Bernadette Belle Wu Ong is a Singaporean actress, emcee, model, and beauty pageant titleholder who was appointed as Miss Universe Singapore 2020. She represented Singapore at

Miss Universe 2020 Miss Universe 2020 was the 69th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, United States on May 16, 2021. At the end of the event, Zozibini Tunzi of South Africa crowned Andrea Meza of Mexico ...

Personal life

Ong was born and raised in the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

to Chinese parents. Her family moved to

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...

when she was 10 and later on, she studied in Australia.

Pageantry

Ong competed in the

Miss Universe Singapore Miss Universe Singapore is a beauty pageant and organization that selects the Singapore official representative to the Miss Universe pageant. The reigning Miss Universe Singapore is Carissa Yap, who was crowned on 17 October 2022, at Caldwell ...

in 2019. She also won the title Miss Charm Singapore 2019 and later represented Singapore in Miss Charm International 2019. She was handpicked to compete at

, which is delayed due to the

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and will be held on 16 May 2021.

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* Living people Miss Universe 2020 contestants Singaporean people of Filipino descent Singaporean beauty pageant winners 1990s births {{Singapore-stub