Statuesque Michelle Dee is the daughter of Miss International 1979 Melanie Marquez and former action star Derek Dee. She then went on to follow her mother's footsteps in the world of pageantry and was crowned Miss World Philippines 2019 and Miss Universe Philippines Tourism 2022. In 2023, Michelle competed once more in Miss Universe Philippines where she won the title of Miss Universe Philippines 2023 thanks to her beauty, grace, intelligence, and for being staunch advocate for autism awareness.

Aside from being a beauty queen, Michelle is also quite the promising actress, bagging the Best New Movie Actress award in the 36th PMPC Star Awards for Movies. In GMA, she has starred in a couple of Kapuso shows such as "Love You Two," "One Of The Baes," "I Left My Heart In Sorsogon," and "Mga Lihim Ni Urduja." Michelle also has plenty of experience hosting after being part of the beauty-oriented lifestyle show "Glow Up."