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Meet The Filipina Queens Vying for a Crown in 2026: The Full List

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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 …

Miss Philippines Earth 2026 Rina Andrea Delos Santos was crowned by reigning Miss Earth 2025 Natálie Puškinová instead of outgoing titleholder Joy Barcoma. The coronation night happened on June 27, 2026, in Malitbog, Bukidnon.

Miss Philippines Earth Went Home to Flood-Hit Cagayan and Posted About Everything Except the Flood

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In a Facebook post published Monday, Aug. 10, Rina Andrea delos Santos — Miss Philippines Earth 2026, crowned in June under the theme “Love in Action” — shared a long, warm account of a homecoming tour through her home province. She prayed at Our Lady of Piat. She toured a learning center in Tuguegarao. She explored Callao Cave with local tourist guides, talked sustainable tourism with Cagayan’s governor, visited a farm school in Amulung, did coastal and health outreach in her hometown of Ballesteros, and met with an Indigenous community in Gattaran. “We are ONE CAGAYAN,” she wrote. “Coming home wearing a crown, but I leave with an even greater purpose — to serve, to inspire, and to give back.” Here’s what the same province was posting through the same window, via the Cagayan Provincial Information Office, the provincial government’s official communications arm. On Aug. 9, the office issued a roads-and-bridges advisory: the Tuao–Piat Itawes bridge — a river crossing in the same general stretch of Cagayan delos Santos was touring — had become impassable …