Chelsea Manalo revealed what happened during the crowning moment
Miss Universe Philippines 2024 Chelsea Manalo talked about her viral crowning moment with Miss Universe Philippines 2023 Michelle Dee.
Chelsea represented Bulacan in the recently concluded national pageant. She reigned supreme among other candidates. Her win was celebrated by pageant fans and she received support from her fellow queens.
However, as the coronation night was broadcast live, bloopers, funny moments, and unexpected things could happen.
One of the moments that captured the attention of the online community was when Michelle Dee turned over the crown to Chelsea Manalo. The former reigning queen just placed the crown on top of her successor’s head making it appear that the latter had to balance it to prevent it from falling.
With this, netizens expressed their funny reactions on social media which became one of the reasons why Michelle was a trending topic after the pageant.
The Kapuso star poked fun at what happened. In her reaction, she shared in her post on X, formerly known as Twitter, a photo that showed that the crown was already properly placed on Chelsea’s head and she said that she fixed it.
In a recent interview, based on the article in GMA Entertainment, Chelsea shared that she was aware that the crowning moment went viral. “It’s so funny, I can’t believe I made it to the memes,” the new MUPH queen said.
Chelsea also shared that she did feel at first that the crown would fall but when she had to turn, that was the time when she felt that it might fall from her head. “But afterwards, Michelle fixed it so we could have that really beautiful picture,” she said.
Chelsea also shared that when she and Michelle talked about the crowning moment, they laughed about it. “I think she was also tense, she was nervous, this was her last night, she wanted to just give her best, to really give that crown to the next Miss Universe Philippines. I know that it’s funny, we’re on a meme now,” the new MUPH queen said.