Celeste Cortesi, the 2022 Miss Universe Philippines titleholder, has come out to belie insinuation about her supposedly not happy with the recent win of Chelsea Manalo as this year's Miss Universe Philippines.
The allegation started after Celeste posted “What just happened?” on X following Chelsea's win.
Some fans believe Celeste was contesting the decision, going on to bash the former beauty queen-turned-actress.
“Girl, that’s what people said when you won. Be kind,” a fan admonished her.
“Lol, coming from the worst Miss Universe Philippines candidate. Stay in your place, Celeste. Remember that you were the one who cut the streak and started the dark days of MUPH,” said another.
This eventually forced Celeste to make a clarification.
In another post, she insisted she was not questioning Chelsea's win but “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 added.
Celeste would go on to make fun of the whole issue with some friends as seen in a separate video post.
“Babe, what just happened?” one of them asked, to which she replied, “I have no idea what just happened. I am in Bali, guys!”