MANILA, Philippines — Three years after it final staged a contest, the Mutya ng Pilipinas pageant has topped a brand new queen, and he or she is Iona Gibbs from Bataan.
She bested 37 different aspirants for the highest prize on the coronation evening of the nationwide pageant’s 52nd version staged on the FilOil EcoOil Center in San Juan City on Dec. 4, and inherited the title from Klyza Castro who gained the nationwide pageant in 2019.
Several different queens have been proclaimed — Mutya ng Pilipinas-Tourism International Jeanette Reyes from Camarines Sur, Mutya ng Pilipinas-World Top Model Arianna Kyla Padrid from Northern California, and Mutya ng Pilipinas-Overseas Communities Jesi Mae Cruz from Californ…
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