100% SURE! PHILIPPINES Will Host MISS UNIVERSE

Breaking! President Rodrigo Duterte has approved to host the next Miss Universe pageant in the country.

Miss Universe to be held in the Philippines on January 30, 2017, says Philippine tourism secretary Wanda Corazon Teo in a press conference held today. Teo added that private sector will shoulder the expenses.

The announcement was made on Thursday, July 28 at a press conference in Makati by Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo.

"I would like to inform everybody that the Miss Universe pageant will be on January 30, 2017 in the Philippines," said Teo. "The government is not going to spend any single centavo. It will be the private sector who would shoulder the expenses."

grabbed from DOT Assistant Secretary Kat De Castro/Facebook

CONGRATULATIONS Philippines!

video credit to Miss Kat De Castro

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Pia Wurtzbach recently paid a courtesy call with her fellow Mindanaoan President Rodrigo Duterte last July 18 in Malacanang Palace with Miss Universe Officials hoping to discuss with the newly-elected president, the possibility of holding the next Miss Universe Grand Coronation Night in the Philippines.