Catriona Gray pens heartwarming message for Paula Shugart

E. Kristhoff Cagape

<p id="isPasted">Catriona Gray took to social media to pen a message as she capped off her hosting duties in this year&#39;s Miss Universe pageant in El Salvador. &nbsp;</p><p>In her post, Catriona congratulated Nicaragua&rsquo;s Sheynnis Palacios for winning the pageant and former Miss Universe title holder R&#39;Bonney Gabriel as she concluded her reign.</p><p>&quot;That&rsquo;s a wrap on the 72nd @missuniverse Live from El Salvador! Welcome to the new Queen @sheynnispalacios_of from Nicaragua 🇳🇮 👑✨🫶🏽🤍 @rbonneynola you had such an impactful reign! So excited to see where your journey takes you next!!&quot; she wrote. &nbsp;</p><p><br/></p><p><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-15" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz0V8T1Af8_/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=14&wp=524&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A15%2C%22os%22%3A3011921.799999982%2C%22ls%22%3A103990.59999999404%2C%22le%22%3A104475.89999997616%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="1218" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-15" scrolling="no" style="background: white; max-width: 540px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); box-shadow: none; display: block; margin: 0px 0px 12px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px;"></iframe></p><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p><br/></p><p>The Miss Universe 2018 also expressed her gratitude to her backstage co-host Zuri Hall and to the team behind the telecast of Miss Universe.</p><p>&quot;Huge shout out to @zurihall and our amazing team @mr_tunnelvision @travisstantonmn and everyone who makes our work such a breeze! (and so much fun!!),&quot; she said.&nbsp;</p><p>Catriona also penned a heartwarming message for Paula Shugart, who announced that she is stepping down from her role as the president of the Miss Universe Organization.</p><p><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2023/11/17/catriona-gray-on-being-a-backstage-correspondent-for-miss-universe-again-i-am-super-honored-909"><strong>READ:Catriona Gray on being a backstage correspondent for Miss Universe again: &lsquo;I am super honored&rsquo;</strong></a></p><p>&quot;To @realpaulashugart thank you for all the years you&rsquo;ve dedicated to Miss Universe. As someone who has been directly impacted and had my life changed because of your vision, I am forever grateful, as are the hundreds of girls and each of their communities, causes, and countries that you brought onto the universe stage,&quot; Catriona said.</p><p><br/></p><p><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-16" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CzxewzegvKL/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=14&wp=524&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A16%2C%22os%22%3A3012699.899999976%2C%22ls%22%3A103990.59999999404%2C%22le%22%3A104475.89999997616%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="985" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-16" scrolling="no" style="background: white; max-width: 540px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); box-shadow: none; display: block; margin: 0px 0px 12px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px;"></iframe></p><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p><br/></p><p>Catriona also expressed how proud she is of Michelle Dee for representing the Philippines on the pageant&#39;s stage.</p><p>&quot;Lastly to our pride, @michelledee 🇵🇭 thank you for the fight. Yours is a comeback story that I know well, and so it&rsquo;s with certainty that I can say, never denied only redirected. Whatever you choose to pursue, we&rsquo;re all right behind you! Mabuhay ka!&quot;</p><p>Michelle entered the top 10 of the Miss Universe pageant and won several awards, including being one of the three gold winners of the Voice for Change competition, bagging the Spirit of Carnival Award given by Carnival Cruises, and winning the Miss Universe&#39;s fan vote.</p>

<p><br/><p><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-15" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz0V8T1Af8_/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=14&wp=524&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A15%2C%22os%22%3A3011921.799999982%2C%22ls%22%3A103990.59999999404%2C%22le%22%3A104475.89999997616%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="1218" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-15" scrolling="no" style="background: white; max-width: 540px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); box-shadow: none; display: block; margin: 0px 0px 12px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px;"></iframe><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p><br/><p>The Miss Universe 2018 also expressed her gratitude to her backstage co-host Zuri Hall and to the team behind the telecast of Miss Universe.<p>&quot;Huge shout out to @zurihall and our amazing team @mr_tunnelvision @travisstantonmn and everyone who makes our work such a breeze! (and so much fun!!),&quot; she said.&nbsp;<p>Catriona also penned a heartwarming message for Paula Shugart, who announced that she is stepping down from her role as the president of the Miss Universe Organization.<p><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2023/11/17/catriona-gray-on-being-a-backstage-correspondent-for-miss-universe-again-i-am-super-honored-909"><strong>READ:Catriona Gray on being a backstage correspondent for Miss Universe again: &lsquo;I am super honored&rsquo;</strong></a><p>&quot;To @realpaulashugart thank you for all the years you&rsquo;ve dedicated to Miss Universe. As someone who has been directly impacted and had my life changed because of your vision, I am forever grateful, as are the hundreds of girls and each of their communities, causes, and countries that you brought onto the universe stage,&quot; Catriona said.<p><br/><p><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-16" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CzxewzegvKL/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=14&wp=524&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A16%2C%22os%22%3A3012699.899999976%2C%22ls%22%3A103990.59999999404%2C%22le%22%3A104475.89999997616%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="985" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-16" scrolling="no" style="background: white; max-width: 540px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); box-shadow: none; display: block; margin: 0px 0px 12px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px;"></iframe><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p><br/><p>Catriona also expressed how proud she is of Michelle Dee for representing the Philippines on the pageant&#39;s stage.<p>&quot;Lastly to our pride, @michelledee 🇵🇭 thank you for the fight. Yours is a comeback story that I know well, and so it&rsquo;s with certainty that I can say, never denied only redirected. Whatever you choose to pursue, we&rsquo;re all right behind you! Mabuhay ka!&quot;<p>Michelle entered the top 10 of the Miss Universe pageant and won several awards, including being one of the three gold winners of the Voice for Change competition, bagging the Spirit of Carnival Award given by Carnival Cruises, and winning the Miss Universe&#39;s fan vote.

<p id="isPasted">Catriona Gray took to social media to pen a message as she capped off her hosting duties in this year&#39;s Miss Universe pageant in El Salvador. &nbsp;<p>In her post, Catriona congratulated Nicaragua&rsquo;s Sheynnis Palacios for winning the pageant and former Miss Universe title holder R&#39;Bonney Gabriel as she concluded her reign.<p>&quot;That&rsquo;s a wrap on the 72nd @missuniverse Live from El Salvador! Welcome to the new Queen @sheynnispalacios_of from Nicaragua 🇳🇮 👑✨🫶🏽🤍 @rbonneynola you had such an impactful reign! So excited to see where your journey takes you next!!&quot; she wrote. &nbsp;

<p>Read Catriona Gray's message as she concluded her hosting duties in this year's Miss Universe pageant. </p>

Read Catriona Gray's message as she concluded her hosting duties in this year's Miss Universe pageant.

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