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For the second consecutive year, the Philippines made it to the top five of the Miss Universe pageant with General Santos City native Shamcey Supsup bagging third runner-up in the Sept. 13 competition held at the CrediCard Hall in Sao Paolo, Brazil. The magna cum laude graduate and architecture board topnotcher joined other candidates in the final five namely 2011 Miss Universe Leila Lopes of Angola, first runner-up Olesya Stefanko of Ukraine, second runner-up Priscila Machado of Brazil and fourth runner-up Luo Zi Lin of China. Although she did not bring home the crown, Shamcey topped the fan voting in the last round with a score of 7.5, followed by Miss Angola with 7.0. Shamcey's father, Timoteo Supsup, is overjoyed with his daughter's achievement, telling ABS-CBN News in an interview on Tuesday, "Ang laking tuwa ko at nawala na 'yung aking nerbiyos. Pinag-pray ko iyan kagabi at nagkatotoo..." Shamcey is the fourth Filipina to have placed third at the prestigious pageant after Lalaine Bennett (1963), Maria Rosario "Chat" Silayan (1980), and Maria Desiree "Des" Verdadero (1984). Last years bet Maria Venus Raj, meanwhile, placed fourth in the competition. In the announcement of the Top 16 finalists, Shamcey was the second to the last contestant called. Meanwhile, she was the seventh beauty and one of the two Asians (the other was Miss China) who was declared as part of the Top 10. Shamcey both placed second in the fan polls of the swimsuit and evening gown competitions. She donned a yellow two-piece bikini with a light blue scarf which merited her a score of 7.0. The fans, meanwhile, gave Shamcey a score of 6.7 for her long, beige glittery gown. Miss Venezuela (9.1) and Miss Angola (7.2) respectively topped the two categories. In the Getting to Know the Top 10 VTR, Shamcey related her dreams of becoming an architect who will build beautiful and sustainable structures for her countrymen as well as that of becoming a teacher who will hone young minds and prepare them for the future.

Submitted by: Christian Jay Uayan Submitted to: Sir Norberto Cullantes