The Bb. Pilipinas Universe winner has been dethroned and replaced by Bb. Pilipinas runner up Helen Nicolette Henson. Maria Venus Raj was crowned last March 7th as the Bb. Pilipinas Universe. She also bagged the title Miss Friendship, Best in Terno and Long Gown. The foundation that runs the pageant found out after the coronation night that Venus Raj was born in Qatar by an Indian man out of wedlock as opposed to what her presented birth certificate says that she was born in the Philippines by Filipino parents.
Venus Raj is a native of Camarines Sur, the province where I grew up. She’s also a friend of one of my best buddies; they used to join
