Sharifah Shahnaz Malabanan, 23, of Lemery, Batangas, Philippines is one of the 50 women vying for the Miss Universe Philippines 2022 crown. Among her competitors is Ghenesis Padilla-Dalayday Latugat, 22, who is representing Baguio City, Philippines.

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Miss Universe Philippines 2022

From 50 candidates, only 30 will be selected to compete in the coronation night at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines on April 30, 2022. The winner has big shoes to fill because if she is unplaced at Miss Universe 2022, it will end the Philippines’ 12-year winning streak in Miss Universe.

Beatrice Luigi Gomez, 27, of Cebu City, Philippines was crowned Miss Universe Philippines 2021 at the Henann Resort Convention Center in Alona Beach in Panglao, Bohol, Philippines on September 30, 2021. She finished in the Top 5 at Miss Universe 2021 at the Universe Dome in Eilat, Israel on December 13, 2021.

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Sharifah Malabanan

From 2016 to 2019, Malabanan attended the Lyceum of the Philippines in Batangas City, Philippines where she earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration. From January 2019 to April 2019, she was an intern at ViiWorks.

From December 2019 to January 2020, Malabanan worked for EBC Hills Subdivision in Taal, Batangas as an administrative assistant. In February 2020, she moved to Dubai, United Arab Emirates where her mother has worked in the last decade.

For six months, Malabanan worked as a waitress in Dubai. She resigned after deciding to move back to the Philippines.

Malabanan represented Lemery at Miss Universe Philippines 2021. She finished in the Top 75.

Armi Kuusela, Zorayda Andam, Rabiya Mateo

On June 28, 1952, Armi Helena Kuusela, then 17, of Finland was crowned as the first ever Miss Universe in Long Beach, California, United States. Months after her coronation, she visited Baguio City where she met Virgilio “Gil” Hilario, then 25, who became her husband.

On May 11, 2001, Zorayda Ruth Andam, then 24, of Baguio City was unplaced when she represented the Philippines at Miss Universe 2001 in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Rabiya Mateo, then 24, of Iloilo City was crowned Miss Universe Philippines 2020 in Baguio City on October 25, 2020 and finished in the Top 21 at Miss Universe 2020 in Hollywood, Florida, USA on May 17, 2021.