Twenty-two-year-old Mary Eileen Gonzales was crowned Miss Global Philippines 2018 besting 18 other aspirants during the Finals Night held recently at Cove Manila, Okada in Paranaque City.
Gonzales, a mother of a one-year-old boy, is the first ever single mom winner of the pageant.
Gonzales, who hails from Cavite, also won Best in Evening Gown and earlier voted Darling of the Press. She was crowned by last year’s winner Mary Ann Mungcal and earned the right to compete at the 2018 Miss Global pageant later this year.
A Star Magic talent, the 5-foot-5 beauty was competing for a second time in the pageant that allows single or unmarried mothers after her 2nd runner up finish in 2015. She represented the country in the 2015 Face of Beauty International in Taiwan. In 2017, Gonzales gave birth to a baby boy with boyfriend, actor Johan Santos, a former housemate and 4th Placer of Pinoy Big Brother (PBB) in 2009.
Gonzales’ court of honor are: 1st runner-up Cheska Viñas of Marilao, Bulacan; 2nd runner-up Nicole Dichoso, an Architecture student from Olongapo City; 3rd runner-up Charlene Duran of Laguna; and 4th runner-up Alexandra Moraga, a Tourism student from Meycauayan, Bulacan.