Binibining Pilipinas 2013 (billed as Binibining Pilipinas Gold) was the 50th edition of

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. It was held at the

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, Philippines on April 14, 2013. At the end of the event,

Janine Tugonon Janine Mari Raymundo Tugonon (; born October 19, 1989) is a Filipino model, TV presenter, actress and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Philippines 2012. She represented the Philippines at the Miss Universe 2012 pageant ...

crowned

Ariella Arida Ariella Hernandez Arida (; born November 20, 1988), also known as Ara Arida, is a Filipino actress, model, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Philippines 2013. She represented the Philippines at the Miss Universe 201 ...

as Miss Universe Philippines 2013,

Nicole Schmitz Nicole Cassandra Schmitz is a Filipino-German beauty titleholder who represented the Philippines in the Miss International 2012 pageant in Okinawa, Japan on 21 October 2012 where she placed in the Top 15. She is also the third representative o ...

crowned

Bea Santiago Bea Rose Monterde Santiago (; born February 17, 1990) is a Filipino actress, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss International 2013 on December 17, 2013. Prior to her win at Binibining Pilipinas, she was a Mutya ng Pilipinas 2011 tit ...

as Binibining Pilipinas International 2013, and Katrina Dimaranan crowned

Cindy Miranda Joanna Cindy Veron Miranda (born November 19, 1990) is a Filipino actress and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Binibining Pilipinas Tourism 2013 at the Binibining Pilipinas 2013. Early life She was born to Ana and Tony Miranda. She ha ...

as Binibining Pilipinas Tourism 2013. A new title, Binibining Pilipinas Supranational 2013, was awarded by Ellaine Kay Moll to

Mutya Johanna Datul Mutya Johanna Fontiveros Datul (born April 17, 1992) is a Filipino fashion model, actress and beauty queen who was crowned Binibining Pilipinas Supranational 2013. She represented the Philippines at the Miss Supranational 2013 pageant in Mins ...

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 ...

was named the sole Runner-Up. A pre-pageant primer, called ''The Golden Road to the Crown'' on ABS-CBN's ''Sunday's Best'', was aired last April 7, 2013.

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

Judges

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–

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for the

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* Boy Abunda – TV personality, publicist, talent manager * Gen. Alan Purisima – Chief of the Philippine National Police * Louis Ng – Macanese businessman, Executive Director and COO of SJM Holdings, Ltd. * Eugenio Lopez, III – Chairman of

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–

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* Liliana Marquez Zawadzky – Colombian interior and jewelry designer * Hirofumi Hashimoto – Chairman of

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* Bobby Huang – President of San Miguel Brewery, Inc. * H.E. Roberto Mayorga Lorca – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Embassy of Chile * H.E. Massimo Roscigno – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Embassy of the Republic of Italy *

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– Secretary to the

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Contestants

50 contestants competed for the four titles.

Notes

Post-pageant Notes

competed at

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and finished as Third Runner-Up. Prior to being called Third Runner-Up, Arida won the online voting which secured her a spot at the Top 16. * Bea Rose Santiago competed at

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in Tokyo, Japan where she later emerged as the winner. Santiago is the fifth

from the Philippines. *

competed at Miss Tourism Queen International 2013 in

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, China where she finished as one of the ten finalists. Miranda also bagged the Miss Tourism Ambassador Asia and Best in Attitude awards. *

competed at

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where she was crowned as the winner. Aside from winning the crown, Datul also bagged the Miss Personality award. *

later competed at Binibining Pilipinas 2014 and finished as one of the fifteen semifinalists. Wurtzbach competed again at Binibining Pilipinas 2015 and was crowned Binibining Pilipinas 2015. She competed at

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and won. * Both Hannah Ruth Sison and

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 ...

also competed at Binibining Pilipinas 2014. Sison finished as Second Runner-Up, and competed again in 2015 where she finished as First Runner-Up. Shah on the other had, was crowned Binibining Pilipinas Tourism 2014, and was appointed by

to represent the Philippines at Miss Grand International 2015 in

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, Thailand where she finished as Third Runner-Up. * Angeli Dione Gomez later competed at Mutya ng Pilipinas 2013 and was crowned Mutya ng Pilipinas Tourism International 2013. She competed at Miss Tourism International 2013-2014 in Putrajaya,

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where she later emerged as the winner. Gomez's win is a back-to-back win after Rizzini Alexis Gomez's win in 2012. *

Imelda Schweighart Imelda Bautista Schweighart, better known by her former screen name Imee Hart (born 29 May 1995) is a Filipino-German model, singer-songwriter, composer, actress beauty queen who was crowned Miss Philippines Earth 2016 on 11 June 2016, served ...

later competed at Miss Philippines Earth 2016 where she later emerged as the winner. She competed in

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but was unplaced. Schweighart later resigned due to controversies prior to, and after

. * Both and Charmaine Elima and Mariel de Leon later competed at

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. Elima finished as First Runner-Up, while de Leon emerged as Binibining Pilipinas International 2017. De Leon competed at Miss International 2017 in

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, Japan where she was unplaced.

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