MANILA – Model Gazini Ganados from Talisay, Cebu will represent the Philippines in this year's Miss Universe pageant.

Ganados was crowned Miss Universe Philippines 2019 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum early Monday.

She also took the Binibining Photogenic and Binibining Best in Long Gown awards earlier in the program.

Ganados succeeds Catriona Gray, who brought home the Miss Universe 2018 crown to become the Philippines’ fourth winner in the prestigious pageant after Pia Wurtzbach in 2015, Margie Moran in 1973, and Gloria Diaz in 1969.

In the question and answer portion, she was asked how she hopes to get more women in the workplace.

"If I win the crown tonight, what I will do is to promote my advocacy. My advocacy is for women to fight for our rights and for the elderly care. And for us to be able to know that someone is loving us and someone is pushing us to whatever ambitions that we have. We will be able to rise from our decisions, to whatever dreams that we have, goals that we have and we will achieve it because of those values, those wisdoms that they gave us. Thank you," Ganados said.

Ganados joined Miss World Philippines in 2014, as well as other several other local pageants.

Other Bb. Pilipinas 2019 winners include Leren Mae Bautista (Binibining Pilipinas Globe), Emma Mary Tiglao (Binibining Pilipinas Intercontinental), Samantha Lo (Binibining Pilipinas Grand International), Resham Rameriz Saeed (Binibining Pilipinas Supranational) and Bea Patricia Magtanong (Binibining Pilipinas International).

Samantha Bernardo was named 2nd runner-up while Maria Andrea Abesamis was named 1st runner-up.