Zoleil Mellane O. Taño, 25, of San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines is competing for the right to represent the Philippines at Miss Universe 2024 in Mexico. She is currently attending the Divine Word College of San Jose in San Jose.
On December 10, 2023, Taño competed against seven other Miss Universe Occidental Mindoro 2024 candidates at the San Jose Town Plaza in San Jose. She won the title.
Occidental Mindoro was founded on November 15, 1950. Representing the province, Laicka Implamado was unplaced when she competed against 37 other Miss Universe Philippines 2023 candidates at the SM SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City, Metro Manila on May 13, 2023.
Representing Occidental Mindoro, Taño will compete against 54 other Miss Universe Philippines 2024 candidates at the SM Mall of Asia Arena on May 22, 2024. Among her fellow candidates is Raven Hate Doctor, 18, of Palawan.
On February 18, 2024, Taño, Doctor and their fellow Miss Universe Philippines 2024 candidates were officially introduced at the Grand Ballroom of Hilton Manila in Pasay City. Miss Universe 2021 top 5 finalist Beatrice Luigi Gomez, 28, and Ralph de Leon, 26, hosted the event.
Miss Universe 2011 third runner-up Shamcey Supsup-Lee, 35, attended the event along with Miss Universe 2012 first runner-up Janine Tugonon, 34, Miss Supranational 2023 first runner-up Pauline Amelinckx, 28, and Miss Universe 2023 top 10 finalist Michelle Dee, 28. Since 2020, Supsup-Lee has been the national director of Miss Universe Philippines.
Currently, the Philippines has 27 Miss Universe placements including the coronations of Gloria Diaz in 1969, Margie Moran in 1973, Pia Wurtzbach in 2015 and Catriona Gray in 2018. The most recent one was in 2023 when Dee finished in the Top 10.
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