The top 31 candidates of Miss Universe Philippines 2026 have been announced. Check out below!
MISS UNIVERSE PHILIPPINES 2026 – The announcement was made at the national pageant’s Charity Gala Night on April 18.
On Saturday, April 18, 2026, the announcement of the Top 31 delegates of the Miss Universe Philippines 2026 pageant has been made. This was held at the national pageant’s Charity Gala Night held at City of Dreams Manila in Parañaque City on Saturday evening.
This event was meant to raise funds for three charitable institutions, such as Hope for Change, Project Pearls, and Miss Possibilities.
The top 31 were declared, and they will be moving on to the third round of public voting for the preliminary swimsuit competition. Only the top 10 candidates based on online voting will be revealed at the end of the voting period on April 25, and they will be declared semifinalists.
The list consists of 15 ladies who topped the “U Vote” online poll on Maya and the 16 delegates who received the highest scores from the selection committee.
Advancing to the next round of voting were the following:
- Cebu City – Apriel Smith
- Occidental Mindoro – Neil Silva
- Pampanga – Allyson Hetland
- Iloilo City – Zestah Espinosa
- Rizal (Filipino Society of Southern California) – Alicia Buendia
- Sultan Kudarat – Jenrose Javier
- Los Baños, Laguna – Scarlett Anne De Mesa
- Baguio – Roxie Baeyens
- Tarlac – Marian Arellano
- Manila – Justine Felizarta
- Nueva Vizcala (Filipino Society of Washington) – Jacqueline Aluning
- Pangasinan – Donna Rein Nuguid
- Cebu Province – Nicole Borromeo
- Negros Occidental – Alexandra Colmenares
- Tandag City – Chrsytel Mae Correos
- Taguig – Ysabella Ysmael
- Cabanatuan City (Filipino Society of Alberta, Canada) – Princess Ryla Hernandez
- Mountain Province – Lyneree Montero-Yodong
- San Jose, Negros Oriental (Filipino Socoety of Bellevue, Washington) – Jayka Munsayac
- Camiguin – Erica Cadayday
- Samar Island – Catherine Wardle
- Cotabato Province – Clarissa Westram
- Nueva Ecija (Filipino Society of United Kingdom) – Michelle Burchelle
- Laguna – Ysabel Prats
- La Union – Bea Millan-Windorski
- Quezon Province – Patricia Ella Evangelista
- Albay – Alexandra Krishna Oriño
- Muntinlupa – Adela-Mae Marshall
- Cavite – Jencel Caña
- Ilocos Norte (Filipino Society of Hawaii) – Cherieze Cacayorin
- Tacloban City – Jacqueline Gulrajani
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