Twenty-three-year-old Bea Rose Santiago represented the Philippines in the Miss International 2013 Beauty Pageant held in Tokyo , Japan in December 2013 . She won beating 66 other contestants and became the fifth Filipino to win the title after Gemma Cruz in 1964 , Aurora Pijuan in 1970 , Melanie Marquez in 1979 and Lara Quigaman in 2005 . In an interview after her win , she dedicated her crown to the victims of Typhoon Haiyan
Miss International 2013
Miss International 2013
Bea Santiago