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Grand homecoming awaits Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach

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<p>MANILA - A grand welcome awaits Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach upon her return to the Philippines on January 23, Binibining Pilipinas chairperson Stella Araneta revealed.</p><p>Last December 21, the 26-year-old Wurtzbach ended the country&#x27;s 42-year drought in the international pageant after becoming only the third Filipina to win the crown during the coronation night held in Las Vegas. </p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s gonna be a holiday every day that she&#x27;s here. I&#x27;m sure even people from the provinces will be coming,&quot; Araneta said in an exclusive interview with ABS-CBN News&#x27; Mario Dumaual. </p><p>Araneta shared that aside from a grand parade on January 25 that will take Wurtzbach around Metro Manila, their organization is also preparing her courtesy call at Malacañang and a special tribute show to be held at the Araneta Coliseum on January 28. </p><p>&quot;It has been approved by Miss Universe. She will come out of Araneta Coliseum and people can see her,&quot; she shared. </p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2015/entertainment/12/22/122215_piawu.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Pia Wurtzbach is crowned Miss Universe 2015, following the footsteps of Filipina beauty queens Gloria Diaz and Margarita Moran-Floirendo. <em>Photo taken by Steve Marcus, Reuters</em></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>&quot;We&#x27;ll give it to her because she had a problem with Miss Colombia. She didn&#x27;t walk as a winner, she just stood there and changed the crown to her. She didn&#x27;t have a walk. We&#x27;ll give it to her,&quot; Araneta added. </p><p>During the controversial ending to the live 2015 Miss Universe pageant, American host Steve Harvey erroneously crowned Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez as the winner instead of Wurtzbach. </p><div><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/01/06/16/miss-colombia-in-4-minutes-they-destroy-your-dreams" target="_blank"><u><strong>(RELATED STORY: Miss Colombia: &#x27;In 4 minutes, they destroy your dreams&#x27;)</strong></u></a></div><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-version="6" 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:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:50.0% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf//42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB/lQPb79drWOyJVa/DAvg9B/rLB4cC+Nqgdz/TvBbBnr6GBReqn/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I/fZou/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;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/p/BALHasRLpWh/" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A photo posted by Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach (@missuniverse)</a> on <time dateTime="2016-01-05T22:12:42+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Jan 5, 2016 at 2:12pm PST</time></p></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="~//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script><p>Meanwhile, Wurtzbach, in her <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/01/05/16/miss-universe-pia-wurtzbach-on-bashers-hindi-ako-nagpapaapekto" target="_blank"><u><strong>first Filipino interview</strong></u></a> since being crowned Miss Universe, expressed her excitement to return home and celebrate her historic win with her fellow Filipinos.</p><p>&quot;I&#x27;m really excited to return home because when I&#x27;m back in the Philippines, that&#x27;s when I&#x27;ll really feel that I won, that I&#x27;ve brought the crown back home,&quot; she said.</p><p>Wurtzbach is currently in New York for a series of television appearances and interviews for foreign networks. </p>

A grand welcome awaits Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach upon her return to the Philippines on January 23, Binibining Pilipinas chairperson Stella Araneta revealed.