Pia Wurtzbach makes it to final 3 of 2015 Miss Universe

MANILA, Philippines  — And Philippines advances to the final three.

Pia Wurtzbach is part of the final three of the 64th Miss Universe pageant on Sunday (Monday morning, Philippine time).

Candidates from the USA and Colombia are also part of the top three.

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— Miss Universe (@MissUniverse) December 21, 2015

For the question and answer portion of the top five, Pia was asked: "Earlier this year, there was a controversy in the Philippines about the United States reopening of military base in your country. Do you think the United States should have a military presence in your country?"

The 26-year-old Pinay beauty queen answered: "I think that the United States and the Philippines have always had a good relationship with each other. We were colonized by the Americans and we have their culture and our traditions even up to this day and I think that we're very welcoming with the Americans. And I don't see any problem with that at all."

Last year, Mary Jean Lastimosa failed to enter the top five, finishing in the pageant's top 10 and breaking the country's four-year streak of landing in the Miss Universe competition's final cut.

Margarita Moran is the last Filipina to win the Miss Universe crown in 1973; Gloria Diaz is the first Filipina to win the Miss Universe title in 1969.

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