Binibining Pilipinas 2026 queens get P1 million each
The Binibining Pilipinas pageant has been crowning winners who have become instant millionaires for the past three editions of the national competition, with the two main winners every year getting P1 million each.
Baguio City’s Gwendoline Meliz Soriano and Tarlac’s Sasha-Juli Belle Lacuna were crowned Bb. Pilipinas International and Bb. Pilipinas Globe, respectively, at the recent competition held on July 18, becoming the third set of queens to win the hefty prize package.
The practice started in 2024 when Bb. Pilipinas celebrated its 60th anniversary. Myrna Esguerra and Jasmin Bungay were the first to enjoy the million-peso prize money.
The two newly crowned queens of 2026 will also each receive P100,000 from NUSTAR Online, on top of the P1 million prize from the Bb. Pilipinas Charities Inc. (PBCI).
Runners-up Julianne Raine Antonio’s and Tracy Mae Sunio’s cash prize is also nothing to frown about. They will be getting P400,000 each from BPCI, and another P50,000 each from NUSTAR Online. This is bigger that the amount awarded to the main winners of other organizations.
Although it has been customary to the Bb. Pilipinas pageant to announce the respective prize packages of the winners and runners-up, several other pageant organizations, especially the major ones, no longer declare what their queens will receive in total.
The 2026 Bb. Pilipinas queens and runners-up will also receive gifts and services from the pageant’s sponsors. Soriano and Lacuna are set to each enjoy P250,000 worth of smile makeover from Urban Smiles, while Antonio and Sunio’s package will be worth P200,000 each.
The two queens will each receive club membership with P200,000 worth of women’s health services from The Med Club Diagnostics. Antonio’s package is worth P150,000, while Sunio’s is P100,000.
The four finalists will also receive 18-month membership with personal training and nutrition counseling from Gold’s Gym, with additional P50,000 worth of gift certificates each for Soriano and Lacuna, and P30,000 worth each for Antonio and Lacuna.
All four of them will also each receive P250,000 worth of full scholarship training, and total personality and human development coaching sessions from Executive Training Institute of the Philippines, sole franchisee of Dale Carnegie Training in the Philippines.
Soriano, Lacuna, Antonio and Sunio will also each receive a luggage set comprising two large suitcases and layered organizer from Bash Manila, and a 30-inch by 40-inch art canvas with expander from Picture City.
Jewelry and accessories designer Christopher Munar will also award P50,000 worth of accessories to each of the two queens and the two runners-up.
Soriano and Lacuna will also each receive P20,000 worth of IN2IT Cosmetics and SnowCaps Gold products, while Antonio and Sunio will each have P15,000 worth of products. All four of them will also receive My Daily Collagen products, a year’s supply for the queens, and six months’ supply for the runners-up.
But aside from the massive prize package as a titleholder, Soriano will also receive more for being the “hakot” queen of the evening, taking home the lion’s share of special awards.
As winner of both the Best in Evening Gown and Best in Swimuit awards, Soriano will receive a total cash prize worth P100,000 from NUSTAR Online, P60,000 worth of products from My Daily Collagen and My Saiko Skin, and P60,000 worth of gift certificates from Gold’s Gym.
She will also get a total of P50,000 worth of services from Urban Smiles, P30,000 worth of Services from The Med Club Diagnostics, P20,000 worth of products from Real Techniques Makeup Artistry, P14,000 worth of IN2IT Cosmetics Products, P10,000 worth of SnowCaps Gold products, and two large suitcases from Sky Travel Luggage for winning the two major special awards.
And for receiving the Bb. Philippine Airlines title, Soriano will get round-trip tickets for two to a destination of her choice. As Bb. Urban Smiles, she will receive an addditional P250,000 worth of Full Smile Dental Package. /ra
