Beatrice Luigi Gomez Archives

Princess diaries, queenly gambits and happily-ever-after looks

Three of the country’s most photographed women today—beauty queens Rabiya, Bea and Celeste—step into a new universe, as Renaissance photographer BJ Pascual captures them in a totally different light as Disney princesses wearing the latest ingenue-inspired makeup collection from BYS. It’s not exactly a demotion when queens turn into princesses…

Half-Filipino, half-Italian pageant veteran Celeste Cortesi wins Miss Universe Philippines 2022

Speaking in Italian-accented English, the endearing 24-year old stunner charmed judges with her emphasis on the importance of family, which she relishes and credits to her Filipino and Italian roots. She also shared with the audience how she misses her Italy-based Filipino mother, whom she hasn’t seen in person for…

Bea Luigi Gomez bows out to India’s Harnaaz Sandhu in Miss Universe

With her recent Top 5 finish, the country, thanks to Bea, continues to hold on to its record 12-year placement streak in Miss Universe, which started with Venus Raj in 2010. By Alex Y. Vergara Philippine bet Beatrice Luigi Gomez’s Miss Universe journey in Eilat, Israel may have ended with…

Bea Luigi Gomez turns the tide in Francis Libiran’s crimson number

After days of staying under the radar in low-key and sometimes unconventional outfits that left not a few demanding pageant fans unhappy, the country’s Cebuana bet to Miss Universe made a splash in the crucial preliminary competition in both swimsuit and evening gown segments. The long wait is over! And…

Bea Gomez, first openly lesbian Filipino beauty queen, wins Miss Universe Philippines 2021

By Alex Y. Vergara Is the universe ready for its first openly lesbian representative from the Philippines? Organizers and judges behind the recently concluded Miss Universe Philippines (MUP) 2021 think so, as they crowned 26-year-old Beatrice “Bea” Luigi Gomez as the new MUP. After months-long search, which culminated Thursday evening…