MISAMIS Oriental candidate Annabelle Mae McDonnell won as 1st runner-up of the recently concluded Miss Universe Philippines 2022.
McDonnell is Miss Kuyamis 2022. She hails from Naawan town.
The Miss Universe Philippines pageant was held in Mall of Asia, Saturday, with over 32 delegates from the different provinces and cities of the country.
McDonnell’s question came from former Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach: “What is your biggest insecurity and how did you address it?”
Misamisnon McDonnell answered that her biggest insecurity was way back seven years ago when she described herself being a marginalized orphan and starving.
She said such an experience made her work hard, to study more made her conquer her insecurity.
Meanwhile, the 24-year-old Miss Pasay, Celeste Cortese, got the crown with her simple winning answer to the question: “If given the chance to stop time, how would you spend it?”
“If I could stop time I would spend it with my family, especially (my) mother. It (has) been two years since I haven’t spent time with my family because they live in Italy and I came here (to) the Philippines just by myself. If I had the chance to spend one day, I would definitely be with my mom and I would just tell her how much I love her and miss her,” Cortese answered the judges.
Miss Taguig, Katrina Llegado, bagged the 2nd runner-up, Miss Bohol, Pauline Amelinckx, won the Miss Universe Philippines Charity 2022 title, and Miss Makati, Michelle Marquez Dee won the title of Miss Universe Tourism.
