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It's been four months since Miss Universe Philippines 2022 Celeste Cortesi won her crown, and now the beauty queen is ready to look back at her performance in the pageant.

In the latest 19-minute vlog posted on her Celeste Cortesi YouTube channel, the beauty queen looked back at all the stages of the competition, starting from her beauty shot all the way to the coronation night.

Celeste shared a few behind-the-scenes tidbits about her whole performance. For instance, during her runway challenge - which involved her walking on the pedestrian lane and the sidewalk - the part where she was turning her head side to side was not her projecting, but trying to make sure that a vehicle on the road did not hit her. She also shared that she shot her runway and casting challenge on the same day.

Celeste also revealed that her tourism video for the pageant, which featured her doing a voiceover in Tagalog, was one of the hardest things she had to do, and that she initially wanted to do it in English because she was shy about her Tagalog-speaking skills.

Celeste also revealed that at the coronation night, during the final moments when it was just her and Miss Universe Philippines Tourism 2022 Michelle Dee, she was already crying even before she was declared the winner.

Watch the whole video below.

This latest upload is part of Celeste's foray into YouTube after opening her channel last month. Before this video, Celeste shared a peek at her preparations for the GMA Thanksgiving Gala.

The four-minute video features her and boyfriend Mathew Custodio at the Shangri-La The Fort as they start preparing for the GMA Thanksgiving Gala.

The video shows Celeste's glam team, namely her makeup artist Roge Bernaldez and hair stylist Arvee Yadao, fussing over her to prepare her for a photoshoot in the hallway of the Shangri-La The Fort, as well as a short snippet of Celeste modeling her gown.

Watch the whole video below.

Aside from Celeste, other celebrities also pulled out all the stops for the GMA Thanksgiving Gala. International fashion and style icon Heart Evangelista had on more than P15 million worth of fashion for the event, with the Bulgari Serpenti necklace she had on worth $154,000 or P8,564,475.

Barbie Forteza also had on a P1.2 million necklace from Luna by Drake during the gala.

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