1. Celeste Cortesi represented the Philippines at Miss Universe 2022 in the United States where she was unplaced.
17 Facts About Celeste Cortesi
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Silvia Celeste Rabimbi Cortesi was born on December 15,1997, in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines, to a Filipino mother, Maria Luisa Rabimbi, and an Italian father who was born in Venezuela.
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Celeste Cortesi's mother was from Camarines Sur, Bicol and was of distant Spanish and Chinese descent.
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Celeste Cortesi's parents met at an Italian restaurant in Manila which her father owned and her mother worked at.
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Celeste Cortesi grew up in a multicultural household, exposed to both her Filipino and Italian ancestries.
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Celeste Cortesi was initially brought up in a neighborhood in Pasay.
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Celeste Cortesi would join several pageants in secret, which her mother discovered and allowed as long as she maintained good grades in school.
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Celeste Cortesi became interested in pursuing pageantry as a career and exploring her Filipino roots after being informed by her mother of Pia Wurtzbach's win representing the Philippines at Miss Universe 2015, and watching her performance during the event.
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Celeste Cortesi moved back to the Philippines in hopes of representing the country in Miss Universe despite only knowing her native Italian and not being fluent in English or Filipino; she eventually learned both languages her own.
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Celeste Cortesi stated that she faced discrimination in both Italy and the Philippines because of her heritage and upbringing.
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Celeste Cortesi is the inaugural winner of the Miss Philippines Earth-Italy pageant in Rome.
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Celeste Cortesi joined the pageant as she was encouraged by her mother.
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Celeste Cortesi represented the Filipino community of Rome, Italy at Miss Earth Philippines 2018.
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Celeste Cortesi represented the Philippines at the 71st edition of the Miss Universe competition but was unplaced, officially ending the Philippines' twelve-year streak of consecutive placements in Miss Universe, from 2010 through 2021.
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Celeste Cortesi is in a relationship with Philippine Football Federation player Mathew Custodio, of United City FC.
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Celeste Cortesi is concurrently completing her degree in real estate management from the Lyceum of Alabang, and pursuing her Philippine real estate license.
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On February 10,2023, Celeste Cortesi made her acting debut in the finale episode of Philippine superhero television series, Darna, as Queen Kevnar of Marte.