Five Filipina beauty queens—#MichelleDee, #RBonneyGabriel, #CatrionaGray, #MelanieMarquez, and #MeganYoung—gather for a “crown conversation,” touching on topics such as manifesting, changing mindsets, and the pursuit of happiness. ‘Sometimes it’s really the simple things that count. We are constantly grateful for the things that we have, and that’s what really pushes us in life,’ shares Young, who won Miss World in 2013. Click the link in bio to read the October 2023 issue, out now on newsstands and shop.vogue.ph. Featuring @meganbata, @catriona_gray, @rbonneynola, #MelanieMarquez, and @michelledee wearing looks from @carolinaherrera, @maxmara, @louisvuitton, @andantefootwear, @tiffanyandco, @falke, @cartier, @marianzara, @studioeustacia, @rhetteala, @rogervivier, @stephtancouture, @__rafglang, @uniqlophofficial and @bulgari Photographed by @shairaluna, beauty editor @joyce.orena, fashion director @pamquinones, styled by @mrneilanthonie, @stevencoralde, makeup by @gerypenaso, @jellyeugenio, @zidjianpaul, hair by @hairbybrentsales, @dalemallari_, @nellyseboy, nails by @extraordinail, art director @jannpascua, production design by @justine_arcegabumanlag, produced by @biancazaragoza, @anzhizon, multimedia artist @tnkrbll.pblt, photographer’s assistant #EmelitoLansangan, stylist’s assistant @estradachelsy, #EmLiesel, #GenoEspidol, production assistants @pattigoco, @dominique.schleider, @jilliane.ps, @sofieante, makeup assistants #JannineBance, #JellyDy, @shuashotss, hair assistant #RommelHermoso, production design assistants #JohnAmon, #JeberCunanan, #MarioTaipen, #OldericoBondoc, #RodelBondoc, written by @audreycarpio, Vogue Philippines, October 2023. Shot on location at The Penthouse at Twenty-Four Seven McKinley. Special thanks to @bebitaliamanila and @focusglobalinc.
When you are true to who you are, NO ONE can stop you. — 2/3 This cover isn’t just my first magazine cover as #MsUniversePhilippines2023. This cover is about telling MY personal story and taking control of MY narrative. It’s an embodiment of how I truly own who I am and how I want to encourage others to do the same. Thank you @mega_magazine @archiecarrasco @peeweeisidro for allowing me to grace the cover of your Magazine with such a strong and progressive message. It’s publications like these who allow us trailblazers to take risks that we truly can make a change in the perception of multiple topics and issues. ♡ Thank you to @themissuninversephilippines and @gmasparkleartsis @joymarcelo1115 @jonasempire.ph for supporting me to be true to who I am. It’s not everyday a public figure is allowed to break out of the stereotype placed on them. Thank you for allowing me to break boundaries and introduce a new concept of what a beauty queen and an actress can be with this cover. ♡ To my family, friends, && TEAM MMD – thank you for backing me up by letting myself come out on my own time. I am sure you guys had your thoughts and observations but nevertheless, I felt loved just the same as any person you’ve chosen to let into your lives. ♡ To my supporters, thank you for celebrating my sexuality even before. I see your edits and messages and I am so lucky to have a community of people who can learn to love me regardless of who and what I love. I hope this cover and my story not only empowers you to be authentic to who you are but to also be a champion of the people who are also taking the steps to be as true as they can be to themselves. Let’s not let labels and stereotypes define and control us or the people around us. Rather, let’s allow these misconceptions and biases to push and inspire us to own our narrative and become the unstoppable force we all are deep inside. I am Michelle Marquez Dee. An entrepreneur. A Lifelong Advocate. An Actress. Miss Universe Philippines 2023 and PROUDLY BISEXUAL. Wearing @balmain #mmdverse #michelledee #MMDLoudAndProud #mmd
When you are true to who you are, NO ONE can stop you. — 2/3 This cover isn’t just my first magazine cover as #MsUniversePhilippines2023. This cover is about telling MY personal story and taking control of MY narrative. It’s an embodiment of how I truly own who I am and how I want to encourage others to do the same. Thank you @mega_magazine @archiecarrasco @peeweeisidro for allowing me to grace the cover of your Magazine with such a strong and progressive message. It’s publications like these who allow us trailblazers to take risks that we truly can make a change in the perception of multiple topics and issues. ♡ Thank you to @themissuninversephilippines and @gmasparkleartsis @joymarcelo1115 @jonasempire.ph for supporting me to be true to who I am. It’s not everyday a public