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Miss Universe 2005 Natalie Glebova believes Bea Millan-Windorski can win the crown

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17818510939231781851101523.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/>Miss Universe 2005 Natalie Glebova (left) and Miss Universe Philippines 2026 Bea Millan-Windorski. Photos from Instagram: @natalieglebova, @bea.millan.windorski</div>The Philippines&#x27; Bea Millan-Windorski got to meet former Miss Universe Natalie Glebova as they attended a national pageant in Myanmar. Millan-Windorski graced the Miss Universe Myanmar 2026 coronation night as a special guest, where she was <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/pageants-beauty-queens/2026/6/18/bea-millan-windorski-honored-with-best-fashion-award-in-miss-universe-myanmar-pageant-1438">honored with the Best Fashion Award.</a> Glebova, on the other hand, joined the pageant&#x27;s selection panel along with another Filipina, Miss Universe 2025 third runner-up Ahtisa Manalo. Her exchange with Millan-Windorski was documented In a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/reel/962974489887673">video</a> shared by Pawee Ventura, CEO of the pageant platform Missosology, on Facebook.&quot;Okay guys, I think we have a new winner already. I vote for her,&quot; said Glebova, who also sat as a judge in last year&#x27;s Miss Universe pageant, as well as the recently concluded MGI All Stars. &quot;When I saw her, I was just speechless. My jaw dropped,&quot; she added. &quot;Philippines, I think you have a new winner.&quot;Glebova went as far as declaring that Millan-Windorski &quot;is one of the most beautiful girls I have ever seen in my life,&quot; comparing her beauty to another former Miss Universe.&quot;She reminds me of a combination of Oxana Fedorova, also considered one of the most beautiful women of all time, and Miss International from Venezuela. I can&#x27;t remember her name but she looks like a cross between those two,&quot; she told Ventura.Glebova then proceeded to say the same to Millan-Windorski, saying she could pass for Fedorova&#x27;s younger sister.Visibly flattered, the Miss Universe Philippines 2026 titleholder replied: &quot;Thank you so much, I&#x27;m like so... nahihiya ako. I really appreciate it because you are the two queens I super look up to.&quot; Millan-Windorski is set to represent the country in this year&#x27;s Miss Universe pageant, which will be held in Puerto Rico in November.She is aiming for the fifth crown after Catriona Gray (2018), Pia Wurtzbach (2015), Margie Moran (1973), and Gloria Diaz (1969).