Pia Wurtzbach
Miss Universe 2015 - Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach
Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach (born September 24, 1989), known locally and professionally as Pia Romero, is a Filipina-German actress, model and beauty queen who was crowned Binibining Pilipinas 2015 on March 15, and later crowned Miss Universe 2015 on December 20 of the same year
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THE AGONY OF DEFEAT. Miss Colombia openly grieves for her dethronement (wait, she never really was the winner!) as Miss Philippines and eventual 64th Miss Universe winner, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach tries to console her by offering to return back the crown, to no avail. Photo credited to the owner
TAKE 2. 2014 Miss Universe Paulina Vega of Colombia finally crowns the rightful winner of this year's pageant, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach of the Philippines (making her our country's 3rd Miss Universe!) during last Sunday's most controversial episode when Host Steve Harvey got confused and announced the wrong winner - Ariadna Gutierrez of Colombia. Photo by MUO
Wurtzbach's father is German and her mother is from the Philippines. She was born in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg but then moved to Cagayan de Oro on the island of Mindanao in her teens. In Cagayan de Oro, she attended kindergarten at Kong Hua School and primary school at Corpus Christi. She has a younger sister. Wurtzbach speaks fluent Cebuano (Visayan), English, German and Tagalog. She finished her secondary education at ABS-CBN Distance Learning School in Quezon City and studied Culinary Arts at the Center for Asian Culinary Studies in San Juan, Metro Manila.
Wurtzbach is a professional model, actress, host and TV personality. She is also a Culinary Arts graduate from the Center for Culinary Studies. At age 14, under the name Pia Romero, she worked as an actress and was managed by ABS-CBN's theatrical agency called Star Magic. Among her TV credits are the teen-oriented series K2BU, the concert variety program ASAP, the romance anthology Your Song, the sitcom show Bora, and the drama series Sa Piling Mo.
She appeared in films such as Kung Ako Na Lang Sana (2003), All My Life(2004), and All About Love (2006). At present she is a stylist, makeup artist and beauty writer for Inquirer Lifestyle's 2bU section.
Binibining Pilipinas
Having previously competed in the Binibining Pilipinas pageant, Wurtzbach took part in the competition for the third time in 2015 where she eventually won Miss Universe-Philippines 2015, succeeding Miss Universe Philippines 2014 Mary Jean Lastimosa who also grew up on the island of Mindanao.
Miss Universe 2015
Wurtzbach represented the Philippines in the Miss Universe 2015 held on December 20, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada,United States. At the end of the show, host Steve Harvey announced Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutiérrez as the winner. However, after Gutiérrez's crowning, Harvey stated that he had misread the results and that Wurtzbach was the actual Miss Universe 2015. Miss Universe 2014 Paulina Vega then handed Gutiérrez's crown over to Wurtzbach.
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