figure is allowed to break out of the stereotype placed on them. Thank you for allowing me to break boundaries and introduce a new concept of what a beauty queen and an actress can be with this cover. ♡ To my family, friends, && TEAM MMD – thank you for backing me up by letting myself come out on my own time. I am sure you guys had your thoughts and observations but nevertheless, I felt loved just the same as any person you’ve chosen to let into your lives. ♡ To my supporters, thank you for celebrating my sexuality even before. I see your edits and messages and I am so lucky to have a community of people who can learn to love me regardless of who and what I love. I hope this cover and my story not only empowers you to be authentic to who you are but to also be a champion of the people who are also taking the steps to be as true as they can be to themselves. Let’s not let labels and stereotypes define and control us or the people around us. Rather, let’s allow these misconceptions and biases to push and inspire us to own our narrative and become the unstoppable force we all are deep inside. I am Michelle Marquez Dee. An entrepreneur. A Lifelong Advocate. An Actress. Miss Universe Philippines 2023 and PROUDLY BISEXUAL. Wearing @balmain #mmdverse #michelledee #MMDLoudAndProud #mmd
#nyc mini dump NOT a tourist but just visiting my 3rd home & chasing dreams. ✨ 🔜 can’t wait to see more of you soon NYC! 🪽 announcing a new family here very very soon as well!! Ahhhh 🥹🙈🤐 Now ya gurl #DoraDeeExplorer is off to Turkey 🇹🇷
#nyc mini dump NOT a tourist but just visiting my 3rd home & chasing dreams. ✨ 🔜 can’t wait to see more of you soon NYC! 🪽 announcing a new family here very very soon as well!! Ahhhh 🥹🙈🤐 Now ya gurl #DoraDeeExplorer is off to Turkey 🇹🇷
#nyc mini dump NOT a tourist but just visiting my 3rd home & chasing dreams. ✨ 🔜 can’t wait to see more of you soon NYC! 🪽 announcing a new family here very very soon as well!! Ahhhh 🥹🙈🤐 Now ya gurl #DoraDeeExplorer is off to Turkey 🇹🇷
A #LUMIVERSE party to remember 🪐✨ @maybellinephshop Be sure to get your hands on the Maybelline Super Stay Lumi Matte Foundation!! It’s selling out way too fast 😮💨 digital @personifi.io face @davequiambao_ hair @nellyseboy style @ryujishiomitsu
I still remember coming home from El Salvador and a young girl approached me. She told me how my story helped her – not only embrace herself, but it helped her parents accept her too… 🥹 the best thing about Miss Universe’ platform is really not the facade of things but the lives that you can touch and the unheard stories that inspire me everyday. Thank you @lofficielph for giving me my BOLDEST cover yet. 🏳️🌈 && of course, need I say more? Only @tiffanyandco can make me (only wear) @tiffanyandco. ••• Embracing my truth, owning my story unapologetically, and finding success in authenticity. I’m soooo proud to stand tall alongside all of you. All love always and HAPPY PRIDE. 🫶🏻 #MMDforLOfficielPH
I still remember coming home from El Salvador and a young girl approached me. She told me how my story helped her – not only embrace herself, but it helped her parents accept her too… 🥹 the best thing about Miss Universe’ platform is really not the facade of things but the lives that you can touch and the unheard stories that inspire me everyday. Thank you @lofficielph for giving me my BOLDEST cover yet. 🏳️🌈 && of course, need I say more? Only @tiffanyandco can make me (only wear) @tiffanyandco. ••• Embracing my truth, owning my story unapologetically, and finding success in authenticity. I’m soooo proud to stand tall alongside all of you. All love always and HAPPY PRIDE. 🫶🏻 #MMDforLOfficielPH
I still remember coming home from El Salvador and a young girl approached me. She told me how my story helped her – not only embrace herself, but it helped her parents accept her too… 🥹 the best thing about Miss Universe’ platform is really not the facade of things but the lives that you can touch and the unheard stories that inspire me everyday. Thank you @lofficielph for giving me my BOLDEST cover yet. 🏳️🌈 && of course, need I say more? Only @tiffanyandco can make me (only wear) @tiffanyandco. ••• Embracing my truth, owning my story unapologetically, and finding success in authenticity. I’m soooo proud to stand tall alongside all of you. All love always and HAPPY PRIDE. 🫶🏻 #MMDforLOfficielPH
