Miss Universe Philippines 2021 Beatrice Luigi Gomez of Cebu City finished in the Top 5 of the 70th Miss Universe pageant held in Eilat, Israel on December 13, 2021.
She was crowned Miss Universe Philippines 2021 in September and represented the country in the prestigious pageant.
The Pinay beauty made it to the Top 5 of the international pageant alongside the candidates from India, Paraguay, Colombia, and South Africa. It was Miss India Harnaaz Sandhu was crowned the winner.
Beatrice brought honor and pride to the country as she extends the Philippines' longest semi-final placement streak in the Miss Universe competition.
Fast-forward to 2024, Beatrice Luigi Gomez is now called Bea Luigi Gomez and is now part of Sparkle GMA Artist Center.
She will join an elite roster of former beauty queens whose showbiz careers are being managed by the country's premier talent management, like Rabiya Mateo, Thia Thomalla, Maxine Medina, and many more.
Learn more about this promising Sparkle beauty in this gallery.
Crowned as Miss Universe Philippines 2021, Beatrice Gomez represented the country in the Miss Universe 2021 pageant wherein she finished in the Top 5 of this year's competition.
Beatrice has only participated in two beauty pageants before winning the Miss Universe Philippines 2021 title. In 2015, she placed second runner-up in the Miss Mandaue pageant, and in January 2020, she was crowned Binibining Cebu.
Beatrice is a homegrown beauty of Cebu City. She was crowned as Binibining Cebu 2020 representing San Fernando.
Beatrice Luigi Gomez makes history as the first openly gay Miss Universe Philippines.
She is a proud member of the LGBT community together with her girlfriend Kate Jagdon.
Beatrice rocks a photoshoot with the Red Vogue series.
Beatrice was a former volleyball varsity player. She also does scuba diving.
Breaking the stereotype with beauty queens, Beatrice underwent the basic Citizen Military Course training last January 2021 and became part of the Philippine Navy Reserve Unit.
The 26-year-old beauty titlist is an advocate of women and children's rights.
Beatrice has traveled to many countries including Malaysia, Japan, and China.
Beatrice and Kate adopted a cat that they named 'Twix'.
In November, Kate Jagdon announced that she and Beatrice Gomez have separated through an Instagram story.
As the November cover girl of MEGA, Beatrice Gomez was tagged by the fashion magazine as "The Female Alpha" and the "Queen for the New Age."
Beatrice Gomez is ready to represent the Philippines in the Miss Universe 2021 pageant, which is hosted by Israel.
During the preliminaries of Miss Universe 2021, Bea stuns in an asymmetrical red gown by Filipino designer Francis Libiran.
Miss Universe Philippines organization decided to retain the "Bakunawa" theme for her national costume. According to MUPH, "In Philippine mythology, the Bakunawa is a serpent-like dragon that's believed to cause eclipses. It is said to swallow the moon. It's also part of the shamanistic rituals of the babaylans or Filipino shamans. She continues this narrative by taking the Bakunawa in its final form: The Golden Lunar Dragon. This is a metaphor for Bea's growth and personal evolution."
Bea looks like a Filipina goddess during the evening gown competition wearing a Pintados-inspired golden gown created by the renowned Filipino fashion designer Francis Libiran.
Gomez finished in the Top 5 of Miss Universe 2021 held in Israel.
Bea is a sergeant in the Philippine Navy Reserve Unit and was honored with the Military Merit Medal in May 2022.
In January 2024, she was one the guests in 'Dapat Alam Mo' with her fellow Sparkle artists, Larkin Castor, Brent Valdez, and Aidan Veneracion.
Follow her and her exciting journey as a Sparkle artist in her official social media pages.
Her star will even shine brighter in the coming years, now that she is part of the Sparkle family!