Miss World Philippines is a beauty pageant 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 ...

that selects the country's representatives to the

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, one of the Big Four international beauty pageants. The pageant also selects four other representatives to participate in minor international pageants such as

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, and Miss Eco International. In addition the organizer of the pageant also held its male counterpart Mister World Philippines to pick representatives to participate in

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, and

Mister Supranational Miss Supranational is an annual international female beauty pageant, started in 2009, and with most contests held in Poland and a parallel male contest, Mister Supranational, began in 2016, also in Poland. The current owners of Miss and Miste ...

. The pageant is inspired by the Miss World Ltd.'s slogan "Beauty with a Purpose" and henceforth adopted the theme "Beauty in Giving." The winner and her court work with charities that benefit children in need and also join movements of supporting women and children's rights and many more advocacies.

History

The pageant was conceived on January 25, 2011, when the franchise that was previously held by

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 ...

was awarded by

Julia Morley Julia Evelyn Morley (née Pritchard; born 25 October 1939) is a British businesswoman, charity worker, and former model. She is the chairman and CEO of the Miss World Organization, which organizes the Miss World and Mister World. She is the wi ...

, Chair and CEO of Miss World Limited, to

Cory Quirino Socorro Alicia Rastrollo Quirino (born August 11, 1953), professionally known as Cory Quirino, is a Filipino television host, author and beauty pageant titleholder. She is currently the president and national director of Mutya ng Pilipinas. She ...

, who served as the exclusive licensee and national director for the Philippines from 2011 to 2016. The pageant was officially launched on March 23, 2011, at the SMDC Showroom at the

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. Quirino resigned as the national director on January 15, 2017, due to personal and business reasons. A day later, Arnold Vegafria, who served as the talent manager of

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, took over the position after he met with Morley. Under Vegafria's term, seven additional minor international beauty pageant titles are awarded namely: Miss Supranational Philippines, Miss Eco Philippines, Miss Multinational Philippines, Reina Hispanoamericana – Filipinas, Miss Philippines Tourism, Miss Eco Teen Philippines and Miss Environment Philippines for which they will represent the Philippines internationally. Prior to Miss World Philippines, the title was awarded through the

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pageant from 1966 to 1976, then by Mutya ng Pilipinas, Inc. through

Mutya ng Pilipinas Mutya ng Pilipinas (MNP), in 2019 known as Mutya Pilipinas, is one of the two oldest annual national beauty pageants in the Philippines (est. 1968). The other being the Binibining Pilipinas Pageant (est. 1964). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, t ...

pageant from 1977 to 1991, and Binibining Pilipinas Charities, Inc. through the

pageant from 1992 to 2010.

Titles

Note that the year designates the time Miss World Philippines Organization has acquired that particular pageant franchise.

Editions

Below is the complete list of Miss World Philippines editions.

Titleholders

References

External links

Official website
{{Miss Supranational countries and territories