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Chelsea Manalo wins Best National Costume at Miss Universe

Chelsea Manalo wins Best National Costume at Miss Universe: 'Salamat sa lahat ng nagtiwala'

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<p>Philippine representative Chelsea Manalo won Best National Costume in this year&#x27;s Miss Universe pageant.</p><p>The Miss Universe Organization announced on Saturday, November 30, that the Filipino beauty queen emerged as the winner following an online poll on social media.</p><p>&quot;Proudly representing their homeland! The National Costume is a way for contestants to share their country’s story, traditions, and values with the world,&quot; the organization said.</p><p>&quot;Based on your votes, we’re proud to announce the top 3 National Costumes! Congratulations to our winner @manalochelsea wearing [Manny Halasan] 💫.&quot;</p><div><br/></div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-12" src="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DC-hHDoN61I/embed/captioned/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=446&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A12%2C%22os%22%3A14345747.299999952%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="1022" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-12" 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><div><br/></div><p>Chelsea was quick to react to the news and congratulated her team for the said feat. &quot;To the team and Sir [Manny] for the creation. Salamat sa lahat ng nag tiwala at nag Vote! Para sa&#x27;yo Philippines!&quot; the beauty queen remarked.</p><p>Filipino fans online were also quick to congratulate Chelsea for this new achievement.</p><p>&quot;2 YEARS IN A ROW! CONGRATULATIONS CHELSEA! CONGRATULATIONS PHILIPPINES!&quot; one fan commented.</p><p>&quot;Wow! Congrats to you and your team👏👏👏 what a wonderful news to wake up from,&quot; another fan posted.</p><p>Chelsea&#x27;s national costume was dubbed as &quot;Hiraya&quot; which was described as &quot;a vision of what will become…. It is clear in your mind, and it speaks truthfully in</p><div><br/></div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-13" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DCYFc5Wys04/embed/captioned/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=446&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A13%2C%22os%22%3A14346712.299999952%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="1579" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-13" 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><div><br/></div><p>Aside from the Best National Costume award, Chelsea was hailed as Miss Universe Asia at this year&#x27;s edition of the pageant.</p><p>As per past report of Dyan Castillejo of ABS-CBN News, Chelsea will be traveling around Asia and will be joining the Miss Universe on some trips.</p><p>&quot;I’m just so happy I get to make it here in Miss Universe. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d get to do so. I used to be just that little girl hoping that one day I’ll be in front of that Universe stage and i did; I did my best,&quot; Chelsea said on her journey in Miss Universe.</p><p>Meanwhile, Miss Universe Peru was named as Miss Universe Americas, Miss Finland as Miss Universe Europe, and Miss Nigeria as Miss Universe Africa and Oceania.</p><p>The coronation night of the Miss Universe was held on November 16 at Arena CDMX in Mexico.</p><p>Victoria Kjaer Theilvig of Denmark was crowned as Miss Universe 2024.</p><div><br/></div>

<p>The Miss Universe Organization announced on Saturday, November 30, that the Chelsea Manalo emerged as the winner for Best National Costume following an online poll on social media.</p>

The Miss Universe Organization announced on Saturday, November 30, that the Chelsea Manalo emerged as the winner for Best National Costume following an online poll on social media.

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Published Nov 30, 2024 08:34 PM PHT

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