Miss Universe Philippines

Hollywood fashion designer Oliver Tolentino designed an evening gown for the preliminary competition as well as a national costume for Miss Universe bet Celeste ...

The team liked the unfinished gown, but with the Christmas holidays Tolentino had only five days to work on it before sharing the finished version on New Year’s Eve, just days before Celeste was due in New Orleans. Several of his creations are found in textile textbooks, and a piña and abaca gown of his was featured in Hong Kong Tatler. Tolentino had to rush the costume when Team Philippines visited the designer’s boutique in Beverly Hills, California, upon Celeste’s arrival in the United States. Naturally, when Celeste’s team asked for my help, I dropped everything to make sure she would have what she needed to compete for the Philippines in Miss Universe.” Now seven years later the designer has answered the call to help Celeste Cortesi in New Orleans. Pia didn’t have a proper gown the day before her Miss Universe preliminaries, so Tolentino immediately sent a red gown from his Beverly Hills boutique to Las Vegas, and the rest is history – Pia wore the famous red “rescue” gown and advanced to the finals.