The Poll Princess
And the People’s Choice awardee is . . . By Earl D.C. Bracamonte If you ask me who among these seven delegates needs to really push the envelope, it’s Clarissa Westram of Cotabato Province. She needs to, at least, move up to the third place to qualify for a spot in the quarterfinals. Her other chance is to also top the Swimsuit poll on the Maya app, to qualify as a Wild Card. While the Miss Universe IMG era has four slots, here in the MUPh 2026, there is only one! The tricky part in the Pina Beauty poll is making clean sales/purchases all the time. Any returned or refunded product will be deducted from a delegate’s accumulated score. If Adela Mae Marshall holds on to the top spot til the final counting, then she’ll be the people’s anointed automatic placer. If however, Nicole Cruz of Sarangani pushes for the Top Spot in the end, then she’ll really be the lucky one. She will walk away with a placement – whether as runner-up or titlist – automatically, as the poll rules suggest. If,...
