Miss Universe 2015 Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach attends the 2016 Miss Teen USA Competition at The Venetian Las Vegas on July 30, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo : Getty Images / Ethan Miller)
If you are eager to watch the spectacular coronation ceremony of the next Miss Universe then you have to wake up really early. The pageant has an early morning schedule this time.
In a press briefing Wanda Corazon Tulfo Teo, tourism Secretary of Philippines said the pageant will start at 5:30 am on Jan. 30, 2017, Business Mirror reported. While expressing her relieving reaction to the press, Teo confirmed that Philippines is finally hosting the upcoming Miss Universe event.
After her press release, media is buzzing over the ceremony timing of the event as it is surely an odd timing for half of the world even for the hosting country. It is not hard to assume that The Miss Universe Organization based in New York wants to coincide local time of the event with the primetime of America (which is around 7 pm evening) to telecast the beauty pageant live for the American audience.
Reigning Miss Universe Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach released a short videotape on behalf of the Miss Universe Organization (MUO) and expressed her feeling in few lines "Hi Guys! I'm so excited to share with you all that yes, the Miss Universe competition is indeed happening in the Philippines and I can't wait to show you all my beautiful country."
Wanda Teo also described the holding of Miss Universe pageant in her country as one of the proud moment for all Filipinos. She said no other venue could be better for the reigning Miss Universe Pia to take her final walk on the coronation stage and pass on her crown to her successor than her own country, the Philippines.
In next Miss Universe event, Maxine Medina is going to represent the Philippines in this grand competition. She is one of the top 10 favorite contestants for the beauty pageant and her countrymen are expecting her to be the next most 'beautiful woman of the universe.'
In spite of all this enthusiasm, pageant critics are surprised about the odd timing of the event, The Trending Facts reported on their site that. Netizens expressed their strong disappointments online over the pageant timing as it will disturb their 'Biological Clock' terribly.
Check out the glimpse of the pageant last year:
