21 photos that show Pia Wurtzbach is the best Miss Universe
Pia Wurtzbach is “confidently beautiful with a heart,” and she has gone a long way as Miss Universe 2015.
Miss Universe 2015
It took Pia Wurtzbach three tries to win Miss Philippines to compete in Miss Universe. She aced the international pageant and thought “it was a proud yet humbling experience.”
Times Square Ball Drop
Queen P embraced the cold in New York to see the New Year's Eve ball drop for the first time as she welcomed 2016. “What an experience! New year in New York is definitely a must-see for any first timer of the city,” she shared.
Media tour
As soon as the new year kicked off, the newly crowned Miss Universe guested in different news programs and answered questions wittily. She visited Good Morning America's Lara Spencer in this photo.
Crush
Hollywood actor James Franco expressed his admiration for Pia, and it became a trending topic online.
Miss Universe office
By now, the reigning Miss Universe's photo is already up in the office's wall of fame.
New York apartment
The Filipina beauty gave a glimpse of her New York apartment facing the Fifth Avenue through through Inside Edition's feature.
Fan letters
These don't go unnoticed. Queen P personally reads her letters and replies to them as soon as she can.
Grand Homecoming
After winning the prestigious competition, Filipina-German beauty brought home the title after 42 years. She was so happy to see her “kababayans” yet so sad to leave so soon. She promised, “This is a responsibility and I have duties now. I will continue making all of you proud!”
Most Followed Miss Universe
She hit another major milestone as the most followed Miss Universe, not to mention the most talked about as well. She quipped, “[I'm] really feeling like [the] #mostlovedbinibini and #mostlovedmissuniverse.”
Super Bowl correspondent
The 27-year-old beauty queen has experienced a lot of firsts as Miss Universe. It was indeed unforgettable reporting about the biggest sporting event in America, “Great game. Great performances. Great life experience.”
New York Fashion Week 2016
From the Miss Universe stage, the actress-model walked for American fashion designer Sherri Hill in the New York Fashion Week as well.
Miss Universe Philippines 2016
She took her last walk, made her farewell speech as Miss Philippines and crowned her successor Maxine Medina. Her sweet words for her were, “It's not just a pretty headpiece they put on top of your head. It's your ticket to represent the Filipina and the whole nation. And I know you're ready.”
Sexiest Doctor Alive
Who's the lucky girl to steal Dr. Mike's heart? The two were rumoured dating shortly after she was crowned as Miss Universe, but it eventually fizzled out. Pia said that her number one priority is being Miss Universe.
Miss Universe Crowning Moment
The actress-turned-beauty queen is the face of the Miss Universe Asian Adventures wherein she gave a virtual tour of her homecoming through the High 5 Casino application on Facebook.
United Nations
Pia serves as the Philippine representative in the United Nations meetings in relation to her campaign, HIV/AIDS. She has even visited various offices all over the world to tap them for her cause.
HIV/AIDS campaign
She consistently gives a shout out to the public through her social media account to “Get tested!”
Fashion icon
Queen P is just admired all over the world. She extends her presence by gracing numerous magazine covers, spreads as well as other fashion campaigns.
Marlon Stockinger
Miss Universe 2015 and the Professional Formula 1 racer has recently been spotted dating.
#Blessed
She flew back to Manila to visit Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle to personally turnover donations for the Youth Servants Leadership and Educational Program.
Jetsetter
She's everywhere! Pia has travelled to the States, London, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, Dubai among others to fulfill her Miss Universe duties. She will be back in the country on January to promote the 65th Miss Universe pageant.