Katrina Llegado

Biography

Ma. Katrina Llegado (Tagalog: [maˈɾi.a kaˈtɾina ljeˈɣado]; born November 9, 1997) is a Filipino beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Supranational 2026. She is the second Filipina to win the Miss Supranational title. Llegado previously competed at Miss World Philippines 2019, where she was designated as the Philippine representative to Reina Hispanoamericana 2019, where she would become the fifth runner-up. She later competed at Miss Universe Philippines in 2022 and 2025, reaching the finals in both editions. Following her second run, The Miss Philippines organization appointed her as the Philippine delegate to Miss Supranational 2026, where she won. Together with Arianne Amante, Llegado is a co-founder of the Philippine cosmetics brand Clocheflame.

== Early life and career == Ma. Katrina Llegado was born on November 9, 1997, in Taguig, Philippines. Her grandfather served in the Armed Forces of the Philippines, whom she has cited as an inspiration for her advocacy work and later, her entry into the military. She studied financial management at the Manila campus of De La Salle University and graduated cum laude in 2018. She has worked as a marketing and public relations consultant for the city government of Taguig and held analytical and research positions at Citibank Philippines and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. In 2023, she graduated from the reserve force of the Philippine Air Force to become a reservist of the unit.

== Pageantry == Llegado entered pageantry in 2018, when she competed in the Mutya ng Taguig pageant as the candidate for Bagumbayan, Taguig, and finished in the top five. Since her initial stint, she has trained with the beauty camp Aces and Queens.

=== 2019: Reina Hispanoamericana ===

On September 15, 2019, Llegado represented Taguig at Miss World Philippines 2019, her first national competition. In events leading up to the finals, she won three special awards, including Miss Photogenic and Best in Evening Gown. At the end of the event, she won the supplemental title Reina Hispanoamerica Filipinas 2019, receiving the title from outgoing titleholder Alyssa Mulach. Llegado represented the Philippines at Reina Hispanoamericana 2019 and was fifth runner-up.

=== Miss Universe Philippines 2022 ===

In February 2022, the Miss Universe Philippines organization listed Llegado as one of the 50 applicants shortlisted to compete in the 2022 edition. In the qualifying challenges for the edition, she placed first in the swimsuit competition. During the preliminary competition, she was awarded one special award. Llegado worked with longtime collaborator Pablo Mendez III for her evening gowns for the competition. Working with the Taguig Waterlily Livelihood Center, Mendez also designed a Filipiniana made of dried water lilies for the national costume competition. During the finals, she was named as a semifinalist and then progressed to the final round. At the final question-and-answer round, she was asked to share one thing she could teach to Filipinos. In her response, she discussed the importance of self-love and self-improvement and its role in becoming a "transformed women". At the end of the event, she was named as the second runner-up to Celeste Cortesi of Pasay.

=== Miss Universe Philippines 2025 ===