IN PHOTOS: Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach arrives in Manila

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - The Filipino pride and the queen is finally home!<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGXcFkLL0BAtB2z37BLft2lv4L5kCY3XtMzA_QIK3ZRcc_KTIEizP7ekkVYIOZ7XXxjW6ZvAql-oorvMG9wepP7nbHYzYZSbxTpXkYTS5js99P2fO3Jq0vX2JjvjMHHyj2YZqH5PiZkYJJ/s1600/pia-wurtzbach-manila-homecoming.JPG" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach arrives in Manila for grand homecoming. " border="0" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGXcFkLL0BAtB2z37BLft2lv4L5kCY3XtMzA_QIK3ZRcc_KTIEizP7ekkVYIOZ7XXxjW6ZvAql-oorvMG9wepP7nbHYzYZSbxTpXkYTS5js99P2fO3Jq0vX2JjvjMHHyj2YZqH5PiZkYJJ/s640/pia-wurtzbach-manila-homecoming.JPG" title="Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach arrives in Manila for grand homecoming. " width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach arrives in Manila for grand homecoming. <br />Photo Credit: missphilippines2015/Instagram</td></tr></tbody></table>Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach has arrived in Manila early Saturday, January 23 for her grand homecoming.<br /><br />This is the first time Pia has visited the country after the controversial win at the Miss Universe pageant late last year- wrong announcement of winner by Steve Harvey, uncalled statements of her fellow beauty queens, and condemnation of her fans over the rusty pots at her New York apartment.<br /><br />The reigning Miss Universe gave a short message to the Filipinos during the mini press conference at NAIA.<br /><br />"Napaka saya ko po, 'di po ako nakatulog kagabi dahil sobrang excited po akong finally maka-uwi na. Ayoko po sanang magreveal muna ng mga experiences ko, dahi ise-save ko po ito sa press conference na mangyayari bukas. Kaya sana po pumunta kayo doon. Napakasaya ko po na nakauwi na ako dito sa Pilipinas. Grabe, parang akong lalaban ulit."<br /><br />After a day of rest, Pia will embark on a tight four-day schedule beginning on Monday (January 25) in which she will pay a courtesy call to President Aquino in Malacañan and in the Senate then heading later in the afternoon for the Grand Homecoming Parade traversing the three cities of Manila, Makati and Quezon City. The activity for that day will end as she will grace the Araneta Center Parade. Motorists and commuters are advised to take alternative routes to avoid any inconvenience on their journey in which the parade will take place.<br /><br /><b>READ</b>: <a href="http://pinoybuzz.blogkorner.com/2016/01/miss-universe-2015-pia-wurtzbach-to-arrive-manila-homecoming.html" rel="nofollow">Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach’s schedule of activities for her homecoming</a><br /><br />On Tuesday (January 26), the pageant queen will visit the Offices of the City Mayors as well as the House of the Representatives as a courtesy call to them. The Wednesday (January 27) was alloted as a Charity Day for the Miss Universe to payback the Filipino community with their support on her. <br /><br />On the last day of her visit (January 28), supporters will be treated to another chance to savor the Miss Universe crown with her at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in which the Miss Universe Homecoming Special will be held.<br /><br />Wurtzbach then will continue on her preparation for her responsibilities as Miss Universe for a year after her homecoming.<br /><br />Here are some of the photos and videos on Pia Wurtzbach arrival in Manila:<br /><br /><center><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="6" style="background: #fff; border-radius: 3px; border: 0; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.5) , 0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: 99.375%;"><div style="padding: 8px;"><div style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 45.5696202532% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><div style="background: url(data:image/png; display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;"></div></div><div style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BA3ChXPivG7/" rel="nofollow" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Miss Universe 2015 arrives at Novotel Araneta Center. #missuniverse2015 #piawurtzbach #homecoming #sashfactor #repost #confidentlybeautiful #mostbeautifulday</a></div><div style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A photo posted by Sash Factor (@sash_factor) on <time datetime="2016-01-22T23:36:30+00:00" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">Jan 22, 2016 at 3:36pm PST</time></div></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script></center><br /><center><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="6" style="background: #fff; border-radius: 3px; border: 0; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.5) , 0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: 99.375%;"><div style="padding: 8px;"><div style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><div style="background: url(data:image/png; display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;"></div></div><div style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BA3Ae7nQFkm/" rel="nofollow" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">welcome back home queen p👑😍💖</a></div><div