In photo: (L-R) PLDT/Smart EVP and head of Consumer Business Group Ariel P. Fermin, Uber Regional GM for Southeast Asia and Australia, New Zealand Mike Brown and Voyager Innovations FVP and group head for Business Development and International Partnerships Stephen Misa.

Manila, Philippines – After a 42-year drought for the crown, the Philippines makes pageant history once again.

Miss Philippines and PLDT HOME DSL ambassador Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach was recently crowned Miss Universe 2015 after a dramatic coronation night held at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas.

Wurtzbach bested 80 women from various parts of the globe to claim the country’s third Miss Universe title. She follows in the footsteps of Gloria Diaz who won in 1969 and Margie Moran who brought home the crown in 1973.

"We could not be any more proud of our very own PLDT HOME DSL ambassadress as she embarks on this new journey as Ms. Universe 2015.” PLDT VP and HOME Marketing Director Gary Dujali said. “Pia has been with us throughout the year as we agressively went around the country bringing the family-sized broadband connection of HOME DSL to more Filipino homes nationwide.”

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