Chelsea Manalo looks back on her Miss Universe Philippines win
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Chelsea Manalo shared that she's had 'once-in-a-lifetime experiences' since becoming Miss Universe Philippines.
It's been two months since current reigning Miss Universe Philippines Chelsea Manalo won her crown, but the experience is still like a dream for the beauty queen.
In one of the more recent posts on her Instagram account, Chelsea shared a photo of her wearing the Miss Universe Philippines crown as well as a collage of her pageant journey. In the caption to the post, Chelsea said her time as Miss Universe Philippines has already been rewarding, with lifelong relationships formed and once-in-a-lifetime experiences yielding rewards.
Chelsea also acknowledged that there is still a lot of work needed as she prepares for the Miss Universe pageant to be held in Mexico, but that she believes that she and her team can do it thanks to the people who have been with her all along and the new supporters she's met along the way.
Chelsea has certainly had a number of once-in-a-lifetime experiences since her coronation. Just recently, she was one of the beauty queens that attended the GMA Gala 2024. She attended the event with Miss Universe 2022 R'Bonney Gabriel. Chelsea wore a gown by Manny Halasan while R'Bonney had on an Ehrran Montoya creation.
Other beauty queens in attendance were Kapuso beauty queen Michelle Dee, Winwyn Marquez, Nicole Cordoves, Bianca Manalo, Gazini Ganados, Rabiya Mateo, and Megan Young.
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A week before that, Chelsea attended a homecoming arranged for her by her hometown of Meycauayan, Bulacan. Aside from a parade, the homecoming also involved the opening of the “Chelsea Anne Manalo Exhibit: The Journey” at the Meycauayan City Hall.
Related Gallery: Miss Universe Philippines Chelsea Manalo's Meycauayan homecoming
Chelsea already had an earlier homecoming arranged for her by the province of Bulacan in support of her upcoming campaign to win the 2025 Miss Universe crown.
At the start of July, Chelsea was also revealed as MEGA magazine's latest cover girl and hailed as the “Breakthrough Queen”.
Chelsea has also been a fabulous Santacruzan queen at a Flores de Mayo parade in Sampaloc and also took part in a Pride Month event organized by LoveYourselfPH, a volunteer community providing free HIV testing, counseling, treatment, and life coaching.
