{"id":7051,"date":"2016-07-29T14:52:23","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T06:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=7051"},"modified":"2016-07-29T14:56:24","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T06:56:24","slug":"ph-to-host-miss-universe-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2016\/07\/29\/ph-to-host-miss-universe-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"PH to host Miss Universe 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Wanda Teo has confirmed at a press conference, Thursday (July 28), that the Philippines will be hosting the next Miss Universe pageant.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7052\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/07\/Piamain.jpg\" alt=\"Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach\" width=\"512\" height=\"415\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>(AP Photo\/Bullit Marquez via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philstar.com\/entertainment\/2016\/01\/26\/1546536\/9-stunning-photos-miss-universe-pia-wurtzbach-homecoming-parade\" target=\"_blank\">Philstar<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The idea was initially rejected by President Rodrigo Duterte because he was mainly concerned about the big expenses of hosting the pageant. He was later on convinced after a meeting with Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach last July 18.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Teo said the government is not going to spend a single centavo and it will be the private sector that would shoulder the expenses. DOT is also considering the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City to be the venue of the said pageant, which will be held in January 3o, 2017.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">According to the DOT, the Philippines has always been the top choice of Miss Universe Organization President Paula Shugart, and Pia Wurtzbach is one of the reasons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/cnnphilippines.com\/lifestyle\/2016\/07\/28\/Miss-Universe-2016-Philippines.html\" target=\"_blank\">CNN Philippines<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rappler.com\/life-and-style\/specials\/miss-universe\/129242-miss-universe-pageant-manila\" target=\"_blank\">Rappler<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Wanda Teo has confirmed at a press conference, Thursday (July 28), that the Philippines will be hosting the next Miss Universe pageant. &nbsp; (AP Photo\/Bullit Marquez via Philstar) \u00a0 The idea was initially rejected by President Rodrigo Duterte because he was mainly concerned about the big expenses of hosting the pageant. He was later on convinced after a meeting with Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach last July 18. Teo said the government is not going to spend a single centavo and it will be the private sector that would shoulder the expenses. DOT is also considering the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-current-events"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/07\/Piamain-e1469775120550.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7051"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7055,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7051\/revisions\/7055"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}