13 things about Miss Universe Philippines 2022 Celeste Cortesi

Silvia Celeste Rabimbi Cortesi represented the Philippines in Miss Earth and Miss Universe. She is professionally known as Celeste Cortesi.

BIOGRAPHY

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, Cortesi 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.

On December 15, 2025, Celeste turned 28. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. She is 5 months younger than her boyfriend Mathew Custodio, a football player, and 8 years younger than her former boyfriend Joseph Marco, an actor.
2. In June 1998, she and family moved from Pasay City to Parma.
3. In 2007, her father died of heart attack.
4. She won Miss Philippines Earth-Italy 2018.
5. She Miss Earth Philippines 2018.
6. She was a Miss Earth 2018 finalist.
7. In 2019, she dated Marco.
8. She won Miss Universe Philippines 2022.
9. She was a Miss Universe 2022 candidate.
10. She was a Miss Universe Thailand 2023 judge.
11. In 2024, she played Diana “Diamond Ricci” Mondejar in the GMA Network show “Walang Matigas na Pulis sa Matinik na Misis”.
12. She was a Miss Universe Philippines 2025 judge.
13. She was a Miss Universe Philippines 2026 segment presenter.

TIMELINE

Celeste is 5’9¹⁄₂″ tall. When she won Miss Earth Philippines 2018, she was dating Yan Koliatko, a football player who is 1 year younger than her.

2010s

• On February 18, 2018, she won Miss Philippines Earth-Italy 2018 at Teatro Vigano in Rome, Italy.
• 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.
• 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.

2020s

• In December 2021, she and Custodio spent the year-end vacation together.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• On May 13, 2023, she crowned her successor Miss Universe Philippines 2023 Michelle Dee at the SM Mall of Asia Arena.
• On July 20, 2023, she signed a contract with Sparkle GMA Artist Center of GMA Network, which is based in Quezon City, Metro Manila.
• 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.
• On May 2, 2025, she served as a judge at Miss Universe Philippines 2025 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena.
• On May 2, 2026, she was one of the segment presenters at Miss Universe Philippines 2026 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena.