The highly anticipated Miss Universe Philippines 2021 coronation night has begun.
Held at Eilat, Israel, on the night of December 12 (morning of December 14 in the Philippines), it started with a feisty dance number of all the 80 candidates including the Philippines' representative Beatrice Luigi Gomez.
Then the Top 16 contenders (in no particular order) were announced by host Steve Harvey:
1. Miss France Clémence Botino
2. Miss Colombia Valeria Ayos
3. Miss Singapore Nandita Banna
4. Miss Panama Brenda Smith
5. Miss Puerto Rico Michelle Colón
6. The Bahamas Chantel O'Brian
7. Miss Japan Juri Watanabe
8. Miss Great Britain Emma Collingridge
9. Miss USA Elle Smith
10. Miss India Harnaaz Sandhu
11. Miss Vietnam Nguyen Huynh Kim Duyên
12. Miss Aruba Thessaly Zimmerman
13. Miss Paraguay Nadia Ferreira
14. Miss Philippines Beatrice Luigi Gomez
15. Miss Venezuela Luiseth Materán
16. Miss South Africa Lalela Mswane
This was the first time The Bahamas made it to the Top 16 of Miss Universe.
Host Steve Harvey and Miss Philippines Beatrice Luigi Gomez
One of the unique parts of the program was that Steve had a chance to chat with the Top 16 finalists in a quiick interview.
This year's panel of judges were our very own Kapuso Prime Time Queen Marian Rivera, Bollywood actress Urbashi Rautela, former Victoria's Secret Angel Adriana Lima, American actress Rena Sofer, Miss Universe 2016 Iris Mittenaere, entertainment host Adamari Lopez, entrepeneur-model Lori Harvey.
Lori is the daughter of Steve Harvey.