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REWIND: The decade PH became a ‘major, major’ pageant powerhouse

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/life/01/01/20200101-beauty-queens.jpg"/><figcaption>Beauty queens who represented the Philippines in Miss Universe in the past decade include winners Pia Wurtzbach (left-most) and Catriona Gray (middle). <em>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BuRC36YFeDi/">@jearsantos</a></em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Since the Philippines debuted in major international pageants in the ‘60s, the country has taken home 15 crowns — and half of that number was tallied in just the past decade.</p><p>Between 2010 and 2019, eight Filipinas wore the winner’s sash in Miss Universe (2015, 2018), Miss World (2013), Miss International (2013, 2016), and Miss Earth (2014, 2015, 2017).</p><p>And those are just the so-called “big four” competitions.</p><p>Binibining Pilipinas, the biggest national pageant, also sent representatives to Miss Intercontinental, Miss Supranational, and Miss Globe in the last 10 years. Within the decade, the Philippines clinched one crown each from the said pageants, in 2018, 2013, and 2015, respectively.</p><p>(Yes, 2013 and 2015 both saw three Filipinas being crowned on the world stage.)</p><p>The separate Miss World Philippines pageant, meanwhile, crowned its first Reina Hispinoamericana-Filipinas, who went on to win the international title in 2017.</p><p>Behind these titlists are glam teams and months of training, with beauty boot camps like Aces &amp; Queens and Kagandang Flores helping shape and sharpen aspirants.</p><p>The resulting world wins are cause for national celebration, but so too are the dozen runner-up finishes that have also catapulted the Philippines, in the words of Venus Raj, as a “major, major” pageant powerhouse in the decade that’s passed.</p><p>Here’s a list of Filipino beauty queens who became finalists, runners-up, or winners in the “big four” pageant since 2010, with the addition of notable wins in other competitions:</p><div class="media-content"><div class="slider-for"><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/life/01/01/20200101-onlyvenusraj.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/life/01/01/20200101-shamcey.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/life/01/01/20200101-janine-tugon.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/life/01/01/20200101-megan-young.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/life/01/01/20200101-jamieherrell.jpg"/></div><div><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/life/01/29/missu2015-012918.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/life/01/01/20200101-kylie-verzosa-rtr3.jpg"/></div><div><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/life/01/01/20200101-teresitassen.jpg"/></div><div><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/life/12/17/20181217-miss-universe-philippines.jpg"/></div><div><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/life/06/10/20190610-bea-patricia-magtanong.jpg"/></div></div><div class="media-content slider-desc"><div class="item-desc"><h1 class="heading">2010</h1><ul>	<li>Miss Universe: Venus Raj, 4th runner-up (in photo)</li>	<li>Miss International: Krista Kleiner, Top 15</li></ul><div><cite>Instagram: @onlyvenusraj</cite></div></div><div class="item-desc"><h1 class="heading">2011</h1><ul>	<li>Miss Universe: Shamcey Supsup, 3rd runner-up (in photo)</li>	<li>Miss World: Gwendoline Ruais, 1st runner-up</li>	<li>Miss International: Dianne Necio, Top 15</li>	<li>Miss Earth: Athena Imperial, Miss Earth-Water</li></ul><div><cite>FILE/Paolo Whitaker, Reuters</cite></div></div><div