Miss Universe Philippines 2024 Chelsea Manalo (left) Miss Manila-Tourism Angela Okol (center), and reigning Miss Manila Gabrielle Lantzer (proper). Pictures from Instagram, Armin P. Adina
Newly-crowned Miss Universe Philippines 2024 Chelsea Manalo was thought of by many as an underdog within the recently-concluded nationwide competitors, with many different aspirants producing a whole lot of noise main as much as the finale. However a few magnificence queens stated they already noticed a winner in her earlier on.
“Individuals are labeling her (Manalo) because the darkish horse of the competitors. However to me, she has all the time stood out, particularly with how she presents herself, how she’s actually assured along with her pores and skin,” reigning Miss Manila Gabrielle Lantzer informed INQUIRER.internet on the sidelines of the presentation of town pageant’s 2024 candidates held on the Manila Metropolis Corridor on Might 24.
Reigning Miss Manila-Tourism Angela Okol additionally heaped praises on the dusky nationwide queen. “I believe she’ll do rather well in Mexico, as a result of as we all know a whole lot of Latinas there have lighter pores and skin. So sending somebody like Chelsea there along with her fierce aura, she kinda jogs my memory of Naomi Campbell, the supermodel, so I believe she’ll do rather well,” she stated.
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For Lantzer, Manalo really deserved the title, even from the get-go. “It’s actually correct for her to get the crown, as a result of she’s additionally only a fantastic individual to have a look at, and she or he’s introduced herself and such. So I prefer it, I adore it!” the Manileña magnificence stated.
Okol, herself a former Miss Universe Philippines aspirant, stated Manalo solely wanted “somewhat bit extra sharpening” on her communication expertise, “and I’m certain she’ll be capable to do nice on the [Miss Universe] competitors.”
When Lantzer received town crown final yr, many pageant followers needed her to attempt getting a nationwide title. However the then 18-year-old magnificence as a substitute targeted on her duties as Manila’s ambassador of tourism, tradition, and heritage, whereas pursuing her pre-medicine diploma on the De La Salle College.
She and Okol, together with Miss Manila-Charity Anne De Mesa, will relinquish their respective metropolis titles to their successors, who will likely be proclaimed on the 2024 Miss Manila pageant’s coronation present to be held on the Manila Metropolitan Theater on June 22.
Twenty-four aspirants representing totally different districts and villages are competing on this yr’s pageant. Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Grey will return to host the ceremonies. Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna stated the pageant’s pursuit of on the lookout for “Girls of Price” that began within the competitors’s revival version final yr will nonetheless be the guideline in selecting the winners.
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