The Miss Philippines 2023

The Miss Philippines 2023
Mall of Asia Arena, the venue for The Miss Philippines 2023
Date	October 24, 2023
Presenters	Rabiya Mateo André Brouillette
Entertainment	The Gigi Vibes Fourth Nattawat Josh Cullen
Venue	Mall of Asia Arena, Bay City, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines
Broadcaster	Empire.ph (online streaming via YouTube) [1]
Entrants	21
Placements	10
Winner	Alethea Ambrosio Bulacan

The Miss Philippines 2023 was the first The Miss Philippines pageant, held at the Mall of Asia Arena in Bay City, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines, on October 24, 2023.

Along with the Mister Pilipinas Worldwide 2023 pageant, The Miss Philippines 2023 was organized as part of the larger The Filipino Festival event. ^[2]

Pauline Amelinckx, who was appointed as the inaugural The Miss Philippines on August 10, 2023, ^{[3] [4]} crowned Alethea Ambrosio of Bulacan as her successor at the end of the event. ^[5]

Results

Placements

Map showing the placements of The Miss Philippines 2023 candidates

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  The Miss Philippines 2023

  Top 4

  Top 10

  11–21

  No entrants

Placement	Contestant	Ref.
The Miss Philippines 2023	Bulacan – Alethea Ambrosio	[5] [6]
Top 4	Cebu City – Chantal Elise Schmidt Mandaluyong – Isabelle de los Santos Northern California – Blessa Ericha Figueroa
Top 10	Cavite – Vincy Trish Cordova Cebu – Maria Izobel Taguiam Iloilo City – Raniele Shaine Saulog Hawaii – Issha Rose Mata Pampanga – Leigh Danielle Sunga Southern California – Hanna Reese Uyan

Appointments

In a separate ceremony after four months of the coronation, on February 18, 2024 four finalists including The Miss Philippines were appointed to represent the Philippines on the following pageants:

Color keys

•   The contestant was a Runner-Up in an International pageant.
•   The contestant was a Semi-Finalist in an International pageant.

Title	Delegate	International placement	Ref.
Miss Supranational Philippines 2024	Bulacan – Alethea Ambrosio	Top 12 – Miss Supranational 2024	[7]
Miss Asia Pacific Philippines 2024	Northern California – Blessa Ericha Figueroa	3rd Runner-Up – Miss Asia Pacific International 2024
Miss Aura Philippines 2024	Mandaluyong – Isabelle de los Santos	1st Runner-Up – Miss Aura International 2024
Miss Eco Philippines 2024	Cebu City – Chantal Elise Schmidt	1st Runner-Up – Miss Eco International 2024
Miss Eco Teen Philippines 2024	Southern California – Hanna Reese Uyan	Did not compete – Miss Eco Teen International 2024

Special Awards

Awards	Delegate	Ref.
People's Choice Awardee	Cavite – Vincy Trish Cordova	[5]
Miss Kemans	Northern California – Blessa Ericha Figueroa
Miss Hello Glow	Mandaluyong – Isabelle de los Santos
Miss Ever Bilena	Cebu City – Chantal Elise Schmidt
Miss Fairy Skin
Miss Great Lengths	Mandaluyong – Isabelle de los Santos

Background

External videos
The Miss Philippines 2023 (and Mister Pilipinas Worldwide 2023) Finals
The Filipino Festival Awards Night. The Miss Philippines & Mister Pilipinas Worldwide Finals. by Empire Philippines

Qualification for international pageants

The Miss Philippines 2023 will determine the Philippines' representatives for three international pageants: Miss Supranational, Miss Charm, and Miss Asia Pacific International. ^[8]

The pageant is also meant to select the representative to Miss Charm. With Krishnah Marie Gravidez of Baguio already appointed as Miss Charm Philippines shortly after the conclusion of Miss Universe Philippines 2023, ^[9] the 2024 pageant will select the representative for Miss Charm 2025. ^[10]

The representatives will be selected among the top four placers. ^[11]

Hosts and performers

Beatrice Luigi Gomez and Annabelle McDonnell duo as presenters for Mister Pilipinas Worldwide 2023 final event while Rabiya Mateo and André Brouillette hosted The Miss Philippines 2023 segment in the last hours of the festival. ^[12]

The Gigi Vibes led by Gigi de Lana did the opener performing covers of songs by Michael Jackson. ^{[5] [13]} Thai actor Fourth Nattawat and Josh Cullen of SB19 also did their own performance in-between the pageant's segments. ^{[5] [14]}

Format

The coronation night would not feature the tradition swimsuit competition portion. A Runway Segment featuring the contestants in formal wear will be featured as well as a portion were candidates would make speeches related to Filipino culture and heritage in a way similar to that done on TED Talks. ^{[10] [15]}

An online poll was also opened with the results accounting for 50 percent of the contestants' final score. ^[16]

Pageant

External videos
The Miss Philippines 2023 (and Mister Pilipinas Worldwide 2023) Finals
The Filipino Festival Awards Night. The Miss Philippines & Mister Pilipinas Worldwide Finals. by Empire Philippines

The program for The Miss Philippines 2023 started after the conclusion of the Mister Pilipinas Worldwide 2023 men's pageant. A video of the 21 contestants in white dress introducing themselves was displayed. Five special awards named after the program's sponsors were then conferred. ^[5]

The contestants then walked the runway wearing red short dresses by Mikee Andrei. The top ten candidates, along those who did not make the shortlist, would then be announced who would showcase their own custom-made evening gowns. ^[5]

Four were selected among the ten. The top four candidates would engage in a TED Talks-style speech with the prompt "What to you is the true identity of a Filipino, and how do you intend to promote it to the world?". Alethea Ambrosio from Bulacan was named the pageant winner after this portion and was crowned by appointed titleholder Pauline Amelinckx. ^[5]

Contestants

Twenty-one contestants competed for the title. ^{[17] [18]} The entrants underwent a screening process. They had to be from 18 and 32 years old. ^[19] The pageant was also open to women who are married and/or have children. ^[20]

Locality	Contestant
Bacolod	Janine Gelera
Batangas	Aleckzandra Beatrice Engson
Bulacan	Alethea Ambrosio
Cavite	Vincy Trish Cordova
Cebu	Maria Izobel Taguiam
Cebu City	Chantal Elise Schmidt
Hawaii	Issha Rose Mata
Iloilo	Gessa Evonne Villaruel
Iloilo City	Raniele Shaine Saulog
Las Piñas	Therese Abbygayle Laurel
Mandaluyong	Isabelle de los Santos
Northern California	Blessa Ericha Figueroa
Nueva Ecija	Gila Salvador Arellano
Pampanga	Leigh Danielle Sunga
Pangasinan	Rebecca Rose Ayuban
Pasig	Alyssandrea Denise Tan
Quezon City	Nicole Trisha Lao
Taguig	Alcea Aira de Jesus
Toledo	Rikka R. Alcomendras
Southern California	Hanna Reese Uyan
Zambales	Joanna Marie Rabe

References

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19. Adina, Armin (August 31, 2023). "Avant-garde pantsuit or couture gown? The Miss Philippines gives bets choice for formal wear segment". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
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