13 things about Miss Universe Philippines 2021 second runner-up Steffi Aberasturi

Steffi Rose Pearson Aberasturi is a Filipino beauty queen, model and certified scuba diver from Cebu, Philippines. She was in kindergarten at the San Roque Child Development Center in Liloan, Cebu when she joined her first ever beauty pageant.

BIOGRAPHY

Raised in Liloan, Aberasturi is of Spanish, Australian and Filipino descent and is 2 years younger than her sister Crystal Star Pearson Aberasturi-Kang. Their father is from Malitbog, Leyte, Philippines while their mother is from San Francisco in Mindanao, Philippines.

In 2011, Steffi became a devotee of Señor Sto. Niño. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. She is Sinulog Festival Queen 2011 while her sister Crystal Star is Miss Mandaue 2011.
2. She is Miss IPI 2012 and Miss Campus Femme 2012.
3. In 2013, she and Karl Vincent Arcenas started dating.
4. She is Miss Mandaue 2013.
5. She was Miss Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc. (CESAFI) 2013 first runner-up.
6. She won Reyna ng Aliwan 2014.
7. She is Miss Beauché International 2015.
8. In 2016, she graduated cum laude from the University of San Carlos in Cebu with a bachelor’s degree in tourism management.
9. She won Binibining Cebu 2018-2019.
10. She was Miss Universe Philippines 2021 second runner-up.
11. She hosted Miss Universe Cebu 2024 and Miss Universe Cebu 2025.
12. In 2024, she became a mother.
13. On September 20, 2025, she will turn 31.

TIMELINE

Steffi is 5’7″ tall. She was working as an English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher and a mentor at the Amore Modeling Institute in Cebu when she won Binibining Cebu 2018-2019.

2014

• On April 26, 2014, she represented Lumad Basakanon of Barangay Basak San Nicolas, Cebu City at Reyna ng Aliwan 2014 at the Aliwan Theater in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines and won.
• She was one of the pit stop greeters featured in “The Amazing Race Philippines” Season 2 episode 6, which aired on November 15, 2014 on TV5.

2018

• On October 19, 2018, she was crowned Binibining Cebu 2018-2019 on at the Pacific Grand Ballroom of Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino in Cebu City, Philippines.

2021

• On September 30, 2021, she represented Cebu Province at Miss Universe Philippines 2021 and competed against 27 other finalists at the Henann Resort Convention Center at the Alona Beach in Panglao, Bohol, Philippines. She finished fifth, making her the second runner-up.

2022

• On January 23, 2022, she and Arcenas got engaged.
• On December 28, 2022, she and Arcenas got married.

2024

• On February 3, 2024, she and Mister World 2012 first runner-up Andrew Wolff hosted Miss Universe Cebu 2024 at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino in Cebu City.
• In November 2024, she gave birth to Quinn Olivia Aberasturi Arcenas.
• On December 18, 2024, she hosted Miss Universe Cebu 2025 at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino.