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GMA Network
02-06-2025
- Entertainment
- GMA Network
CJ Opiaza arrives in Thailand for Miss Grand International 2024 crowning ceremony
CJ Opiaza is now in Thailand for the crowning ceremony of Miss Grand International 2024 on June 3! On Instagram, the organization shared some photos of the Filipina beauty queen being welcomed by MGI Founder Nawat Itsaragrisil at an airport in Bangkok, Thailand. "Thailand warmly welcomes Queen CJ Opiaza ahead of her official crowning as Miss Grand International 2024 tomorrow," the caption read. CJ is set to be crowned as the new Miss Grand International 2024 after India's Rachel Gupta resigned and relinquished her crown. Late week, Nawat teased that the "real queen [is] coming soon," uploading a video of the Philippines' CJ, who is Rachel's first runner-up. CJ will make history as the first Filipino Miss Grand International. The crowning ceremony will be on June 3 at 2 p.m. Bangkok time (3 p.m. Philippine time) at the MGI Hall (Bravo BKK) and livestreamed on the GrandTV YouTube channel.
GMA Network
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- GMA Network
CJ Opiaza to have Miss Grand International crowning ceremony on June 3
Amid the very public mess between Rachel Gupta the Miss Grand International organization, Filipina beauty queen Christine Juliane 'CJ' Opiaza is set to make history. According to a social media post of the beauty organization, CJ will have a crowning ceremony on June 3 at 2 p.m. Bangkok time (3 p.m. Philippine time) at the MGI Hall (Bravo BKK) and livestreamed on the GrandTV YouTube channel. CJ is not only set to become the new Miss Grand International 2024, she is going to make history as the first Filipino Miss Grand International. Her crowning comes after a flurry of back-to-back events that had India's Rachel Gupta resigning and giving up the crown and the MGI organization releasing an official statement that said they were terminating the beauty queen. Late Wednesday, MGI Founder Nawat Itsaragrisil teased that the "real queen [is] coming soon," uploading a video of the Philippines' CJ, who is Rachel's first runner-up. On her social media channels, CJ posted snaps of herself in a red Francis Libiran gown that evoked a phoenix and in the caption said, "rising from the golden ashes is a phoenix who is ready for a comeback to conquer the grandest heights." "I am Christine Juliane Opiaza, Miss Grand International 2024 from the Philippines," she added. — Nika Roque/LA, GMA Integrated News
