Miss Universe Philippines 2026 press presentation set
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The candidates for this year's Miss Universe Philippines pageant will be presented to the press next week at City of Dreams Manila.
The Philippine pageant season continues to ramp up as the Miss Universe Philippines organization and its partner hotel has announced the date of the pageant's official press presentation.
In one of the more recent posts on its official Instagram account, the City of Dreams Manila announced that #TheFirstWalk, the press presentation for this year's Miss Universe Philippines delegates, will be held at City of Dreams Manila on Monday, February 16.
This year's Miss Universe Philippines certainly already has so many talking points as it heads into the press presentation next week. Miss Universe Philippines Benguet 2026 Cristeta Longey just announced her resignation from her post, alleging issues against the Miss Universe Philippines Benguet organization on her Instagram account.
According to Cristeta, the organization informed her last month that it would be unable to financially support her Miss Universe Philippines journey, only for her to find out that the organization was allegedly preparing another representative for the pageant without informing her, after she had invested “time, personal resources, and emotional energy” into preparing for the Miss Universe pageant.
Cristeta also alleged that the organization accused her of “utter disloyalty” for speaking up about issues within the organization involving cash prizes. According to Cristeta, the cash prizes for the Miss Universe Philippines Benguet pageant winners still haven't been released, with the organization only planning to do so by February 15 this year. Cristeta says she and her fellow winners were crowned in October last year.
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Pageant watchers also know ahead of the press presentation that Sparkle artist Roxie Smith will be representing Baguio in the 2026 Miss Universe Philippines pageant.
During her crowning and sashing ceremony at The Proscenium in Rockwell, Makati, Roxie called the opportunity “a dream always planted” in her heart that she is now happy to pursue.
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