Miss Universe Thailand 2026: Tharina Botes Wins, and Gives Catriona Gray the Credit
Thailand’s new Miss Universe used her final answer to name a Filipina as her biggest inspiration — the same queen who won in Bangkok, seven years earlier.
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Bea Millan-Windorski Wants the Philippines’ Fifth Crown. She Earned It at Luneta First.
On Tuesday, August 11, Bea Millan-Windorski sat for a soft-focus interview about self-care, on a stage built for someone else’s brand. It’s not the version of her that matters most. Months earlier, in late November 2025, she was standing in the crowd at Luneta Park, not on any stage, calling out government officials by name over illegal mining and deforestation she said were being allowed to slide — and that’s the story most coverage of her never got around to. The Aug. 11 event put her briefly across from Catriona Gray, the last Filipina to win Miss Universe, back in 2018 — a pairing pageant-watch accounts have been building toward for months, tracking every overlap between the two since Millan-Windorski first spoke publicly about meeting Gray and addressed the comparisons head-on rather than deflecting them. There isn’t much fresh Gray coverage to work with beyond that — she’s kept a low public profile since her own reign ended — which is part of why the pairing landed as news at all. But it’s a footnote …
Miss World 2026: The Philippines’ Bet Is a “Halfie” — and So Was the Frontrunner Who Almost Beat Her.
Asia Rose Simpson and the pageant favorite predicted to beat her are both Filipino-American “halfies” — the diaspora debate reshaping PH pageants in 2026.
Philippines’ Catriona Gray Crowned Miss Universe 2018
Catriona Gray of the Philippines won the country’s fourth Miss Universe crown after a commanding run from the preliminaries through the final round — a result pageant watchers had largely expected by finals night.
Trans woman Angela Ponce crowned Miss Universe Spain 2018
SPAIN MADE history by crowning Angela Ponce as Miss Universe Spain 2018 — the first trans woman to win a national title under the Miss Universe franchise.
Miss Universe 2018: Battle Among The Frontrunners
ONLY A FEW months remain before the 67th Miss Universe pageant, and pageant fans across the globe are already placing their bets. So let’s compare notes. Here, we look at the possible frontrunners — the contestants from the queens-producing countries whose sashes carry real weight, going by recent years’ performance.
The Crowning of Catriona Gray and the Binibining Pilipinas 2018 Winners
CATRIONA ELISA GRAY — ‘Cat’ to her fans — was the brightest star tonight, crowned Miss Universe Philippines 2018: the most coveted of the six crowns and titles up for grabs, each carrying a chance to represent the Philippines internationally.
Catriona Gray’s winning answer, a message to the young women of Marawi
CROWNING CATRIONA GRAY tonight was a no-brainer. She was always the pick for one of the crowns, but as we said earlier, it had to be Miss Universe Philippines 2018 — no less.
Catriona Gray for Miss Universe Philippines 2018
CROWNING CATRIONA GRAY Miss Universe Philippines 2018 should be a no-brainer — but nothing’s official until it’s announced at tonight’s grand coronation finale at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
Top 8 bets to win at Binibining Pilipinas 2018
WHO WILL WIN tonight’s Binibining Pilipinas 2018 coronation? That’s the question Filipino pageant fans can’t wait to answer. In today’s pageant world, where critics, propagandists, and paid personalities all have social media to push their own agendas, it’s hard to tell what’s sincere from what actually serves the country’s pride once our ladies compete internationally.