Miss Philippines 2015 – Pia Wurtzbach | Miss Universe 2015 Pageant

Miss Philippines 2015 – Pia Wurtzbach

In the past few years, Philippines became a prominent force in international pageant scene thanks for big numbers of pageant fanatics in the country. However, what made Philippines a force to reckon with when it comes to beauty pageant is that they’re representative is usually among the top picks of the fans (since fans can finally speak up their thoughts in the internet nowadays), and the undeniable fact that they always send not only beautiful but competitive and intelligent candidates recently.

Philippines glorious days in Miss Universe pageant for this millennium started with Ma. Venus Raj unforgettable “major major” stint in Miss Universe 2010. After that, Philippines became a popular pick by fans every year. Raj’s success in entering the Top 5 were followed by Shamcey Supsup in 2011, Janine Tugonon in 2012, Ariella Arida in 2013, while MJ Lastimosa on the other hand reached the Top 10 in 2014. Now, another Filipina aspire the 3^rd Miss Universe victory for her country, and that’s no other than the Binibining Pilipinas veteran Pia Wurtzbach.

Wurtzbach was famous in the Philippines before winning Binibining Pilipinas because she was first an actress and model. She also joined Binibining Pilipinas three times, where she lost twice, first to Ariella Arida, and second to MJ Lastimosa. In her third time, she finally managed to win Binibining Pilipinas giving her the rights to represent her country in Miss Universe 2015 pageant.

Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach was born on September 24, 1989 at Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She studied Culinary Arts at the Center for Asian Culinary Studies in San Juan, Metro Manila.

Wurtzbach previously worked as a cosmetics model and became an actress as the age of 11 under the name Pia Romero. She’s currently working as a stylist and beauty writer for Inquirer Lifestyle's 2bU section.

A strong contender both in Binibining Pilinas 2013 and 2014, Wurtzbach finally won as Miss Universe Philippines 2015 when she joined the competition for the third time. She was crowned by then outgoing Miss Universe Philippines 2014 – Mary Jean (MJ) Lastimosa.

Well, it was a rough and long journey for Pia Wurtzbach but it seems that she has all the necessary strength, experienced, guts and witty to outshined other candidates in the upcoming Miss Universe 2015 on December 20 in Las Vegas, Nevada. If you’re a fan of Pia, feel free to drop a comment below and tell us your insights about her and what do you think is her advantage compared to the other candidates.