class="item-desc"><h1 class="heading">2012</h1><ul>	<li>Miss Universe: Janine Tugonon, 1st runner-up (in photo)</li>	<li>Miss World: Queneerich Rehman, Top 15</li>	<li>Miss International: Nicole Schmitz, Top 15</li>	<li>Miss Earth: Stephany Stefanowitz, Miss Earth-Air</li>	<li>Miss Supranational: Elaine Moll, 3rd runner-up</li></ul><div><cite>ABS-CBN News</cite></div></div><div class="item-desc"><h1 class="heading">2013</h1><ul>	<li>Miss Universe: Ariella Arida, 3rd runner-up</li>	<li>Miss World: Megan Young, WINNER (in photo)</li>	<li>Miss International: Bea Rose Santiago, WINNER</li>	<li>Miss Earth: Angelee delos Reyes, Top 8</li>	<li>Miss Supranational: Mutya Datul, WINNER</li></ul><div><cite>FILE/Reuters</cite></div></div><div class="item-desc"><h1 class="heading">2014</h1><ul>	<li>Miss Universe: Mary Jean Lastimosa, Top 10</li>	<li>Miss World: Valerie Weigmann, Top 25</li>	<li>Miss Earth: Jamie Herrell, WINNER (in photo, middle)</li>	<li>Miss Supranational: Yvethe Santiago, Top 20</li>	<li>Miss Intercontinental: Kris Tiffany Janson, 2nd runner-up</li></ul></div><div class="item-desc"><h1 class="heading">2015</h1><ul>	<li>Miss Universe: Pia Wurtzbach, WINNER (in photo, right)</li>	<li>Miss World: Hillarie Parungao, Top 10</li>	<li>Miss International: Janicel Lubina, Top 10</li>	<li>Miss Earth: Angelia Ong, WINNER (in photo, left)</li>	<li>Miss Supranational: Rogelie Catacutan, Top 20</li>	<li>Miss Intercontinental: Christi Lynn McGarry, 1st runner-up</li>	<li>Miss Globe: Ane Lorraine Colis, WINNER</li>	<li>Miss Grand International: Parul Shah, 2nd runner-up</li></ul><div><cite>FILE/Ethan Miller, Getty Images/AFP</cite></div></div><div class="item-desc"><h1 class="heading">2016</h1><ul>	<li>Miss Universe: Maxine Medina, Top 6</li>	<li>Miss World: Catriona Gray, Top 5</li>	<li>Miss International: Kylie Verzosa, WINNER (in photo)</li>	<li>Miss Supranational: Joanna Louise Eden, Top 25</li>	<li>Miss Intercontinental: Jennifer Hammond, Top 15</li>	<li>Miss Globe: Nichole Manalo, 3rd runner-up</li>	<li>Miss Grand International: Nicole Cordoves, 1st runner-up</li></ul><div><cite>FILE/Kim Kyung-Hoon, Reuters</cite></div></div><div class="item-desc"><h1 class="heading">2017</h1><ul>	<li>Miss Universe: Rachel Peters, Top 10</li>	<li>Miss World: Laura Lehmann, Top 40</li>	<li>Miss Earth: Karen Ibasco, WINNER</li>	<li>Miss Supranational: Chanel Thomas, Top 10</li>	<li>Miss Intercontinental: Katarina Rodriguez, 1st runner-up</li>	<li>Miss Globe: Nelda Ibe, 1st runner-up</li>	<li>Miss Grand International: Elizabeth Clenci, 2nd runner-up</li>	<li>Reina Hispanoamericana: Teresita Marquez, WINNER (in photo)</li></ul><div><cite>Instagram: @teresitassen</cite></div></div><div class="item-desc"><h1 class="heading">2018</h1><ul>	<li>Miss Universe: Catriona Gray, WINNER (in photo)</li>	<li>Miss International: Ahtisa Manalo, 1st runner-up</li>	<li>Miss Earth: Celeste Cortesi, Top 8</li>	<li>Miss Supranational: Jehza Huelar, Top 10</li>	<li>Miss Intercontinental: Karen Gallman, WINNER</li>	<li>Miss Globe: Michele Gumabao, Top 15</li></ul><div><cite>FILE/Athit Perawongmetha, Reuters</cite></div></div><div class="item-desc"><h1 class="heading">2019</h1><ul>	<li>Miss Universe: Gazini Ganados, Top 20</li>	<li>Miss World: Michelle Dee, Top 12</li>	<li>Miss International: Bea Patricia Magtanong, Top 8 (in photo)</li>	<li>Miss Earth: Janelle Tee, Top 20</li>	<li>Miss Supranational: Resham Saeed, Top 25</li>	<li>Miss Intercontinental: Emma Tiglao, Top 20</li>	<li>Miss Globe: Leren Mae Bautista, 2nd runner-up</li></ul><div><cite>George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News</cite></div></div></div></div>

<p>Yes, 2013 and 2015 both saw three Filipinas being crowned on the world stage.</p>