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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1732601486415Chanel-Olive-Thomas.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Chanel Olive Thomas is returning to the pageant scene as The Miss Philippines Melbourne 2025. <em>Thomas/Instagram</em></span></span></span></div><p>After representing the Philippines in Miss Supranational, Chanel Thomas is making a comeback on the pageant stage.</p><p>In an Instagram post on Tuesday, she happily announced that she has been named The Miss Philippines Melbourne 2025. </p><p>&quot;What an honor to be the first to represent Melbourne, the most multicultural city in Australia,&quot; she said. &quot;As a proud Filipino-Australian, a married woman in my 30s, I am breaking traditional timelines to pursue my dreams.&quot;</p><p>&quot;I am passionate about championing multicultural diversity, inclusion, mental health, self-worth, and faith-driven confidence, empowering women to embrace their potential,&quot; she added, citing her online platform called Flourish Godly Confident.</p><div><br/></div><iframe class="instagram-media" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DC0hdKFSzwM/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=596&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A4392770.199999988%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="0" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" 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;min-width:326px;padding:0px;position:absolute"></iframe><blockquote class=" instagram-media-registered" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DC0hdKFSzwM/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14" id="instagram-media-payload-0" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:16px"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DC0hdKFSzwM/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="background:#FFFFFF;line-height:0;padding:0 0;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;width:100%" target="_blank"><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:row;align-items:center"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:40px;margin-right:14px;width:40px"><br/></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:100px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:60px"><br/></div></div></div><div style="padding:19% 0"><br/></div><div style="display:block;height:50px;margin:0 auto 12px;width:50px"><br/></div><div style="padding-top:8px"><div style="color:#3897f0;line-height:18px">View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding:12.5% 0"><br/></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:row;margin-bottom:14px;align-items:center"><div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(0px) translateY(7px)"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;height:12.5px;transform:rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px);width:12.5px;flex-grow:0;margin-right:14px;margin-left:2px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(9px) translateY(-18px)"><br/></div></div><div style="margin-left:8px"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:20px;width:20px"><br/></div><div style="width:0;height:0;border-top:2px solid transparent;border-left:6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom:2px solid transparent;transform:translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)"><br/></div></div><div style="margin-left:auto"><div style="width:0px;border-top:8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right:8px solid transparent;transform:translateY(16px)"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;flex-grow:0;height:12px;width:16px;transform:translateY(-4px)"><br/></div><div style="width:0;height:0;border-top:8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left:8px solid transparent;transform:translateY(-4px) translateX(8px)"><br/></div></div></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center;margin-bottom:24px"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:224px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:144px"><br/></div></div></a><div style="color:#c9c8cd;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DC0hdKFSzwM/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="color:#c9c8cd;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by Chanel Olive • Flourish GodlyConfident (@chanelolive_)</a></div></div></blockquote><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><p>Thomas, who finished in the Top 10 of Miss Supranational 2017, initially uploaded a reel that showed her wearing the Miss Universe Philippines Melbourne 2025 sash. </p><p>She later on deleted the clip, saying that the title was &quot;incorrect.&quot; </p><p>Thomas is joined by fellow Fil-Aussies Karenza De Leon and Bella Dela Cruz, who have been named The Miss Philippines Australia and The Miss Philippines Sydney, respectively.</p><p>&quot;I am proud to announce that I will be your Miss Philippines Australia 2025,&quot; De Leon said in an Instagram post.</p><p>&quot;We hope to make you and our community proud,&quot; she added. </p><p>Formed in 2023, The Miss Philippines is the sister pageant of Miss Universe Philippines (MUPH). </p><p>Alethea Ambrosio is the winner of the inaugural competition but she was preceded by Pauline Amelinckx as the pageant&#x27;s first appointee.</p><p>Amelinckx, who placed second to Michelle Dee in MUPH 2023, finished first runner-up in Miss Supranational that same year. </p><p>This year&#x27;s batch of The Miss Philippines queens also came from MUPH and were awarded the chance to compete in international pageants: Alexie Brooks for Miss Eco International, Ahtisa Manalo for Miss Cosmo, Cyrille Payumo for Miss Charm, and Tarah Valencia for Miss Supranational.  </p><p>MUPH&#x27;s title winner for 2024, Chelsea Manalo, won the first-ever Miss Universe Asia crown earlier this month.</p>

<p>After representing the Philippines in Miss Supranational, Chanel Thomas is making a comeback on the pageant stage.</p>

After representing the Philippines in Miss Supranational, Chanel Thomas is making a comeback on the pageant stage.

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Former Miss Supranational PH Chanel Thomas returns to pageant scene

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Published November 26, 2024 02:12 PM PHT

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