The most controversial and most followed Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach will be coming over to the UAE on December 3. Wurtzbach, who is the third Filipina and the first Miss Universe after the management transition from Trump to IMG, has a packed schedule during her four-day visit, including a press meet, fashion and tourism photoshoot and a charity dinner arranged by Dubai-based boutique communications and celebrity management agency Yugen PR in partnership with XPEDITION Magazine
Here’s everything you need to know about her visit:
What’s her schedule?
On her first day, December 3, Wurtzbach will be meeting members of the press at Teriyaki Boy and Sizzlin’ Steaks at Deira City Center at 7 PM. Fans can go and check the store but no public meet-and-greet is allowed for safety purposes.
On December 4 and 5, Wurtzbach will be doing a series of fashion and travel editorials for UAE’s homegrown luxury travel, fashion and lifestyle magazine XPEDITION Magazine by Josh Yugen in cooperation with local tourism boards, hospitality and fashion brands in the UAE. The photoshoot locations are kept as a secret for security purposes but the shoot will promote local tourism in the UAE.
"The aim of the shoot is to attract more tourists to the UAE. I know it’s still a long discussion about the safety of travelling in the midst of a pandemic, but we need to find courage and confidence to fight back. Our responsibility now is to adapt with the new situation and lessen the spread of the virus by being responsible with ourselves and the people we interact with. Tourism should not stop." said Josh Yugen, the Editor-in-Chief of XPEDITION magazine and CEO of Yugen Group.
On December 6, Dubai-based XPEDITION Magazine will be hosting an intimate dinner as part its annual awards program at a private desert resort Sonara Camp and will also help raise awareness for Smile Train, a charity that provides corrective surgery for children with cleft lips and palates. Wurtzbach will also be honoured that evening as Woman of the Year. The exclusive dinner will only be attended by a select group of people including government officials, brand partners, sponsors and other awardees of XPEDITION magazine.
Who is Pia Wurtzbach?
Wurtzbach rose to fame when she was mistakenly named the runner-up of the Miss Universe 2015 pageant after host Steve Harvey accidentally read aloud the wrong name.
Since then, she’s gone into acting, appearing in films and television shows including her own travel show called Pia’s Postcards, which screens on ABS-CBN’s Channel 2 in The Philippines.
She was in Dubai last March 2018 to shoot an episode for the show.