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Catriona Elisa Magnayon Gray (born 6 January 1994) is a Filipino-Australian television host, singer, model, stage actress, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe 2018.
She is the fourth Filipino to win the pageant. Previously, Gray was crowned Miss Universe Philippines 2018 and Miss World Philippines 2016. Gray also competed in Miss World 2016, placing as a Top 5 finalist.
While many Filipinos cheered her win – the country’s fourth victory in 67 years of the pageant – others felt she simply wasn’t Filipino enough. Many questioned whether her crowning was just the latest example of bias towards Western beauty standards. See: Miss Universe, Philippines, Catriona Gray: not Filipino enough?
Gray, who was born and raised in Cairns, Queensland, Australia, is of mixed Scottish and Filipino descent: Her father, Scottish-born Australian Ian Gray and her mother, Normita Ragas Magnayon, from Oas, Albay, a top model in the Philippines during the 1990s.
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