Riza Santos is Miss Universe Canada 2013; Two Filipinas to Compete in Miss Universe 2013

Former PBB housemate Riza Santos was hailed Miss Universe Canada 2013, said an announcement posted on the Miss Universe Canada website, admitting to a mistake in the tallying of scores which presented a different results on the coronation night.

During the finals night which happened on May 25 at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts in Toronto, it was Denise Garrido who was crowned with Riza standing at first runner up.

The organizers of the Miss Universe Canada pageant said that during the validation of the computerized scoring results (which occurs the following day), a typo was discovered in the top 5 entries, which significantly impacted the final results of the competition. It turned out that the eventual winner was actually Riza Santos and the woman who was crowned that night was only good for third runner up.

Beauties of Canada, the pageant's organizer offered their sincere apology to Denise Garrido and congratulated Riza for being the true winner. The latter will represent Canada in the Miss Universe 2013 pageant to be held later this year.

Riza, whose parents hail from Bataan and Bulacan, is a pageant veteran representing Canada in Miss Earth 2006 and Miss World 2011. She's 2nd Big Placer in PBB Celebrity Edition 2 in 2007 and also appeared in a few films in the country, most notable is Dobol Trobol with Vic Sotto and Comedy King Dolphy.

With Riza Santos being Miss Universe Canada 2013, we will see two Filipinas competing at the Miss Universe stage although wearing different sash. The question now is that who will fare better between Riza and Ariella Arida, Miss Universe Philippines 2013?

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Sen. Chiz Escudero Considered Joining PBB Celebrity Edition

Senator Francis "Chiz" Escudero considered becoming a housemate of the hit reality TV show Pinoy Big Brother during the show's very first celebrity edition in 2006 according to host Bianca Gonzalez. 

In her column '10 Things you should know about' for The Philippine Star, Bianca wrote an article entitled 'How Chiz Escudero almost ended up on Pinoy Big Brother' published July 22. The said article revealed several things about Sen. Chiz Escudero, including his attempt to be one of Kuya's housemates.

Here is an excerpt from Bianca Gonzalez's Philstar article.

He did the screenings, he did the interviews, and was seriously considering becoming a housemate. When he told the show’s unit head Lauren Dyogi that he’ll first consult with his wife, direk Lauren answers laughing: “Saan ka makakakita ng asawa hindi gugustuhin makita at malaman ang ginagawa mo 24/7?” 

Bianca Gonzalez was also a housemate during the very first PBB Celebrity Edition where she emerged as the 3rd Big Placer. The said edition was won by sexy actress Keanna Reeves. John Prats and Zanjoe Marudo completed the Big 4 that time.

The said edition also became memorable with actor Rustom Padilla coming out of the closet and told Keanna that he was gay. Later, he will be called BB Gandanghari.

If Sen. Chiz Escudero entered the PBB house during that edition, don't you think it will be more exciting?

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