Miss Grand International 2025: Catriona Gray, other beauty queens react to Emma Tiglao's victory

Emma Tiglao emerged victorious in Miss Grand International 2025.

By taking home the golden crown, the Filipina beauty queen made "herstory" on the international stage, securing back-to-back titles for the Philippines after CJ Opiaza's crowning earlier this year.

Soon after her coronation, Emma's fellow beauty queens reacted to her victory, including Catriona Gray, MJ Lastimosa, Victoria Velasquez Vincent, and her Miss Grand International 2025 sisters.

On X, Miss Universe 2018 celebrated her fellow Filipina queen's win and wrote, "Congratulations, Emma!"

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— Catriona Gray (@catrionaelisa) October 18, 2025

Meanwhile, MJ shared a video of Emma’s winning moment and wrote, "Back-to-back for the Philippines."

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— MJ Lastimosa (@MJ_Lastimosa) October 18, 2025

On Emma's first official video with the crown, shared by Miss Grand International on Instagram, beauty queens flocked to the comment section to congratulate the Filipina winner.

"So so so deserving!! Congrats, Emma!" wrote Victoria, the Filipina beauty queen who represented New Zealand in Miss Universe 2024.

Meanwhile, Miss Grand El Salvador 2025 Lucianne Herrera told Emma, "I'm truly proud of you and what you've accomplished."

"Congrats to my grand sister! Keep being as amazing and hardworking as always. I knew you'd be big since day one," she commented.

Other beauty queens who sent their congratulations in the comments included Miss Universe Europe & Middle East 2024 Matilda Wirtavuori, Miss Grand Malaysia 2025 Viviana Lin Winston, and Miss Grand Peru 2025 Flavia López, among others.

 

 

 

 

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During the Top 10 speech, Emma spoke out against corruption in the Philippines and other pressing issues.

For the Top 5 Q&A, the finalists were asked: "Scammers are an online threat, a form of warfare often tied to human trafficking that has global consequences. What penalties do you think could help dismantle these operations?"

Emma answered: "As someone who reports this kind of stories, I really want to use the power of balance—us people to be educated and aware for us to not be scammed and the help of the government to enhance their justice system for the scammers to be behind bars, to be accountable. 'Cause one day, I hope that we will live in a peaceful world where no one should deceive just to survive. Thank you."

Emma won the Miss Grand Philippines 2025 crown in August. —Hermes Joy Tunac/MGP, GMA Integrated News