Pineda: Catriona Gray ready to compete with trans woman in ‘Miss U’ 2018

CATRIONA Gray was surprised that fans were able to un-earth her photos during the "Little Miss Philippines" search of Eat Bulaga in 1999.

The Miss Universe-Philippines 2018 titleholder was surprised to learn that fans were able to find photos of her when she joined the kiddie beauty pageant.

This was reposted by the Miss Universe representative on her Instagram stories.

She wrote, pointing at the black-and-white photo, "How did you guys find this? I have never seen this picture before!"

Catriona also said in the story, "You guys are P.I. (private investigator) detective levels!"

In March 2018, days after Catriona won the Miss Universe-Philippines crown in Binibining Pilipinas, her Instagram fan account @catrionauniverse uploaded a photo of her during the "Little Miss Philippines" contest.

The fan account wrote in the caption, Little Miss Philippines 1999, "Catriona’s first ever pageant! ang haba ng leeg! Disney Princess lang? #catrionagray"

Other celebrities who joined "Little Miss Philippines" and have remained active in showbiz today are Gladys Reyes, Ice Seguerra, Jessa Zaragoza, Pauleen Luna, Camille Prats, Julie Anne San Jose, Issa Pressman, Ella Cruz, and Ryzza Mae Dizon.

The Miss Universe 2018 pageant will be held in Bangkok, Thailand on December 16, 2018.

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Speaking of Catriona on competing against Angela Ponce, a trans woman from Spain, at the Miss Universe pageant: "It's all fair competition naman. She's just a candidate from another country as am I, so, yeah."

Even before Catriona said she's fine competing with a trans woman.

“I mean, I’m happy for her. She did what she wanted to do,” Catriona said in an interview posted by TV5 reporter ,MJ Marfori on Tuesday, July 31.

"She competed, she earned the right to represent her country. So she did what was available to her, which was the discretion of the organization naman, so we should be celebrating her. She is giving a voice, a platform for the transgender community din, so I think that’s very nice. I mean, it’s all fair competition naman. She’s just a candidate from another country as am I, so, yeah."

Catriona was very happy upon learning that Miss Universe 2018 will be held in Thailand.

“Kasi malapit lang. Ang mga Pinoys don’t need a visa, so ang saya-saya, di ba? (It's near. Filipino don't need visa, so it's fun, right?) And I love Thailand. I’ve been there multiple times."

The pageant will be held on December 16 in Bangkok, Thailand.

“I’m not one person to say, ‘Ay, perfect na iyan, I’m okay.’ I’m never like that, like, there’s always something can be improved, something can be learned, something to be better. So I’m a perfectionist kasi.”

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Maine Mendoza reveals how she is preparing for Jack Em Popoy: The PulisCredibles, her Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF 2018) entry with Coco Martin and Vic Sotto.

The three lead stars wore police uniforms in a pictorial that they did for Jack Em Popoy: The PulisCredibles.

The behind-the-scenes photo was uploaded earlier today by the Twitter account @jackempopoy2018.

Vic said in a past interview about their characters in this MMFF 2018 entry: "Pulis credibles kami. (We are police credibles.)"

"Kadalasan, di ba, nababalitaan natin hindi maganda tungkol sa kapulisan pero this time, pwede natin silang saladuhan at ipakita sa mga tao na kakampi natin itong mga pulis. (Sometimes, we heard from the news the bad doings of the police men but this time, we salute them and would like to show to the public that they are our allies.)"

Maine disclosed back then that her character also wants to become a police officer like her father, played by Vic.

"Aspiring police rin tulad ng tatay ko at very caring rin. Ako, laging susubukan na gawin ang best ko para maprotektahan ang tatay ko para hindi siya ma-put in danger (Aspiring policewoman like my father and very caring. I always try to do my best to protect my father from danger.)," she said in a past interview during the July 28 story conference.”

Will Maine be doing action stunts in Jack Em Popoy: The Pulis Credibles?

"Titingnan kung kakayanin ng katawan. Kung kaya ng powers (Let's see if we can.)" she said candidly.

Coco disclosed, "Nagpa-practice na siya dahil pulis (She already practiced.)"

Is Maine already taking up firing lessons?

"Yes po, kaka-start lang, first time ko ma-try so na-enjoy ko naman (Yes, I just started. It's my first time to try and I enoyed it.)"

Did she get scared while trying to fire a gun for the first time?

"At first," she admitted. "Ginulat kasi ako parang hindi sinabi sa 'kin na may bala. So unang baril ko. (I was shocked because nobody said it had shells.) "

The Eat Bulaga host exclaimed that she almost hit the x-mark, "Malapit sa target! May picture ako, malapit!"

When they were asked if Coco and Maine would be loveteam partners, they gave a resounding answer, "secret."

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