I still remember coming home from El Salvador and a young girl approached me. She told me how my story helped her – not only embrace herself, but it helped her parents accept her too… 🥹 the best thing about Miss Universe’ platform is really not the facade of things but the lives that you can touch and the unheard stories that inspire me everyday. Thank you @lofficielph for giving me my BOLDEST cover yet. 🏳️🌈 && of course, need I say more? Only @tiffanyandco can make me (only wear) @tiffanyandco. ••• Embracing my truth, owning my story unapologetically, and finding success in authenticity. I’m soooo proud to stand tall alongside all of you. All love always and HAPPY PRIDE. 🫶🏻 #MMDforLOfficielPH
I still remember coming home from El Salvador and a young girl approached me. She told me how my story helped her – not only embrace herself, but it helped her parents accept her too… 🥹 the best thing about Miss Universe’ platform is really not the facade of things but the lives that you can touch and the unheard stories that inspire me everyday. Thank you @lofficielph for giving me my BOLDEST cover yet. 🏳️🌈 && of course, need I say more? Only @tiffanyandco can make me (only wear) @tiffanyandco. ••• Embracing my truth, owning my story unapologetically, and finding success in authenticity. I’m soooo proud to stand tall alongside all of you. All love always and HAPPY PRIDE. 🫶🏻 #MMDforLOfficielPH
I still remember coming home from El Salvador and a young girl approached me. She told me how my story helped her – not only embrace herself, but it helped her parents accept her too… 🥹 the best thing about Miss Universe’ platform is really not the facade of things but the lives that you can touch and the unheard stories that inspire me everyday. Thank you @lofficielph for giving me my BOLDEST cover yet. 🏳️🌈 && of course, need I say more? Only @tiffanyandco can make me (only wear) @tiffanyandco. ••• Embracing my truth, owning my story unapologetically, and finding success in authenticity. I’m soooo proud to stand tall alongside all of you. All love always and HAPPY PRIDE. 🫶🏻 #MMDforLOfficielPH
I still remember coming home from El Salvador and a young girl approached me. She told me how my story helped her – not only embrace herself, but it helped her parents accept her too… 🥹 the best thing about Miss Universe’ platform is really not the facade of things but the lives that you can touch and the unheard stories that inspire me everyday. Thank you @lofficielph for giving me my BOLDEST cover yet. 🏳️🌈 && of course, need I say more? Only @tiffanyandco can make me (only wear) @tiffanyandco. ••• Embracing my truth, owning my story unapologetically, and finding success in authenticity. I’m soooo proud to stand tall alongside all of you. All love always and HAPPY PRIDE. 🫶🏻 #MMDforLOfficielPH
I still remember coming home from El Salvador and a young girl approached me. She told me how my story helped her – not only embrace herself, but it helped her parents accept her too… 🥹 the best thing about Miss Universe’ platform is really not the facade of things but the lives that you can touch and the unheard stories that inspire me everyday. Thank you @lofficielph for giving me my BOLDEST cover yet. 🏳️🌈 && of course, need I say more? Only @tiffanyandco can make me (only wear) @tiffanyandco. ••• Embracing my truth, owning my story unapologetically, and finding success in authenticity. I’m soooo proud to stand tall alongside all of you. All love always and HAPPY PRIDE. 🫶🏻 #MMDforLOfficielPH
I still remember coming home from El Salvador and a young girl approached me. She told me how my story helped her – not only embrace herself, but it helped her parents accept her too… 🥹 the best thing about Miss Universe’ platform is really not the facade of things but the lives that you can touch and the unheard stories that inspire me everyday. Thank you @lofficielph for giving me my BOLDEST cover yet. 🏳️🌈 && of course, need I say more? Only @tiffanyandco can make me (only wear) @tiffanyandco. ••• Embracing my truth, owning my story unapologetically, and finding success in authenticity. I’m soooo proud to stand tall alongside all of you. All love always and HAPPY PRIDE. 🫶🏻 #MMDforLOfficielPH
I still remember coming home from El Salvador and a young girl approached me. She told me how my story helped her – not only embrace herself, but it helped her parents accept her too… 🥹 the best thing about Miss Universe’ platform is really not the facade of things but the lives that you can touch and the unheard stories that inspire me everyday. Thank you @lofficielph for giving me my BOLDEST cover yet. 🏳️🌈 && of course, need I say more? Only @tiffanyandco can make me (only wear) @tiffanyandco. ••• Embracing my truth, owning my story unapologetically, and finding success in authenticity. I’m soooo proud to stand tall alongside all of you. All love always and HAPPY PRIDE. 🫶🏻 #MMDforLOfficielPH
This is not a look you’re used to seeing me in but….
