After various reactions on Cortesi’s post, the beauty queen posted another tweet to clarify that she was not questioning the crowning of Manalo, but of “how the other crowns were distributed.”

“Ya’ll need to chill. Haha. What I meant by what happened is how the other crowns were distributed. Where’s Cainta? Where’s Taguig? Stop trying to make an issue; I have my bets, but I fully support whoever wins,” she explained.

Prior to the coronation, The Miss Philippines organization had previously announced the awarding of four more crowns to winning candidates of the Miss Universe Philippines pageant.

However, despite making it to the Top 5, Stacey Gabriel of Cainta (1st runner-up) and Christi McGarry of Taguig (4th runner-up) had not been awarded any of the crowns, which was a surprise for the viewers.

Meanwhile, early favorite Ahtisa Manalo ended up as 2nd runner-up, and a Miss Cosmo Philippines 2024 title on the side. This dismayed pageant fans as they said this appeared to be a “downgrade” for the Miss International 2018 1st runner-up finisher.

Aside from Cortesi, Miss Universe Philippines 2014, MJ Lastimosa, also took to X to offer her thoughts about why Gabriel and McGarry didn’t receive any of the four crowns.

“Wala rin po akong answer re Stacey. Guessing because she’s 1st runner up? She has duties if the winner can’t fulfill her responsibilities. While Christi, might be because of her age. But I’m not sure din,” she said.

As for the two other queens crowned, they were Tarah Valencia of Baguio for Miss Supranational Philippines, and and Cyrille Payumo of Pampanga as Miss Charm Philippines.