah.</p><p>After a season that involved stops across Southeast Asia, three couples were still in the running heading into the series&#x27; big finale: Malaysia&#x27;s Lee Yvonne and Chloe Chen, former &quot;It&#x27;s Showtime&quot; host Eric Tai and wife Rona Samson, and Wilson and Shah. </p><p>In the end, Wilson and Shah emerged victorious and nabbed the $100,000 (nearly P5 million) cash prize. Yvonne and Chen finished runner-up, while Tai and Samson came in third. </p><p>Wilson and Shah&#x27;s feat makes it two &quot;Amazing Race&quot; victories in a row for the Philippines after best buddies Richard Herrera and Richard Hardin took home the title last year. </p><p>In an interview with ABS-CBN News before the season&#x27;s premiere, the pair said that part of their winnings will be used to help pay for the medical bills of Shah&#x27;s father. </p><p>&quot;My dad just had a stroke. He had a couple of strokes and apparently, while on the race he had another one,&quot; Shah said.</p>

<p>The fifth season of ''The Amazing Race Asia'' revealed its winning pair Thursday night.</p>

The fifth season of ''The Amazing Race Asia'' revealed its winning pair Thursday night.