No Miss Universe hosting for PH this year, says tourism chief

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/miss-universe/01/30/013017_fra4.jpg"/><figcaption>Pia Wurtzbach places the Miss Universe crown on Miss France Iris Mittenaere after the latter was declared winner in the Miss Universe beauty pageant on Jan. 30, 2017. <em>Erik De Castro, Reuters/FILE PHOTO</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA- The Philippines will not host this year&#x27;s installment of the Miss Universe pageant, Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said Friday.</p><p>&quot;Hindi muna (Not) this year,&quot; Romulo-Puyat told DZMM.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Video_Widget_1_Container"><ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Video_Widget_1" allow="autoplay" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-wid="f5fb7bd1-3880"></ivs-player><script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script></div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="~//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="~//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>She cited budget constraints as a reason not to host the pageant, saying the tourism department still needs to address other concerns.</p><p>&quot;We&#x27;ll focus muna on other things. Anyway, kaka-Miss Universe lang naman so baka saka na lang,&quot; she said.</p><p>&quot;Marami muna tayo kailangan ayusin,&quot; she added.</p><p>(We recently hosted Miss Universe so maybe some other time. We still need to fix a lot of things.)</p><p>Manila last hosted the international beauty pageant in January 2017 when French beauty queen Iris Mittenaere was crowned as the successor of Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach.</p><p>The Miss Universe pageants were also held in the Philippines in 1974 and 1994.</p><p>Catriona Gray, a former Miss World top 5 finisher, will represent the Philippines in the 67th Miss Universe.</p>

<p>The Philippines will not host this year's installment of the Miss Universe pageant, Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said Friday.</p>

The Philippines will not host this year's installment of the Miss Universe pageant, Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said Friday.

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No Miss Universe hosting for PH this year, says tourism chief

No Miss Universe hosting for PH this year, says tourism chief

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Published May 18, 2018 02:04 PM PHT

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Updated May 18, 2018 02:16 PM PHT

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