MANILA, Philippines — In what seems to be a sequel from a soap opera that started last year, Miss Philippines and Miss Colombia were again pitted against each other by announcing them one after the next, from the naming of the Top 13, to the Top 9, when the Philippines was left on a cliffhanger before being announced, to Top 6, the farthest the Philippines got into before Colombia has been announced first in the Top 3 together with France and Haiti.
In both question and answer portions, Colombia used an interpreter. Would the Philippines also land in the Top 3 if she spoke in her native tongue, like the new Miss Universe from France?