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Mutya Pilipinas Tourism International 2019 Tyra Rae Goldman of Nevada will no longer represent the Philippines in the Miss Tourism International 2019 pageant after she was rejected by foreign organizers for having dual citizenship. This was confirmed by Mutya President Cory Quirino in a telephone conversation on Sept. 27. "They want a natural-born Filipina. The organizers of Miss Tourism International pageant have already apologized to us for the late notice," said Quirino. Mutya Pilipinas first runner-up Cyrille Payumo of Pampanga will replace Goldman in the Malaysia-based pageant in November. The full statement: "Mutya Pilipinas recently announced that due to the new policy of the Miss Tourism International Pageant in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and in compliance with their latest rule, being “naturally-born in the country the candidate represents and no-dual citizenship”, Miss Cyrille Payumo, First Runner Up will replace Miss Tyra Goldman in the November ...

A new Miss Universe will be crowned on November 26, as the annual international beauty pageant comes to The Axis theater at Planet Hollywood Las Vegas. And since Sin City is playing host, it’s only natural to break down the betting odds on who will be crowned Miss Universe 2017. At the top of the board is “Miss South Africa” Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters at +250, followed closely by “Miss Thailand” Maria Poonlertlarp at +300, according to Covers.com, a sports betting website based in Ireland. Miss South Africa won her title under controversy, after fellow contestants stated that she had a “special relationship” with two judges and received preferential treatment during the national competition. While she is the betting favorite, it’s always nice to have a bad guy to root against. Behind those front-runners are Miss Philippines at +600, Miss Colombia at +800, and Miss Venezuela and Miss USA, both at +1,100 odds. Could the home-field advantage give current “Miss USA” Kára McCu...

Filipino-German beauty queen Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach will return to the 66th Miss Universe pageant which will be held at The Axis of Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Nevada on Nov. 26 (Nov. 27 Manila time). But this time, Wurtzbach will serve as one of the telecast judges who will select the new Miss Universe. Along with Wurtzbach, other telecast judges are American television personality Ross Mathews, Venezuelan-American Internet personality Lele Pons, TV host and make-up artist Jay Manuel, Fox Sports host Megan Olivi, and Miss Universe 1998 now lawyer Wendy Fitzwilliam. American television personality and author Steve Harvey, who mistakenly announced Miss Colombia as the winner of the 2015 Miss Universe contest instead of Miss Philippines, will host the show for the third time. Wurtzbach joins the roster of distinguished Filipinos who served as judges in the Miss Universe pageant. The first Filipino invited to judge the contest was the late Foreign Affairs Secretary Ca...