Pageant veterans and Miss Universe Philippines frontrunners (from left) Katrina Llegado of Taguig, Celeste Cortesi of Pasay City and Michelle Dee of Makati City.
IT'S precisely one week to go till the coronation night of Miss Universe Philippines, and as expected, the competition is getting tighter and tighter each day. A total of 32 candidates need to sustain lasting impressions through many of their activities before the prestigious pageant finally crowns Miss Universe 2021 Top 5 finalist Beatrice Luigi Gomez's successor on April 30 at the Mall of Asia Arena.