After being crowned Miss Universe 2018 about two months ago, Catriona Gray has returned to her home turf, Philippines and it is without a doubt a grand event for each and every Filipino who have waited patiently for their queen to arrive home. A country of 105 million, Philippines has always supported their beauty queens to go out there and conquer the world and since Catriona literally did last year, the happiness of the people knows no bounds.

Catriona begins her homecoming officially today as she took to her official social media to announce the news in a post, “Today is the first official day of my homecoming! Excited na akoooo!” She also shared the schedule of the parades that she will be a part of which will begin on 21st February, i.e. tomorrow. Some roads in the cities of Manila, Pasay and Makati will be closed to give way for the same.

Catriona attended the official Press Conference hosted by BPCI at the Novotel Manila Araneta Center where she took the opportunity to thank everyone who helped in her journey to the crown, especially Madame Stella Marquez de Araneta. 

The most important question, however, is what iconic outfit will our Miss Universe wear for her homecoming? Thankfully, her go-to designer Mak Tumang has posted at least one teaser for one of Catriona's many planned outfits. Mak, a Pampanga-based designer posted what seems to be a Sampaguita-inspired embroidery picture. The photo included a graphic that said ‘Sampaguita’, ‘a promise fulfilled’ and ‘coming home’.

The newly crowned queen will definitely witness a surge of immense love from her country people during her homecoming as she has fulfilled the wishes of millions of Filipinos be winning the Miss Universe crown after Pia Wurtzbach who was crowned in 2015.