Alethea Ambrosio is crowned Miss Supranational Asia and Oceania in Poland

Alethea Ambrosio is crowned Miss Supranational Asia and Oceania in Poland

Story by Armin P. Adina 

Inquirer.net

07 July 2024

The Philippines’ Alethea Ambrosio was crowned Miss Supranational Asia and Oceania at the conclusion of the Miss Supranational 2024 pageant in Nowy Sacz, Poland, on July 6 (July 7 in Manila).

Her coronation also makes her the first Filipino woman to receive the continental title, and it came two days after Brandon Espiritu became the first entry from the Philippines to advance to the Top 5 of the Mister Supranational contest. He finished third overall.

Ambrosio and Espiritu won in the twin staging of The Miss Philippines and Mister Pilipinas Worldwide in October last year, and officially received their assignments as the country’s delegates to the Supranational competitions in February.

At the Miss Supranational pageant, Ambrosio advanced to the Top 12 of the competition. Part-Filipino Yuki Sonoda from Japan made it to the Top 25. Their fellow Asian delegate Harashta Haifa Zahra made history for Indonesia by winning the country’s first Miss Supranational crown.

Jenna Dykstra from the United States settled for the first runner-up spot, while heavy favorite Justyna Zednikova from the Czech Republic finished as second runner-up. Brazil’s Isadora Murtia was third runner-up, while Curacao’s Chanelle de Lau rounded up the winner’s circle as fourth runner -up.

Meanwhile, Ambrosio’s fellow continental queens were South Africa’s Bryoni Govender for Africa, Mexico’s Andrea Saenz for the Americas, Puerto Rico’s Fiorella Medina for the Caribbean, and Denmark’s Victoria Larsen for Europe.

Before flying to Poland for the international competition, Ambrosio has already crowned her successor as Miss Supranational Philippines, Tarah Valencia who was third runner-up in the 2024 Miss Universe Philippines pageant. She will compete in next year’s Miss Supranational contest.

Mutya Johanna Datul remains to be the lone Filipino woman to be proclaimed Miss Supranational. She won the title at the international competition’s fifth edition in 2013. Last year’s representative Pauline Amelinckx almost scored a second victory for the Philippines when she finished as first runner-up.

Mister Supranational Philippines 2024 made history in Poland

Philippines' Brandon Espiritu is 2024 Mister Supranational 2nd runner-up!

Story by GMA Integrated News 
05 July 2024

Congratulations are in order for Mister Supranational 2024 Philippine bet Brandon Espiritu! 

Not only did he just finish as 2nd runner-up to the pageant — the highest placement the Philippines has achieved in the international tilt — he also won the social media influencer challenge of the pageant. 

On Instagram, the local organization congratulated Brandon. "You’ve made a whole country proud. You have achieved our highest placement in Mister Supranational so far," they said.

In a video posted by the organization, Brandon thanked his supporters "for backing me in this journey."

"We broke history, we broke Top 5. As a Filipino, I'm so proud to be here," he said.

During the finals, Brandon first made an incredible impression with his dance moves, and cemented it with his noteworthy final Q&A performance.

Before answering the question, the model and entrepreneur made sure to thank this parents for "helping raise me to be the man that I am today."

And then he began by demonstrating his sense of inclusivity. "I would tell every single man out there, not just every man but every man and woman, every person with a soul: You have intrinsic value."

"If you wanna be better and if you want to progress in your life, give yourself grace and take small steps. We have to start somewhere and build off that and progress. That's the only way to go about it," Brandon said to much applause.

South Africa was named 2024 Mister Supranational, and Netherlands was first 1st runner-up.

— LA, GMA Integrated News