Miss Universe Philippines is an annual national beauty pageant run by the organization of the same name under Empire Philippines. The pageant selects the official representative to Miss UniverseâÂÂone of the Big Four beauty pageants. Through its sister organization, The Miss Philippines, the pageant also names competitors to several minor beauty pageants.
The reigning Miss Universe Philippines is Ahtisa Manalo of Quezon, who was crowned on May 2, 2025, in Pasay, Philippines.
From 1964 to 2019, Binibining Pilipinas held the national franchise for Miss Universe, wherein it was responsible for selecting Filipinas to represent the Philippines and compete at the annual Miss Universe pageant. Under Binibining Pilipinas, the Philippine representatives to the Miss Universe pageant were crowned with the title of Binibining Pilipinas from 1964 to 1971, and Binibining Pilipinas Universe from 1974 to 2011. In 2012, the franchise renamed the Binibining Pilipinas Universe title to Miss Universe Philippines. The title was first used at Binibining Pilipinas 2012.
In December 2019, the Miss Universe Organization granted the Philippine franchise to a new organizing body led by Binibining Pilipinas Universe 2011 and Miss Universe 2011 third runner-up Shamcey Supsup-Lee as national director, and Binibining Pilipinas Universe 2006 Lia Andrea Ramos as Women Empowerment Chair. The creation of the new Miss Universe Philippines Organization formed a separate, standalone pageant responsible for the selection of the Philippine delegate to the Miss Universe pageant. Since 2024, delegates to minor beauty pageants were selected in parallel to the main title through the pageant's offshoot organization The Miss Philippines.
In February 2025, Ariella Arida, Miss Universe Philippines 2013 succeeded Supsup-Lee as national director after the latter launched a bid for councilor in the 2025 Pasig local elections. The pageant announced that Arida's role as national director will emphasize the training and development of its competitors.
From the 2020 to 2023, candidates for the competition were recruited through a process of application and subsequent screening. At the same time, local pageants affiliated with the pageant were given the right to nominate delegates to the pageant. In 2021 and 2022, the organization partnered with the Philippine social networking app Kumu in determining the final entrants from longlisted candidates through online contests. In April 2023, the Miss Universe Philippines introduced the Accredited Partners Program, allowing local pageants to access MUPH branded merchandising.
The organization abolished the application process in 2024, after which all delegates would be coming from the accredited partners of the pageant, whether through a local pageant or appointment. The national director Shamcey Supsup-Lee, explained the change intended to "even the playing field" between delegates in Metro Manila and "in the provinces" by ensuring that delegates to the competition were supported by local organizations. That same year, competitors representing Overseas Filipino Communities were sent for the first time. The following year, diaspora competitors were required to represent a Philippine locality at the same time.
Miss Universe Philippines was awarded as Best National Host Tour Country in 2024 and Best National Pageant in 2025.