MANILA: Catriona Gray (pic) will once again be part of the all-female hosting team for the 72nd Miss Universe pageant, which includes Miss Universe 2012 Olivia Culpo as well as TV hosts Maria Menounos, Jeannie Mai Jenkins and Zuri Hall.
The Filipino-Australian beauty queen will be the backstage correspondent together with Hall, as announced by the global pageant on its Instagram page on Wednesday (Nov 8).
Culpo, Menounos and Jenkins, meanwhile, will be the main hosts of the competition that will be held in El Salvador on Nov 18 (Nov 19 in the Philippines).
Gray then shared the announcement as she expressed her excitement to return as one of the pageant hosts via her Instagram page.
“See you soon, El Salvador! So excited to [be] invited back as one of the hosts for Miss Universe,” she said.
Fans cheered for Gray and looked forward to seeing her in the pageant, with some hoping that she would be given the main hosting stint in the future.
The competing delegates, including the Philippines’ bet Michelle Dee, have already arrived in El Salvador for this year’s culminating activities ahead of the Miss Universe pageant.
The finals night, where reigning queen R’Bonney Gabriel will crown her successor, will be broadcast on the Kapamilya Channel and Metro.Style on YouTube, A2Z Channel 11 on TV, and iWantTFC app on Nov 19.
The global tilt’s preliminary competition and national costume show will be held on Nov 15 and 16, respectively. - Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN
