Katrina Dimaranan shuts down talk of her Miss Universe Philippines return
Katrina Dimaranan will not be joining the 2025 Miss Universe Philippines pageant, shutting down rumors of her return to pageantry that many netizens have been speculating about.
Talks about staging a pageant comeback gained traction after the United States-based beauty shared that she was coming back to the Philippines at a time when the national pageant was assembling this year’s roster of candidates.
But Dimaranan finally laid to rest any talk of another bid for the Miss Universe Philippines crown on social media. “As much as I would’ve wanted to anwer all of your messages, fb/ig/tiktok comments and say ‘YES I AM JOINING [heart-eyed emoji],’ unfortunately it is not in the cards for me right now,” she said.
“So mga bes (besties), so sorry to disappoint you all but no po, your pambansang bes (national bestie) will not be joining Miss Universe Philippines this year [winking emoji],” she continued.
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Dimaranan first joined the Miss Universe Philippines pageant in 2021, where many perceived her as the frontrunner. But she finished second to Beatrice Luigi Gomez and was awarded the Miss Universe Philippines-Tourism title.
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Gomez went on to compete in the 70th Miss Universe pageant in Israel, where she finished in the Top 5, the last Filipino woman to place that high in the recent years. Dimaranan returned to the US to pursue nursing.
But that was not the first time that Dimaranan aimed to earn the right to represent the Philippines on the Miss Universe stage. She joined the Binibining Pilipinas pageant in 2012 when the national tilt still held the franchise for the global contest.
She bagged a crown in the national search, as Binibining Pilipinas-Tourism, with Janine Tugonon taking home the Miss Universe Philippines title.
And while Tugonon placed second in the Miss Universe pageant. Dimaranan was not sent to any international competition, up to the time she relinquihed her title to her successor in 2013.
Dimaranan returned to the US after finishing her duties as Binibining Pilipinas. She was later appointed to compete in the 2018 Miss Supranational pageant as Miss USA, and eventually finished second to Puerto Rico’s Valeria Vazquez. Bb. Pilipinas Jehza Huellar was in the Top 10 that year.
And while she may not be staging a pageant comeback this year, Dimaranan continued to thank her followers, and expressed her support to those who will compete.
“Thank you for your sweet messages and endlless support since 2012 even! [hands forming a heart emoji] But I am so excited to cheer on some of my fellow queen sisters as they embark on this life changing journey as they vie for the crown! [star-eyed emoji][crown emoji][Philippine flag emoji],” she said.
Dimaranan is the third Bb. Pilipinas titleholder to dispel rumors about joining the 2025 Miss Universe Philippines pageant. The Misss Globe 2021 Maureen Montagne had earlier confirmed that she will not compete in the 2025 national tilt, while 2022 Bb. Pilipinas Globe Chelsea Fernandez said she will not take part in the 2025 Miss Universe Philippines-Samar search.