A big factor of most success stories are the individual skill sets that we have that shine behind the scenes. 💯
In my case I’ve ALWAYS been a creative, a visual storyteller (even before I became an actress), an entrepreneur and a nerd that loves anything that can make my creative process more engaging. I’ll be sharing my secrets very very soon with @personifi.io 🔒 🔜 watch out for it
This is not a look you’re used to seeing me in but….
A big factor of most success stories are the individual skill sets that we have that shine behind the scenes. 💯
In my case I’ve ALWAYS been a creative, a visual storyteller (even before I became an actress), an entrepreneur and a nerd that loves anything that can make my creative process more engaging. I’ll be sharing my secrets very very soon with @personifi.io 🔒 🔜 watch out for it
This is not a look you’re used to seeing me in but….
A big factor of most success stories are the individual skill sets that we have that shine behind the scenes. 💯
In my case I’ve ALWAYS been a creative, a visual storyteller (even before I became an actress), an entrepreneur and a nerd that loves anything that can make my creative process more engaging. I’ll be sharing my secrets very very soon with @personifi.io 🔒 🔜 watch out for it
Had so much fun on the #AOSPasabogSa2024 stage. 💃🏻🫰🏻Salamat mga Kapuso!
#ootDEE
HMU @davequiambao_ @nellyseboy
Styled by @ryujishiomitsu @teamryujishiomitsu @kurtabonal @shera.png
Accessories @lunabydrakedustin
Heels @jojobragaisofficial
Multi-colored dress @fatimabeltrancouture
Red dress @himyprettyangela
📸 by @themissuniverseph @empiretv.ph @franciscabatbat All Out Sunday Gma
Had so much fun on the #AOSPasabogSa2024 stage. 💃🏻🫰🏻Salamat mga Kapuso!
#ootDEE
HMU @davequiambao_ @nellyseboy
Styled by @ryujishiomitsu @teamryujishiomitsu @kurtabonal @shera.png
Accessories @lunabydrakedustin
Heels @jojobragaisofficial
Multi-colored dress @fatimabeltrancouture
Red dress @himyprettyangela
📸 by @themissuniverseph @empiretv.ph @franciscabatbat All Out Sunday Gma
Had so much fun on the #AOSPasabogSa2024 stage. 💃🏻🫰🏻Salamat mga Kapuso!
#ootDEE
HMU @davequiambao_ @nellyseboy
Styled by @ryujishiomitsu @teamryujishiomitsu @kurtabonal @shera.png
Accessories @lunabydrakedustin
Heels @jojobragaisofficial
Multi-colored dress @fatimabeltrancouture
Red dress @himyprettyangela
📸 by @themissuniverseph @empiretv.ph @franciscabatbat All Out Sunday Gma
Had so much fun on the #AOSPasabogSa2024 stage. 💃🏻🫰🏻Salamat mga Kapuso!
#ootDEE
HMU @davequiambao_ @nellyseboy
Styled by @ryujishiomitsu @teamryujishiomitsu @kurtabonal @shera.png
Accessories @lunabydrakedustin
Heels @jojobragaisofficial
Multi-colored dress @fatimabeltrancouture
Red dress @himyprettyangela
📸 by @themissuniverseph @empiretv.ph @franciscabatbat All Out Sunday Gma
