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'Pak! Ganyan nga babe!' Beauty queens show support for 'MGI All Stars' bet Gazini Ganados

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1773377588333Gazini Ganados.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960" alt=" Gazini Ganados/Instagram"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><em> Gazini Ganados/Instagram </em></span></span></span></div><p>The all-star edition of Miss Grand International just got more exciting with the inclusion of Gazini Ganados in its first-ever batch of candidates.</p><p>Pageant fans and even Ganados&#x27; fellow beauty queens got the surprise of their lives on Thursday, March 12, as it was announced that <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/pageants-beauty-queens/2026/3/13/gazini-ganados-returns-to-global-stage-joins-ph-bets-in-inaugural-mgi-all-stars-1131">the former Miss Universe Philippines titleholder has joined MGI All Stars</a>.</p><p>&quot;Girl, di mo naman sa akin binulong the other day,&quot; MGI 2016 first runner-up Nicole Cordoves told Ganados in jest as she commented on the Filipino-Palestinian beauty&#x27;s latest Instagram post.</p><p>MGI All Stars is open to any woman or trans woman who has joined an international beauty pageant, regardless if they won or not. This is different from the standard MGI, whose reigning queen is <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/pageants-beauty-queens/2025/10/18/emma-tiglao-scores-back-to-back-win-for-ph-in-miss-grand-international-2307">the Philippines&#x27; Emma Tiglao</a>.</p><p>Even Tiglao expressed her excitement over Ganados&#x27; entry into MGI All Stars as she commented on her post: &quot;Pak! Ganyan nga babe!&quot; </p><p>CJ Opiaza, who crowned Tiglao last year and sealed a back-to-back win for the Philippines, spoke up. &quot;Yaass finally,&quot; she said. </p><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DVyVYajAVja/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=675&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A14712460.899999976%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="881" 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 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>Other well-known Filipinas in the pageant scene who showed their support for Ganados include her fellow Miss Universe Philippines queens Ahtisa Manalo, Bea Gomez, and Rabiya Mateo.</p><p>Also cheering for her in the comments section are the likes of Miss World Asia 2025 Krishnah Gravidez, Miss Supranational 2023 first runner-up Pauline Amelinckx, Reina Hispanoamericana 2017 and Miss Universe Philippines 2025 first runner-up Winwyn Marquez, and Miss Global 2022 Shane Tormes, among many others.</p><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:633px;display:block" width="633"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17733760440846e16e0ee-ac3b-4e97-ac8f-6b62732b9eb3.jpg" style="width:633px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="633" alt="Gazini Ganados/Instagram"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><em>Gazini Ganados/Instagram </em></span></span></span></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:633px;display:block" width="633"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1773376052784bac02e6c-884c-4980-8c40-3c820a1c56c3.jpg" style="width:633px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="633" alt="Gazini Ganados/Instagram"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><em>Gazini Ganados/Instagram </em></span></span></span></div><p>Ganados represented the Philippines in the Miss Universe 2019 pageant, where she placed as a Top 20 semi-finalist.</p><p>She also won Best in National Costume for her Philippine eagle-inspired ensemble.</p>

<p>The all-star edition of Miss Grand International just got more exciting with the inclusion of Gazini Ganados in its first-ever batch of candidates.</p>

The all-star edition of Miss Grand International just got more exciting with the inclusion of Gazini Ganados in its first-ever batch of candidates.