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<figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1381820" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Mario Dumaual, ABS-CBN News</div><p>MANILA—Catriona Gray returned to the Philippines early Wednesday after her reign as Miss Universe.</p><p>&quot;First off, I&#x27;m so excited to be back home. Although I&#x27;ve traveled a lot back to the Philippines during this year, now it&#x27;s really a homecoming trip because my reign as Miss Universe has ended,&quot; she told reporters after her arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 in Pasay City.</p><p>The Filipino-Australian beauty queen passed on the Miss Universe title to South Africa&#x27;s Zozibini Tunzi in Atlanta, Georgia Monday morning (Manila time).</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/12/09/19/south-africa-crowned-miss-universe-2019-ph-finishes-in-top-20">South Africa crowned Miss Universe 2019; PH finishes in Top 20</a></li></ul><p>Gray, the Philippines’ fourth Miss Universe winner, said she would pursue a career in music and also planned to release a book.</p><p>&quot;Very, very excited for future projects that we have in the pipeline. Me and my management, Cornerstone, will be starting tomorrow na po. So for the next 2 weeks I&#x27;m gonna work on a lot of exciting things and it will be revealed to you guys very, very soon,&quot; she said.</p><p>Before becoming a beauty queen, she was known as a singer and model. She has a Master Certificate in Music Theory from Berklee College of Music in Boston.</p><p>&quot;Since I was 18, I&#x27;ve been dreaming of pursuing music and it always get put off or pushed to the side. Actually, now that I get to pursue it, it&#x27;s like, oh my goodness, it&#x27;s like another dream that I&#x27;m able to see in my view,&quot; Gray said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/12/17/18/catriona-gray-crowned-miss-universe">Catriona Gray crowned Miss Universe</a></li></ul><div><strong>—With a report from Mario Dumaual, ABS-CBN News</strong></div>

<p>Catriona Gray returned to the Philippines early Wednesday after her reign as Miss Universe.</p>

Catriona Gray returned to the Philippines early Wednesday after her reign as Miss Universe.