“I was very surprised I won. I feel blessed,” said newly crowned Miss Universe Iris Mittenaere of France, a dental surgery student.
Malacañang on Monday congratulated France’s Iris Mittenaere for winning the Miss Universe crown and the Philippines’ Maxine Medina for her performance.
Despite not scoring a back-to-back victory in the Miss Universe pageant, the Philippines was the “runaway winner” at this year’s edition of the international beauty tilt, the country’s Tourism chief said.
The Miss Universe candidates who came to promote the country as a tourist destination found the Philippines to be “very beautiful” that two of them chose to extend their four-day stay while the rest promised to return, according to Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo.
From one Miss Universe to another, Filipina beauty queen Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach paid a visit to her successor and reigning titleholder Iris Mittenaere of France who is now based in New York.
French Ambassador Thierry Mathou on Thursday said newly crowned Miss Universe Iris Mittenaere is the “embodiment of the modern French...
Miss Universe 2016 Iris Mittenaere left the Philippines on Thursday, heading for New York to officially start her reign. Mittenaere’s...
Filipino fashion design took centerstage and wowed audiences when Miss Universe 2016 Iris Mittenaere made her final walk as bearer...
Newly-crowned Miss Universe Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters kicked off her reign with a visit to the Philippines, along with her predecessor Iris Mittenaere and some of this year's contestants.
It’s an early Christmas treat for pageant fans in the country as Miss Universe 2017 Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters kicks off her reign with a four-day visit to the Philippines starting on Wednesday.
