Binibining Pilipinas 2025 org replaces San Mateo, Rizal candidate
Binibining Pilipinas 2025 candidates at the Gateway Gallery/BINIBINING PILIPINAS FACEBOOK PHOTO
Just a month after presenting the official candidates in the Binibining Pilipinas 2025 pageant, the organizers updated the roster of contestants with a new contender.
Stella Zacarias from Quezon City has assumed the spot as “Binibini 13,” replacing Shereenia Mae Valerio from San Mateo, Rizal, who was removed due to “contract-related issues.”
The Binibining Pilipinas Charities Inc. issued a media release updating the lineup of 2025 aspirants, but did not elaborate further the issues that resulted in Valerio’s removal.
Zacarias was among the applicants who was called back to the final screening of aspirants, where the official candidates where chosen. She was a runner-up in the 2025 Miss Universe Philippines-Quezon City pageant held in March.
Here is the updated list of 36 Binibining Pilipinas 2025 candidates:
• Jeanette Reyes – Batangas City
• Liiya Patricia Santiago – Bulacan
• Jercy Raine Cruz – Makati City
• Mia Betina Golosino – Malabon City
• Lois Vivien Garce – Albay
• Nichole Nash Andrea Vergara – Sariaya, Quezon
• Annabelle Mae McDonnell – Iligan City
• Andrea Clavel Sumadsad – Tiaong, Quezon
• Jenesse Viktoria Mejia – Pangasinan
• Kimberly Naz – Antipolo City
• Alyssa Mildred Villarina – Rizal Province
• Francesca Beatriz Abalajon – Aklan
• Stella Tanglao Zacarias – Quezon City
• Devine May Torres – Zamboanga Del Sur
• Bianca Mae Hernandez – Pasig City
• Alyssa Rae Zabala – Marikina City
• Vivian Hernandez – Valenzuela City
• Kathleen Enid Espenido – Siargao
• Ma. Andrea Endico – Quezon Province
• Farah Jane Rebustillo – Samar Province
• Pretty Shane Arnejo – San Pablo, Zamboanga Del Sur
• Anna Carres De Mesa – Batangas
• Joanna Francez Batalang – Ilocos Sur
• Radha Marie Cabug – District II, Las Piñas
• Katrina Anne Johnson – Davao Province
• Cyril Reign Nulud – San Fernando Pampanga
• Jemille Zosa – Mandaluyong
• Ma. Alexandra Mata – Tarlac Province
• Glycelle Achurra Navarres – South Cotabato
• Blessie Villablanca – Antique
• Nica Dacanay – Sto. Tomas, Batangas
• Joanne Marie Thornley – Pampanga
• Jerimi Nuqui – Caloocan City
• Patricia Layug – Bataan
• Alyssa Marie Geronimo – Nueva Ecija
• Dalia Khattab – Las Piñas
The 36 candidates have also gotten to take part in traditional activities that the national pageant holds every year, and every Binibini looks forward to.
Earlier last month, they had a crash course on Philippine history through the paintings displayed at the Gateway Gallery, located inside the Gateway Mall at the Araneta City in Quezon City.
On April 23, they spent time with children from the St. Martin de Porres Center at the Charity Day held at the Fiesta Carnival at the Araneta City.
This is the 61st edition of the longest-running national pageant in the Philippines, whose storied legacy includes the most iconic and beloved international titleholders in the country.
The four Miss Universe winners from the Philippines are all Binibining Pilipinas queens — Gloria Diaz, Margie Moran, Pia Wurtzbach, and Catriona Gray.
Five Binibining Pilipinas winners have brought home the Miss International crown–Aurora Pijuan, Melanie Marquez, Precious Lara Quigaman, Bea Rose Santiago, and Kylie Verzosa.
No details about the grand coronation night have been released yet. Bb. Pilipinas International Myrna Esquerra and Bb. Pilipinas Globe Jasmin Bungay will relinquish their titles to their successors at the end of the competition.