style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A photo posted by pia wurtzbach fan account💖 (@piaawurtzbacch) on <time datetime="2016-01-22T23:18:42+00:00" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">Jan 22, 2016 at 3:18pm PST</time></div></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script></center><br /><center><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="6" style="background: #fff; border-radius: 3px; border: 0; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.5) , 0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: 99.375%;"><div style="padding: 8px;"><div style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><div style="background: url(data:image/png; display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;"></div></div><div style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BA3FcCor7Q3/" rel="nofollow" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Pía ya se encuentra en Filipinas! Estos próximos días tendremos bastante contenido por mostrar! @Regrann from @missphilippines2015 - Our Queen is already home! Mabuhay Pia! 👑 #missuniverse #missuniverse2015 #missuniverso #missphilippines #philippines #nyc #piawurtzbach #confidentlybeautiful #missuniversephilippines #missphilippines2015 #welcomehome #mabuhay #worldclassfilipina #shinepinay #queen #bbpilipinas @missuniverse @piawurtzbach #👑 #💙 #❤️ #Regrann</a></div><div style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A photo posted by @missuniversein on <time datetime="2016-01-23T00:02:00+00:00" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">Jan 22, 2016 at 4:02pm PST</time></div></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script></center><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR3cDyoy4QolcYa_iKK5Kv0zyHJjYmHsI66pVKDu45Qb2cGBQnGAwS-e4AAx78RNxdFo5NnlF0yisfttSHOynrWPrcOzHxjuZ8UgR0lE25lHuzp0dO7exssM4W8QbLDfGI9cELRS7wGJN0/s1600/pia-stella-araneta.JPG" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="pia with stella araneta" border="0" height="590" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR3cDyoy4QolcYa_iKK5Kv0zyHJjYmHsI66pVKDu45Qb2cGBQnGAwS-e4AAx78RNxdFo5NnlF0yisfttSHOynrWPrcOzHxjuZ8UgR0lE25lHuzp0dO7exssM4W8QbLDfGI9cELRS7wGJN0/s640/pia-stella-araneta.JPG" title="pia with stella araneta" width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pia Wurtzbach with the head of the Binibining Pilipinas Charities (BPC) Stella Marquez Araneta. <br />Photo Credit: iamkirby75/Instagram</td></tr></tbody></table><center><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="6" style="background: #fff; border-radius: 3px; border: 0; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.5) , 0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: 99.375%;"><div style="padding: 8px;"><div style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><div style="background: url(data:image/png; display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;"></div></div><div style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BA3D8JxnQ-2/" rel="nofollow" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Pia shares she wasn't able to sleep out of excitement. #welcomehomePia #piaWurtzbach #frontrow #coverage</a></div><div style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A video posted by Joseph Conrad Rubio (@josephconrad26) on <time datetime="2016-01-22T23:48:54+00:00" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">Jan 22, 2016 at 3:48pm PST</time></div></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script></center><br /><center><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="6" style="background: #fff; border-radius: 3px; border: 0; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.5) , 0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: 99.375%;"><div style="padding: 8px;"><div style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><div style="background: url(data:image/png; display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;"></div></div><div style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BA3GTPntT3g/" rel="nofollow" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">The Queen is Home! #ConfidentlyBeautiful #MissUniverse2015 #PiaWurtzbach #WelcomeHomePia #MostBeautifulDay</a></div><div style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A video posted by Zhaun Barry Agabe (@zhaunbarryagabe) on <time datetime="2016-01-23T00:09:32+00:00" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">Jan 22, 2016 at 4:09pm PST</time></div></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script></center><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en">WATCH: <a href="https://twitter.com/PiaWurtzbach" rel="nofollow">@PiaWurtzbach</a> arrives in PHL | via <a href="https://twitter.com/AthenaImperial_" rel="nofollow">@AthenaImperial_</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WelcomeHomePia?src=hash" rel="nofollow">#WelcomeHomePia</a> <a href="https://t.co/2dwNluMrOl" rel="nofollow">pic.twitter.com/2dwNluMrOl</a></div>— GMA News Breaking (@gmanewsbreaking) <a href="https://twitter.com/gmanewsbreaking/status/690661813084512256" rel="nofollow">January 22, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center></div>

IN PHOTOS: Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach arrives in Manila

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