Miss World PH landed in top 8, named Miss World Asia

Thailand wins Miss World 2025 crown, Philippines in Top 8

Earl D.C. Bracamonte 
Philstar.com
June 1, 2025

MANILA, Philippines — Chuangsri "Opal" Suchata bested 107 international delegates and won Thailand's first Miss World crown in glitzy rites in Telangana, India on Saturday.

Krystyna Pyzkova crowned the Breast Cancer survivor and advocate.

Miss World Philippines 2024 Krishnah Marie Gravidez shared the Top 2 spots with Thailand in the final cut for Asia and Oceania.

Hasset Dereje Admassu of Ethiopia was the other lady Opal was holding hands with while waiting for the proclamation to be given out, winning as 1st runner-up and Continental Queen of Africa. It is the first time for both countries to reach such high placement.

Maja Klajda of Poland was named 2nd runner-up and Continental Queen of Europe, while Aurelie Joachim of Martinique, in its first Top 4 finish, completed the royal court as 3rd runner-up and Continental Queen of the Americas and the Caribbean.

The other lucky four delegates who competed for the Final 4 placements were Jessica Pedroso (Brazil), Selma Kamanya (Namibia), Mayra Melnychenko (Ukraine), and Krishnah Marie Gravidez (Philippines).

The delegates who also made it to the Top 20 were Guadalupe Alomar (Argentina), Valeria Perez (Puerto Rico), Athenna Crosby (USA) from the Americas and the Caribbean); Issie Princesse (Cameroon), Joy Raimi (Nigeria), Lamis Redissi (Tunisia) from Africa; Jasmine Gerhardt (Ireland), Chiara Esposito (Italy), Millie-Mae Adams (Wales) from Europe; Jasmine Stringer (Australia), Nandini Gupta (India), and Nada Koussa (Lebanon) from Asia and Oceania.

The Top 20 semi-finalists were the ladies who made the next cut after the quarterfinals of 40 placements, 10 from each continent and region, including the fast track challenge winners.

The over three-week competition saw the delegates compete in several challenges that included Sports, Talent, Top Model, Multimedia, Head-to-Head, and Beauty with a Purpose. The delegates also enjoyed the cuisine, hospitality, and sights and sounds of Telangana.

Hosted by Sachiin Khumbar and Miss World 2016 Stephanie del Valle, with performances from Jacqueline Fernandez and Ishaan Khatter, the 72nd Miss World coronation ceremonies unfolded at the Hitex Exhibition Center in Hyderabad, India.

It was beamed to a global audience through Miss World's pay-per-view channel on YouTube.

Filipinos among the most interested in AI globally

Tech giant reports Philippines among top countries interested in AI

Story by Jeline Malasig

Interaksiyon

17 May 2024

Data from a tech giant revealed that Filipinos are among the most interested in artificial intelligence (AI) technology globally.

Google Trends said that the Southeast Asian country ranks third when it comes to searches for AI-related topics across the world.

China and Ethiopia ranked first and second, respectively, surpassing the Philippines.

Google Trends said that Manila’s high ranking in terms of search interest around AI reflected the country’s growing technological awareness, economic aspirations, educational initiatives, government support and the global trend toward AI adoption.

Google Trends provides data on topics that people from a certain country or area are searching almost in real time.

The data is measured by recording how many times a particular keyword is searched for compared to other terms within a certain period.

Meanwhile, one of the AI tools that are widely available is Gemini, Google’s AI chatbot.

It is a versatile AI assistant capable of handling various tasks such as writing, planning, learning, and generating content such as images.

Gemini has a free version for everyone, and a paid version called Gemini Pro, which has advanced features.

While AI has only recently gained buzz, it has been around for years as people continue to embrace technology.

For example, Siri and Google voice assistants are considered products of AI technology since they enable users to perform different tasks on their smartphones through voice intelligence.

Automatic photo tagging in Apple and Google smartphones also harnesses the tool of AI for their image recognition features.

Predictive texts likewise function like AI since they offer writing and grammar assistance to users through automated intelligence.