Joy Barcoma, Gazini Ganados to host Reina Filipinas’ coronation show

A week more to go before the inaugural staging of the Reina Filipinas Grand Coronation Night, and the new national pageant has already announced big names that will be gracing the event.

“Unang Hirit” host and beauty queen Joy Barcoma and Mr. World Philippines contestant Sean Kyle Ortega will host the ceremony, with Cebuana MGI All Stars alumnae and fan-favorite queens Gazini Ganados and Fuschia Anne Ravena as backstage hosts.

The Reina Filipinas Grand Coronation Night, the final competition for the first-ever edition of the new national pageant, will be held at the Newport Performing Arts Theater of Newport World Resorts in Pasay City on Aug. 7.

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MGI All Stars second runner-up and former Miss International Queen winner Nguyen Huong Giang will fly in from Vietnam to attend the event as one of the judges.

Three more members of the panel of judges have been revealed, including world-renowned Dubai-based Filipino fashion designer Michael Cinco.

Reina Filipinas was established earlier this year as the new national competition that will choose the Philippines’ representative to the Miss Grand International pageant. Reigning Miss Grand International Emma Tiglao is the organization’s national director with Jojo Bragais as president and Miss Grand International founder Nawat Itsaragrisil as executive partner.

The winner will represent the Philippines at the 2026 Miss Grand International pageant in India in October. Two more winners will be sent to the second edition of MGI All Stars that will be held in Thailand in December.

Twenty-one candidates from across the Philippines are competing in the inaugural edition of the national pageant, including international veterans Alexie Mae Brooks, Angelica Lopez, Anne Patricia Lorenzo Diaz, and Scarlett Anne De Mesa.

Fans may help their favorite candidates earn spots in the semifinal and finals rounds of the competition through votes and purchases. Public voting mechanics, as well as details on where to secure tickets to the finale, are found on the Reina Filipinas social media pages. /edv