Catriona Gray is our reigning Miss Universe Philippines 2018!
It's her second pageant title after winning Miss World Philippines in 2016.
The Filipino-Australian beauty queen finished Top 5 at the Miss World 2016 competition held in Washington, D.C. in 2016.
With two major beauty pageant titles under her belt, netizens claimed that Catriona was the first beauty queen in pageant history to win more than one.
But in truth, she was only the second.
The first beauty queen to win two major beauty pageant titles was Carlene Aguilar.
The beauty queen-turned-actress won her first major title in 2001 as Miss Philippines Earth.
She was the very first beauty queen to hold the title.
The Filipino-Chinese beauty competed in Miss Earth 2001 held at the UP Theater.
She finished in Top 10.
Four years later, Carlene joined Binibining Pilipinas 2005, and won Binibining Pilipinas-World 2005.
She finished Top 15 at the Miss World 2005 competition held in Iceland.
Today, Carlene is married to her non-showbiz husband, Yo Ocampo, and is a mother of three boys, Calix, Marcus, and Hunter.
Calix is Carlene’s son with former boyfriend, Kapuso actor Dennis Trillo.
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