Pageantry Binibining Pilipinas Pia Wurtzbach during Binibining Pilipinas 2015 Wurtzbach joined the Binibining Pilipinas Pageant three times before winning the Binibining Pilipinas Universe title. During Binibining Pilipinas 2013, she was named as the 1st Runner-up . She joined the Binibining Pilipinas 2014, but only placed in the top 15. A controversy erupted when she failed to win any title following her question-and-answer portion. She was asked a question in Tagalog by a Filipino judge, Senator Sonny Angara, which she answered in Tagalog. Online commentators wondered if the question and answer in Tagalog cost her points from the international judges and, therefore, any title that year. On her third attempt for the title in 2015, she won the highest title, Miss Universe Philippines  and went on to compete in the Miss Universe 2015 Pageant. During the question and answer portion of the pageant she was asked by then-Camarines Sur Representative Leni Robredo: "Social media is now a very powerful tool on communication. Can you tell us your thoughts about internet censorship?" She answered:
Pageantry Binibining Pilipinas Pia Wurtzbach during Binibining Pilipinas 2015 Wurtzbach joined the Binibining Pilipinas pageant three times before winning the Binibining Pilipinas Universe title. During Binibining Pilipinas 2013, she was named as the 1st Runner-Up alongside the Miss San Miguel Zero Fit and Sexy Body award . She joined the Binibining Pilipinas 2014, but only placed in the top 15 alongside the Miss Philippine Airlines and She's So Jag awards. A controversy erupted when she failed to win any title following her question-and-answer portion. She was asked a question in Tagalog by a Filipino judge, Senator Sonny Angara, which she answered in Tagalog. Online commentators wondered if the question and answer in Tagalog cost her points from the international judges and, therefore, any title that year. On her third attempt for the title in 2015, she won the highest title, Miss Universe Philippines alongside the Miss Cream Silk awars and went on to compete in the Miss Universe 2015 Pageant. During the question and answer portion of the pageant she was asked by then-Camarines Sur Representative Leni Robredo: "Social media is now a very powerful tool on communication. Can you tell us your thoughts about internet censorship?" She answered:
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Runner-Up alongside the Miss San Miguel Zero Fit and Sexy Body award
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15 alongside the Miss Philippine Airlines and She's So Jag awards.
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alongside the Miss Cream Silk awars