Professionally known as Celeste Cortesi, Silvia Celeste Rabimbi Cortesi is an Italian-Filipino model and beauty queen. She was born in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines to an Italian father and a Filipino mother named Maria Luisa Rabimbi.

Cortesi’s parents met at an Italian restaurant in Manila, Metro Manila owned by her father, who was born in Venezuela. Her mother, who is of distant Spanish and Chinese descent, is from Camarines Sur, Philippines.

Raised in Parma, Italy, she speaks Italian, Filipino and English. She has an older sister named Monica Cortesi.

After finishing high school in Parma, Celeste started working as a model. She also worked as a store cashier in Parma.

Celeste is 5’9¹⁄₂″ tall. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. In June 1998, she and family moved from Pasay City to Parma.
2. In 2007, her father died of heart attack.
3. On February 18, 2018, she won Miss Philippines Earth-Italy 2018 at Teatro Vigano in Rome, Italy.
4. On May 19, 2018, she represented the Filipino community in Rome at Miss Earth Philippines 2018 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. She competed against 41 other candidates and won the title. At the time, she was dating Yan Koliatko, a football player who is 1 year younger than her.
5. On November 3, 2018, she represented the Philippines at Miss Earth 2018 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. She competed against 86 other candidates and finished in the Top 8.
6. In 2019, she dated actor Joseph Marco, who is 8 years older than her. He is of Filipino, German, Italian and Spanish descent.
7. On August 11, 2020, she took to Instagram to share a photo of herself with her boyfriend Mathew Custodio, a football player. She is 5 months younger than him. In December 2021, they spent the year-end vacation together.
8. On April 30, 2022, she represented Pasay City at Miss Universe Philippines 2022 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. She competed against 30 other candidates and won the title.
9. From October 6-8, 2022, she and Miss Universe Spain 2022 Alicia Faubel attended BYS Fashion Week 2022, which was held at the Maybank Theater in Taguig, Metro Manila
10. On January 14, 2023, she represented the Philippines at Miss Universe 2022 and competed against 83 other candidates at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was unplaced, ending the Philippines’ 12-year placement streak in Miss Universe.
11. On May 13, 2023, she crowned her successor Miss Universe Philippines 2023 Michelle Dee at the SM Mall of Asia Arena.
12. On August 20, 2023, she served as a Miss Universe Thailand 2023 judge at the MCC Hall of The Mall Lifestore Ngamwongwan in Nonthaburi, Thailand. On September 16, 2023, she served as a judge at Miss Zamboanga del Sur 2023 in Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines.
13. On December 15, 2023, she turned 26.