Chelsea Manalo bares preparations for Miss Universe, shares advice she got from Pia Wurtzbach

E. Kristhoff Cagape

<p>Chelsea Manalo shared her preparations for the upcoming Miss Universe pageant on November 16 in Mexico.</p><p>The beauty queen relayed that she&#39;s been working hand-in-hand with the Miss Universe Philippines Organization as she gears up for the international pageant.</p><p>&quot;Right now I&#39;m still working with the Miss Universe Philippines. I&#39;m still doing trainings on the side when I&#39;m not working. I do Q and A, I do pasarela,&quot; she shared in an interview with Dyan Castillejo of ABS-CBN News.</p><p>She went on: &quot;I do my own hair and makeup, trainings. These are the things that you need to prepare the most because when I go to Mexico, I&#39;ll be the one na lang, mag-isa na lang ako diyan. I&#39;m still in the process of it and I&#39;m really excited,&quot; she stated.</p><p><iframe width="1519" height="569" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/K4smKoDxTQQ" title="Interviewing MUPH CHELSEA MANALO in her ABS-CBN visit! 👑✨" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p><p>When asked about the look she will go for in the pageant, Chelsea teased: &quot;We still want to look on how I did in Miss Universe Philippines, still very Filipina. Siguro more of on the other side, may parang tapang na siyang hitsura, may fierce na siyang hitsura.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Manny Halasan, he will do my gown and my national costume as well,&quot; she added.</p><p><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2024/7/26/chelsea-manalo-shares-thoughts-two-months-after-miss-universe-philippines-win-1212"><strong>READ: Chelsea Manalo shares thoughts two months after Miss Universe Philippines win</strong></a></p><p>For her hair of the coronation night, Chelsea said that they are still experimenting. &quot;We are still trying to see kung ano &#39;yung mas bagay,&quot; she said.</p><p>The upcoming Miss Universe pageant will have 130 candidates from all over the world. Does she feel pressured about this?</p><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-2" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/C8Jc8x9ST02/embed/?cr=1&v=14&wp=540&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A2%2C%22os%22%3A795569.6000000238%2C%22ls%22%3A17169.600000023842%2C%22le%22%3A17179.699999928474%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="881" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-2" 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>&quot;It&#39;s not really the pressure of like looking at the other candidates. It&#39;s pressure within myself. I know at the end of this journey or at that night on that stage, my biggest competition will always be myself,&quot; she stated.</p><p>Chelsea also shared the advice she got from Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach on navigating the pageant.</p><p>&quot;[She said], try to focus lang what is your main goal and at the same time, just have fun,&quot; she relayed.</p>

<p>She went on: &quot;I do my own hair and makeup, trainings. These are the things that you need to prepare the most because when I go to Mexico, I&#39;ll be the one na lang, mag-isa na lang ako diyan. I&#39;m still in the process of it and I&#39;m really excited,&quot; she stated.<p><iframe width="1519" height="569" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/K4smKoDxTQQ" title="Interviewing MUPH CHELSEA MANALO in her ABS-CBN visit! 👑✨" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><p>When asked about the look she will go for in the pageant, Chelsea teased: &quot;We still want to look on how I did in Miss Universe Philippines, still very Filipina. Siguro more of on the other side, may parang tapang na siyang hitsura, may fierce na siyang hitsura.&quot;<p>&quot;Manny Halasan, he will do my gown and my national costume as well,&quot; she added.<p><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2024/7/26/chelsea-manalo-shares-thoughts-two-months-after-miss-universe-philippines-win-1212"><strong>READ: Chelsea Manalo shares thoughts two months after Miss Universe Philippines win</strong></a><p>For her hair of the coronation night, Chelsea said that they are still experimenting. &quot;We are still trying to see kung ano &#39;yung mas bagay,&quot; she said.<p>The upcoming Miss Universe pageant will have 130 candidates from all over the world. Does she feel pressured about this?<iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-2" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/C8Jc8x9ST02/embed/?cr=1&v=14&wp=540&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A2%2C%22os%22%3A795569.6000000238%2C%22ls%22%3A17169.600000023842%2C%22le%22%3A17179.699999928474%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="881" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-2" 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>&quot;It&#39;s not really the pressure of like looking at the other candidates. It&#39;s pressure within myself. I know at the end of this journey or at that night on that stage, my biggest competition will always be myself,&quot; she stated.<p>Chelsea also shared the advice she got from Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach on navigating the pageant.<p>&quot;[She said], try to focus lang what is your main goal and at the same time, just have fun,&quot; she relayed.

<p>Chelsea Manalo shared her preparations for the upcoming Miss Universe pageant on November 16 in Mexico.<p>The beauty queen relayed that she&#39;s been working hand-in-hand with the Miss Universe Philippines Organization as she gears up for the international pageant.<p>&quot;Right now I&#39;m still working with the Miss Universe Philippines. I&#39;m still doing trainings on the side when I&#39;m not working. I do Q and A, I do pasarela,&quot; she shared in an interview with Dyan Castillejo of ABS-CBN News.

<p>Chelsea Manalo dishes out on the preparations she has been doing for the upcoming Miss Universe pageant. ‘I’m still doing trainings on the side when I’m not working. I do Q and A, I do pasarela,’ she relays.</p>

Chelsea Manalo dishes out on the preparations she has been doing for the upcoming Miss Universe pageant. ‘I’m still doing trainings on the side when I’m not working. I do Q and A, I do pasarela,’ she relays.

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