Nawat called her following small. Filipinos took Angelica Lopez from 70K to 102K in about a day. A third straight Miss Grand crown for the Philippines is the harder test.
The Big Four, plus two — and possibly more. There are a lot of beauty pageants out there, and while we try to cover them all as they happen, this post zooms in on the Filipinas crowned domestically to carry the Philippine sash into this year’s major international pageants. We start with the four that make up our Big Four: Miss Universe, Miss International, Miss World, and Miss Earth. Then we add two more — the fast-rising Miss Grand International (via the new Reina Filipinas pipeline) and the recently concluded Miss Supranational — to make it a list of six. One title is already decided; five are still to be settled between now and November, and two of the host organizations haven’t locked their exact dates yet. Here’s where each stands, in the order their competitions fall on the calendar. We’ll update this post as we spotlight more Filipina queens in the months ahead. Help us decide who deserves the spotlight next — comment below with which pageant queens you want us to cover. Maria …
In October 2024, Angelica Lopez narrowly missed the semifinal cut at Miss International, finishing outside the Top 20. She didn’t get another crack at that specific pageant. What she got instead this August was a brand-new one: Reina Filipinas’ first-ever Grand International crown, and with it, a second international shot, this time at Miss Grand International in India this October, with the exact date still unannounced. Most coverage of her Aug. 7 win at the Newport Performing Arts Theater treated it as a launch-night story about a franchise that changed hands under complicated circumstances. That’s a real story, and worth knowing. It’s not really her story, though. Hers is about what happens when you’re told, more than once, that you don’t look like the answer — and you keep entering anyway. Three Pageants, One Answer She Refused to Accept Lopez has now taken this particular road four times. She placed Top 16 at Miss Universe Philippines 2022. She won Binibining Pilipinas International outright in 2023, beating a field that included Katrina Anne Johnson — now …
Reina Filipinas crowned its first-ever queen tonight — a Palawan pageant veteran on her second shot at the international stage, in a launch defined by a poached franchise and two controversial hosts.
