Binibining Pilipinas 2016 was the 53rd edition of

Binibining Pilipinas Binibining Pilipinas (abbreviated as Bb. Pilipinas; ) is a national beauty pageant in the Philippines that selects Filipina representatives to compete in one of the Big Four international beauty pageants: Miss International and selects two ot ...

. It took place at the

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, Philippines on April 17, 2016. At the end of the event,

Pia Wurtzbach Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach ( ; ; born September 24, 1989), formerly known professionally as Pia Romero, is a Filipino model, actress and beauty queen who is known for being crowned Miss Universe 2015. She joined Binibining Pilipinas pageant thre ...

crowned

Maxine Medina Maria Mika Maxine Perez Medina (; born May 10, 1990) is a Filipino designer, actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Philippines 2016. She represented the Philippines at the Miss Universe 2016 pageant and f ...

as Miss Universe Philippines 2016, Janicel Lubina crowned

Kylie Verzosa Kylie Fausto Verzosa (; born February 7, 1992) is a Filipino actress, model, and beauty queen who was crowned Binibining Pilipinas International, Binibining Pilipinas International 2016 and Miss International 2016. She is the sixth Filipina to ...

as Binibining Pilipinas International 2016, Christi McGarry crowned Jennifer Ruth Hammond as Binibining Pilipinas Intercontinental 2016, Rogelie Catacutan crowned Joanna Louise Eden as Binibining Pilipinas Supranational 2016,

Parul Shah Parul Quitola Shah is an Indian-Filipino model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Binibining Pilipinas Tourism 2014 at the Binibining Pilipinas 2014. In 2015, she was appointed as Binibining Pilipinas Grand International 2015. Page ...

crowned

Nicole Cordoves Nicole Ignacio Cordoves (; born April 15, 1992) is a Filipino model, host, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Binibining Pilipinas Grand International 2016. She represented the Philippines at the Miss Grand International 2016 page ...

as Binibining Pilipinas Grand International 2016, and Ann Colis crowned Nichole Manalo as Binibining Pilipinas Globe 2016. Angelica Alita was named First Runner-Up and Jehza Mae Huelar was named Second Runner-Up.

Results

;Color keys * The contestant Won in an International pageant. * The contestant was a Runner-up in an International pageant. * The contestant was a Semi-Finalist in an International pageant.

Special Awards

National Costume Category

* The contestant won the Best in National Costume award.

Judges

Binibining Pilipinas 2016 candidates were evaluated by a board of judges: * Paolo Roxas – youth representative and university student * Lauren Dyogi – ABS-CBN Head of Television Production *

Cory Vidanes María Socorro Valenzuela-Vidanes, popularly known as Cory Vidanes (born May 15, 1962), is a Filipina executive and Chief Operating Officer for Broadcast of ABS-CBN Corporation, the largest media conglomerate in the Philippines. Personal life ...

– business executive and ABS-CBN's Chief Operating Officer for Broadcast * Cherry Soriano – news anchor and former Philippine Ambassador to Qatar * Betsy Westendorp de Brias – artist * Amb. Igor Anatolyevich Khovaev – diplomat and the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Philippines *

Ian Veneracion Stephen Ian Lopez Veneracion (; born February 7, 1975) is a Filipino athlete, actor, pilot, and singer. He was a former talent of GMA Network and is currently an artist of ABS-CBN and TV5. Personal life and career His father is renowned painte ...

– actor, licensed pilot and Philippine representative in the International Paragliding Competition * Amb. Jan Top Christensen – diplomat, assigned to re-open the Danish embassy in Manila * Amb. Roland Van Remoortele – career diplomat, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belgium and Ambassador to the Philippines *

Olivia Jordan Olivia Jordan Thomas (born September 28, 1988) is an American actress, model, television host, and beauty pageant titleholder, who was crowned Miss USA 2015. She represented the United States at Miss Universe 2015, where she placed as a second ...

– actress, model and

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* Sec. Adrian Cristobal Jr. – graduate of the University of California, Berkeley and Ateneo de Manila and Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry

Contestants

40 contestants competed for the six titles.

Notes

Post-pageant Notes

competed at

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, Philippines where she finished as a Top 6 finalist. On the other hand,

competed at

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, Japan and emerged as the winner. * Joanna Eden competed at Miss Supranational 2016 in

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where she finished as a Top 25 semifinalist. *

competed at Miss Grand International 2016 in

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where she finished as First Runner-Up. After her stint in Miss Grand International, Cordoves hosted the Miss Grand International 2017 pageant, and the

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, and

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editions of Binibining Pilipinas. * Nichole Manalo competed at Miss Globe 2016 where she finished as Third Runner-Up. Initially, Manalo only finished as one of the Top 10 finalists but a week after the pageant, Manalo, together with Natasha Joubert of South Africa, was proclaimed as Third and Fourth Runner-Up respectively. The reason why the Third and Fourth Runners-Up were announced late is that the emcees of the pageant weren't able to read the envelopes in time. * Jehza Huelar competed again at Binibining Pilipinas in

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and

. Huelar finished as a Top 15 semifinalist at

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while she won Binibining Pilipinas Supranational 2018 at

Binibining Pilipinas 2018 Binibining Pilipinas 2018 was the 55th edition of Binibining Pilipinas. It took place at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines on March 18, 2018. At the end of the event, Rachel Peters crowned Catriona Gray as Mi ...

. Huelar competed at Miss Supranational 2018 in

where she finished as a Top 10 finalist. *

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later competed at

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where she emerged as the winner. Ibasco competed at Miss Earth 2017

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and won. * Dindi Pajares competed again at Binibining Pilipinas in

and was unplaced. After her stint at Binibining Pilipinas, Pajares competed at Miss World Philippines 2021 where she was appointed as Miss Supranational Philippines 2021. She was voted by her fellow contestants as Miss Supranational Philippines 2021 due to the postponement of the finals night. Pajares then competed at

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where she finished as a Top 12 semifinalist.

References

External links

''Binibining Pilipinas'' Official website
{{Binibining Pilipinas

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2016 beauty pageants