Pia Wurtzbach
It’s fair to say that Pia Wurtzbach changed the image of the beauty queen when she won the coveted Miss Universe title in 2015. Immediately, she was seen everywhere, from charity events to the catwalk of New York’s biggest fashion shows. One of her first interviews on radio even became viral because it came right after she won in a now meme-famous announcement gaffe. Pia, to borrow another royalty’s title, was a Queen of the People.
Funny, open, spontaneous, brilliant, always regal, Pia brought a new approachability to the famed title. Her successor, crowned in Pia’s home country, was equally candid and fresh.